With its long story of Amish and Mennonite farms that grow heirloom tomatoes , and more recent tests by Penn State ’s Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension , Pennsylvania has plenty of data on the well love apple seeds for local conditions . Penn State recommends sowing tomato seeds indoors in pots six to eight week before the plant will be mark alfresco . In central Pennsylvania , plant tomatoes out of doors from May 20 to June 1 , after the danger of frost has pass .

Red Slicers

If you want a tomato plant for salad or sandwich , both Penn State ’s Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension and the Mother Earth News agree Early Girl ( 60 days to maturity ) and Better Boy ( 74 twenty-four hours ) are the whirligig . Early Girl yield 7- to 9 - oz . sapid yield on 20 - column inch improbable bushes . best Boy produces 10 - oz . fruits over a longer season . For other and mid - time of year tomatoes , try Ultra Sweet ( 62 days ) or Celebrity ( 70 Day ) . Plants seed of Mountain Fresh Plus ( 76 ) , Fabulous ( 77 ) , Sebring ( 77 ) , Delicious ( 79 ) , Biltmore ( 80 ) or Lightning ( 82 ) to harvest main season tomatoes .

Paste or Saladette

Roma ( 75 24-hour interval ) and Juliet ( 60 ) top most list for paste or saladette tomato seed to grow in the Keystone State , while Penn State also urge the other season Early Cascade ( 62 ) , along with the high - relent Viva Italia ( 72 ) or the green Mariana ( 74 ) . Mother Jones lists Amish Paste ( 74 ) , San Marzano ( 85 ) and Opalka ( 85 ) as other top semen to grow in the mid - Atlantic region . These less juicy tomatoes puzzle out well for sauce , salsa and canning .

Heirloom

Heirlooms , considered more flavorful by agrarian university extension specialist , antedate the billet World War II switching to hybrid tomatoes that could suffer long - distance shipping to markets . Brandywine heirloom cum are recommended for Pennsylvania by Mother Jones , along with Black Krim , the one C - old Cherokee Purple and Lemon Yellow . Some histories of the Brandywine heirloom note that it was introduced in 1885 by Amish farmers in Chester County , Pennsylvania . Pennsylvania seed fellowship particularize in Mennonite and Amish heirloom tomato plant seeds , include the Hahnstown Yellow , Amish Oxheart and Eva ’s Amish Stripe .

Cherry, Patio, Grape

For cherry tomato , ejaculate authority consider the undecomposed choices to be Sun Sugar ( 62 days to maturity ) , Super Sweet 100 ( 65 ) , Sungold , Sweet Million ( 65 ) , Sweet Baby Girl ( 65 ) , Jolly ( 75 ) , Black Cherry and Riesenstraube . Penn State also urge Orange Pixie ( 52 days ) and Bush Early Girl ( 60 day ) for patio tomato seeds , and Mini Charm , Tami G , Sugar Snack and Sugary ( all 60 to 65 daytime ) for grapevine tomatoes .

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