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Tomato Varieties

  • Mature Greens
  • Vine Ripes
  • Hot House
  • Roma’s
  • Grape
  • Cherry
  • Bulk

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Mature Green

Mature Green tomatoes are field grown tomatoes that are harvested green and are often ripened with ethylene*.

Pack Sizes - 25 lbs
Extra Large    Large     Medium

*Ethylene is tomatoes natural ripening hormone

 


Vine Ripe

Vine Ripe tomatoes are field tomatoes harvested after they begin to turn red, which allows them to develop a fuller flavor. They continue their ripening process in shipment.

Pack Sizes - 25 lbs
2 or 3 layer box
3x4    4x4     4x5     5x5     5x6     6x6     6x7

1 Layer 10lbs
4x5     5x5     5x6     6x6

 


Hot House

Hot House /Green House tomatoes are grown in climate controlled environment, under ideal temperature, humidity and fertilization conditions that will produce a size, color and quality consistent fruit with little to no physical defects.

Pack Sizes
25 count     28 count     32 count

 


Roma

Roma tomatoes normally are not as juicy as other tomato varieties, which gives them a more concentrated flavor.

Pack Sizes - 25 lbs loose by size
Jumbo     Extra Large     Large     Medium     Small

 


Grape or Cherry Tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes are generally less than an inch in diameter. Grape tomatoes generally have higher sugar content than cherry tomatoes. They are elongated and smaller than cherry tomatoes (shaped like a grape).

Pack Sizes
Clamshell Container     Bulk

 


Bulk 25lbs – Yellow, Green, Nº 2 or Salsa Tomatoes

Yellow tomatoes are a round variety with very low acid content. Gel amount is normally less than the red tomato and may be susceptible to defects and shorter shelf life.

Green tomatoes are harvested at full maturity when fruit surface is completely green.

Nº 2 Grade tomatoes are less than perfect fruit, that might be misshapen, discolored with growth cracks and blemishes including bruises, acceptable along with size irregularities. Free of decay.

Salsa tomatoes Nº 2 product that might be mixed in size, have small cuts, might be soft and over-ripe with early stages of dry decay but free of wet fruit.