Hi Jana, If you feel like going for a drive, up here in Globe we have a lady who grows seedlings every year and sells out of her greenhouse. She has lots of different, unusual varieties of vegetables and herbs, especially tomatoes and peppers. There's an article about her with all the info at the link below. In case you don't know, Globe is out highway 60 (Superstition Highway) about 80 miles east of Phoenix. It's a pretty drive once you get out of the valley. If you come up you might also want to stop in Superior at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. They're having their Spring Plant Sale March 10 - 26. They don't have veggies but they have desert herbs, flowers, and landscape plants. Their site is at http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/index.html. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Pat Romero

I don't know if you have a chance to visit the herb fair in Toronto this weekend but I note the list of vendors include seeds of diversity and yet another vendor selling organic and heritage vegetables. I don't know if tomato plants will be available though. Anyway, you can check out the site and contact the vendors directly. http://www.herbalists.on.ca/vendors2007.html

Yes, I finally hopped in the chariot and took a roll through the countryside to scope out this "find" today. . . BE FOREWARNED!! This is NOT some kind of upscale nursery designed to woo the retail crowd - it is a no-nonsense operation consisting of ten (10) hoop houses (only two of which are open to the public), one port-A-potty (that's the end of the public amenities!) and it caters primarily to mail-order. The public does show up on weekends, but many of those folks are tomato/pepper afficianados who have PRE-ORDERED on-line, for pick-up within one week - this extra service (pre-ordering) costs you an additional .75 per plant, but may be the only way to guarantee you'll be able to get a hard-to-find tomato and/or pepper. Straight retail off-the-street price: $1.75 per plant, which is definitely competitive - but here's the REAL reason you might want to go and/or order: the selection of tomatoes is remarkable, the peppers astounding, and there's even a few eggplants for sale. The only other items for sale that I noticed were some fish and seaweed fertilizers, which can be hard to come by other than expensive mailorder. They have been open to the public only two weekends now, but already many varieties are gone - the lady who runs the operation (a one-woman show, been at it for 20 years!) suggests that you go on-line BEFORE you go (like the Sat. or Sun. morning before pulling out the drive) to see what's sold-out. With your up-to-date list clutched in hand (and second and third choices noted!) hit the greenhouses, where peppers and tomatoes are neatly lined up in alphabetical order. . .if you're not dead set on a rare or hard-to-find variety, you WILL find plants in the next couple of weeks. . .as of my visit today, they had about 30 varieties of tomatoes available, and maybe 50 different peppers, both hot and sweet. If you can, go during the week - no crowds (I was the only customer). . . Follow their directions (download from the website) very carefully - pay particular close attention for the Kingwood-Locktown Road off of Rte. 519, as its a common weathered street sign, easy to miss. Most of all, enjoy the drive - it's a perfectly beautiful part of New Jersey that many of us in the densely populated central and eastern parts of the state rarely get to see. . . Carl Here is a link that might be useful: Cross Country Nurseries

thanks for your comments, they are all indeterminate. i have 5 different kinds; this one in particular is a 'mortgage lifter'. i read up on heirlooms, they all seem to be indeterminate and everything i read indicates that pinching the suckers is better for the fruit formation and results in better sized tomatoes. i went ahead and pulled them off, i don't want the plant getting out of hand and becoming unwieldy. i am sure i will have more and post a picture then. thanks again for your comments.