Ancient Landraces

Mesoamerica and the Andes are the ‘primary centers of tomato diversity’ — this is where tomatoes originated and where they were domesticated thousands of years ago. The tomato varieties listed here all thrive in our short season gardens. This may seem surprising at first, but over centuries and centuries tomatoes in Mesoamerica and the Andes have had to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions — and that selection process has created resilient genetics and hardy plants. When you grow these tomatoes you benefit from all of that adaptation.