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True blue\/black tomatoes like Red and Black contain lycopene and carotene but also anthocyanins in the skin. By growing and eating many different tomato colours you will add a range of essential phytonutrients to your diet, as well as the fun of growing and cooking a rainbow of colours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Penny Woodward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tomato-stupice","title":"Tomato 'Stupice'","description":"If you only have a short season in which to grow your summer vegies then this is the tomato you'd put your money on! Whatever adverse growing conditions you are up against then give Stupice ago and we hope you will be impressed with the bountiful harvests of golf-ball sized fruits. A compact indeterminate variety so can be grown in small spaces and pots if required.","brand":"Diggers Club","offers":[{"title":"Packet of 25 seeds","offer_id":41078101999778,"sku":"S2264","price":5.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/7855\/1202\/products\/tomato-stupice-s2264_0ec02168-6971-4cfd-ad70-7ca17bffdb7d.jpg?v=1637122579"},{"product_id":"tomato-tigerella-organic","title":"Tomato 'Tigerella'","description":"The best yielding tomato we have ever grown, producing enormous crops of delicious red-yellow striped tomatoes with exceptional flavour. 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Yields 7kg of fruit per plant, with an average fruit size of 250g.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diggers Club","offers":[{"title":"Packet of 25 seeds","offer_id":41081291505826,"sku":"S224","price":5.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/7855\/1202\/products\/tomato-black-krim-s224_06684be9-ca8f-498f-8e4b-b67247bce1d3.jpg?v=1637121777"},{"product_id":"tomato-beams-yellow-pear","title":"Tomato 'Beam's Yellow Pear' (Organic)","description":"Introduced to Seed Savers Exchange in the USA in 1983 by John Hartman of Indiana and described as a yellow cherry tomato that preserves well, Diggers rated this as of the best yellow pear tomato available in our 1998 Taste Test. Use to invigorate a salad, roast on the truss and serve with home-made bread or bottle for use when tomatoes are no longer in season. Fruits in 7 weeks from transplant. 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Harvest in 75 days.","brand":"Diggers Club","offers":[{"title":"Packet of 25 seeds","offer_id":41081945751714,"sku":"S2219","price":6.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/7855\/1202\/products\/tomato-blue-berries-s2219_3af3f793-a2f8-420f-9d44-48e2e0bf4586.jpg?v=1637121393"},{"product_id":"tomato-red-and-black-organic","title":"Tomato 'Red And Black' (Organic)","description":"As black as a blackberry but with juicy red flesh. Unlike any other tomato, its indigo blue skin ripens to jet black and is packed full of anti-oxidants. This most striking heirloom brings tomatoes closer to the nutrition of blueberries and lifts their plate appeal, just as blueberries balance the red of strawberries.","brand":"Diggers Club","offers":[{"title":"Packet of 25 seeds","offer_id":41081967247522,"sku":"S2993","price":6.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/7855\/1202\/products\/tomato-red-and-black-s2993_7ef99a6a-a670-4d8b-af11-12d84699ea08.jpg?v=1637121389"},{"product_id":"tomato-jaune-flamme-organic","title":"Tomato 'Jaune Flamme' (Organic)","description":"This jewel-coloured heirloom from France produces fruit in just 7 weeks from transplant. With large amounts of carotene, orange tomatoes have almost as much beta-carotene as carrots. 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Inspired by this, horticultural expert and author, Penny Woodward thought it timely to create this book brimming with information about heirloom tomatoes, so that tomato lovers throughout Australia could identify, learn to grow and enjoy them. Tomato explains why a 'red tomato is red', why 'real tomatoes' taste so good, and why tomatoes are so 'good for you'.\r\n\r\nThe book also leads both experienced and aspiring gardeners through the practice of organic heirloom tomato growing and explores the history of heirloom tomato varieties in Australia. The book also provides, for the first time, a comprehensive description and extensive illustrated list of the more than 220 different varieties of heirloom tomatoes available from seed suppliers in Australia today. What also sets Tomato apart, is the book's extensive list and description of heirloom tomato pests and diseases, painstakingly researched by gardening expert Karen Sutherland, that includes an indispensable pest and disease chart to help gardeners identify and control them. Uniquely too, for a gardening book, Tomato includes a substantial dedicated cooking and recipe section, where internationally award-winning cookbook author, Janice Sutton, explains not only how to preserve tomatoes and create the perfect tomato passata, but also delves into the enticing realm of heirloom tomato variety flavours.\r\n\r\nThe cooking section also contains more than 60 delicious recipes (each with its own beautiful full-page image) shared by a raft of talented chefs, cooks and passionate tomato lovers from throughout Australia and beyond - including some of Australia's most respected culinary icons: Peter Gilmore, Stephanie Alexander, Maggie Beer, Sally Wise, Christine Manfield, Mark Olive, Matthew Evans and the Agrarian Kitchen's Rodney Dunn.\r\nHardcover, 376 pages, Hyland House, 2018.","brand":"Diggers Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41613217202338,"sku":"HTBX","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/7855\/1202\/products\/tomato-know-sow-grow-feast-htb_d2e5cfa0-0272-4410-ae7b-cd871cfaba15.jpg?v=1637121098"},{"product_id":"unwrapping-the-joy-of-heirloom-tomatoes","title":"Unwrapping the joy of heirloom tomatoes - Dromana - 18 Oct 2026","description":"\u003cdiv data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThere is something magical about growing heirloom tomatoes - their happy pops of colour, delicious flavours and interesting shapes. 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