Sweet Bite, a cherry variety. They end up huge plants and are easy to grow.
Grosse Lisse, an Australian favourite with medium sized fruit. Usually pretty reliable.
Mortage Lifter, a beefsteak, heirloom variety that can grow up to 3 meters tall. Apparently it was developed in the 1930s by a guy known as Radiator Charlie who used the profits from selling his plants to pay off his mortgage. I've never grown these before so we'll see how big they get.
Roma, these mostly end up being preserved as sauce for winter. They tend to ripen their fruit all at the same time,(determinate), so they're good for this.
All the seedlings are well advanced and already have flowers. I think this is important as sometimes, if the plants are too young, when they hit the rich soil they will be happy to just grow without reproducing. Once they've started to flower they tend to keep flowering. I also planted them deep, well below the pot level, to encourage more roots. They received a good pinch of sulphate of potash to encourage more flowers. It also helps toughen the leaves up against attack. This little guy is one of the Sweet Bites
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