Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Ceman 🌍 Origin: A prolific plum/paste variety. While originally grown as a salad tomato, its characteristics make it an excellent processing type. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and mid-season. Produces large, heavy clusters of fruit on vigorous vines. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, elongated plum-shaped fruits with a beautiful red-pink color. They … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Corrogo 🌍 Origin: A striking, deeply pleated (ruffled) heirloom variety, highly valued for its unique decorative shape that resembles an accordion or a blooming flower when sliced. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-early season. It is a very vigorous, low-maintenance variety that easily handles being grown with multiple stems without sacrificing … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): County Agent 🌍 Origin: A classic American heirloom variety. It is named in honor of the historic “County Agents” (agricultural extension officers) who traveled across the US giving advice and sharing seeds with local farmers. Preserved and popularized among modern collectors by Tatiana Kushnareva. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-season. Interestingly, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Carmina 🌍 Origin: A wonderful heirloom slicing variety known for its distinctive appearance and reliable production. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-season. The plant grows strong and vigorous, producing very good yields. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Unusually shaped, ribbed pink beefsteaks. The interior flesh is beautifully colored—mostly pink with a striking crimson-red … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cascade Lava 🌍 Origin: A stunning novelty variety bred by Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms (USA). Highly sought after by heirloom collectors for its unique appearance. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). The plant has a rather compact, wispy foliage structure but grows very vigorously, easily reaching 2 meters (6.5 feet) … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Carmella’s Yellow Stripes 🌍 Origin: A beautiful striped bicolor heirloom variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Produces sturdy, beautiful seedlings. Interestingly, growers report variations in leaf type—some plants display a Potato Leaf (PL) trait. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large beefsteaks weighing 300-400 g (10.5-14 oz). The skin and flesh are stunning: pinkish-red … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Connie’s Cain 🌍 Origin: A fantastic heirloom beefsteak variety known for its outstanding vigor and reliable production. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). This is a true monster of a plant! It grows exceptionally tall and vigorous, easily surpassing 3 meters (10 feet) in height under good conditions. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Classic, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cow’s Tit 🌍 Origin: A famous and slightly cheekily named heirloom from Russia, originally known as Korovye Vymya (Cow’s Udder) or Sisechka. Widely popularized among collectors by Russian seed seller V. Redko. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Performs well both in greenhouses and outdoors, though yields can vary depending on sun … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Carol Chyko’s Big Paste 🌍 Origin: A huge, classic heirloom paste tomato from Pennsylvania, USA. It was named after Carol Chyko. Note on translation: In Russian seed collections, it is frequently traded under the shortened (and slightly mistranslated) name “Большой Кэрол” (Big Carol). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. A very tall, powerful, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cherokee Purple Heart 🌍 Origin: An oxheart variation/mutation of the legendary American heirloom, Cherokee Purple. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Like many classic oxheart varieties, it has a very “wispy,” weeping, and delicate plant structure (often looking wilted or wimpy even when perfectly healthy). Some growers recommend planting two per hole to … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Chianti Rose 🌍 Origin: An American heirloom, reportedly developed from a cross between the legendary ‘Brandywine’ and an unknown Italian heirloom variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large pink beefsteaks, oblate (flat-round) in shape. They are quite massive, typically weighing between 300-500g (10.5–17.5 oz). 👅 … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Coeur de Surpriz (Heart of Surpriz) 🌍 Origin: A fascinating French artisanal variety with a dramatic backstory. Originally developed by Madame Jacqueline Morel and named after her dog, “Surpriz”. The heart-shaped version (“Coeur de Surpriz”) is believed to be a strain/mutation discovered by Sébastien Berthier. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, regular leaf. … Read more