Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Loxton Lass is a 2016 release from the Dwarf Tomato Project (a cross between Rosella Purple and Orange Heirloom). It produces beautiful apricot-orange oblate tomatoes on stout, compact tree-type plants. Reviewers highly praise its buttery flesh and perfectly balanced flavor, making it a fantastic container or small-space variety for fresh eating. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Pink Passion is a 2015 release from the Dwarf Tomato Project. It produces beautiful pink, heart-shaped tomatoes with a unique dusty or smoky hue. Growers consistently praise its intensely sweet, sugary flesh, making it an excellent compact slicer for small spaces, though individual plant vigor can vary depending on growing conditions. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Parfait is a striking olive-mustard release from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Like many DTP varieties, it was bred to bring massive beefsteak genetics into a compact, easily manageable footprint. It’s an excellent choice for gardeners who want the rich, complex flavors and buttery textures of “green-when-ripe” or amber heirlooms, but don’t … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Purple Heart is a mid-season, tree-type dwarf variety released in 2015 by the Dwarf Tomato Project (a cross between Brad’s Black Heart and Dwarf Wild Fred). It produces beautiful, dark purple-brown heart-shaped fruits that are generally sweet and meaty. The growers here praise its excellent yields, crack resistance, and ability to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Purple Heartthrob is a striking rugose-leaf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred from a cross between Dwarf Purple Heart and Berkeley Tie Dye Heart. It produces gorgeous purple heart-shaped tomatoes marked with metallic green stripes and splashes. Growers note that the tall dwarf plants perform well in the greenhouse when … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Sunkissed Peach is a mid-season dwarf variety that produces beautiful, elongated bicolor plum tomatoes. The compact plants stay short, reaching about 2-2.3 ft (60-70 cm) tall. The grower praises its sweet, fruity flavor and meaty, aromatic flesh that looks absolutely stunning when sliced open. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Banana Toes is an early-season, highly compact dwarf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Bred by Craig LeHoullier (a cross between Dwarf Golden Heart and Speckled Roman), it produces small, bright yellow-orange plum tomatoes weighing 1.7-3.5 oz (50-100 g). The grower notes it is extremely productive, does perfectly in pots, and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Mahogany is a rugose-leaf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project that produces fairly large, slightly flattened, dark chocolate-colored fruits. The tomatoes have a deep burgundy flesh that is juicy, firm, and has a low seed count, with a well-balanced, pleasant flavor. The compact 2.3 ft (70 cm) plants perform well both … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Saucy Mary is a mid-season, green-when-ripe dwarf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier (from the Kiwi family). It produces small, striped green plum tomatoes on compact rugose plants. Growers highlight its versatility for both fresh eating and canning, as well as its impressive resistance to leaf mold … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Russian Swirl is a mid-season dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier. It produces sweet, juicy, oblate bicolor fruits weighing roughly 3.5-8.8 oz (100-250 g), with sizes getting much larger when grown in a greenhouse. While it is a true dwarf, plants can reach 4 to 5 ft … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Copperhead is a mid-season dwarf variety released in 2010. It produces chocolate-red, oblate fruits that typically weigh 4.2-8.8 oz (120-250 g), featuring juicy, multi-colored flesh with a sweet and spicy flavor profile. The sturdy, compact plants are excellent for large containers and require minimal pruning, though fruit size can vary depending … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Gondwana Rose is a late-season anthocyanin dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project’s Gondwana series, bred by Patrina Nuske Small. It produces 3.5 oz (100 g) dark pink, round fruits with heavy purple shoulders on sturdy 4 ft (1.2 m) rugose plants. The grower here notes it has a complex, tart flavor … Read more