Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Marizol Magic is an indeterminate, mid-season fuzzy peach-type tomato (associated with New Jersey breeder Joe Bratka’s Marizol line) that produces 1.5-3.5 oz (40-100 g) yellow-orange fruits with a pink blush. Growers love its uncanny resemblance to real apricots, heavy yields, and sweet, fruity dessert flavor when ripened on the vine, though fruits … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Midnight Snack F1 is an indeterminate cocktail cherry hybrid developed by PanAmerican Seed (USA) and recognized as a 2019 All-America Selections (AAS) National Winner. The vigorous vines produce heavy clusters of ~1 oz (30 g) round cherries that ripen glossy red with an inky anthocyanin purple-black shoulder. Growers praise its exceptionally polite … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Maglia Rosa is a celebrated semi-determinate artisan cherry tomato bred by Fred Hempel of Artisan Seeds in California. Plants form tidy, well-behaved bushes ranging from 2 to 4 ft (0.6 to 1.2 m) that require minimal to no suckering. It yields prolific trusses of elongated, pink-and-yellow marbled “bullets” weighing up to 0.9 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lilac Gem is a compact, mid-season anthocyanin novelty cherry tomato that stays around 3.3 ft (1 m) tall. It yields small, dark-shouldered cherries weighing 0.2-0.3 oz (5-8 g) with anthocyanin blush that pulls cleanly from the vine without tearing the skin. European growers report noticeable variations in color, indicating the variety was … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Indigo Rose is a famous anthocyanin-rich, indeterminate/semi-determinate cocktail tomato bred by Dr. Jim Myers at Oregon State University. It produces stunning dark purple-to-black fruits that weigh 1.2-2.5 oz (35-70 g). In this massive thread, growers debate its merits. While everyone agrees the plants are gorgeous and highly resistant to late blight, opinions … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ivory Tears is an indeterminate, wispy regular-leaf cherry tomato bred in Belgium by Philippe Vermeulen and Gerd Freyman. It produces stunning translucent ivory-white, teardrop-shaped fruits with an incredibly sweet, fruity flavor. Growers highlight its heavy yields right up until frost, total resistance to BER, and amazing taste that makes them disappear straight … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Helsing Junction Blues is an indeterminate, mid-early anthocyanin cherry tomato bred by Tom Wagner. The vines are sprawling, highly vigorous, and crank out massive clusters of firm, perfectly round blue-to-red fruits. Growers love its disease resistance and heavy yields, noting that while the skin can be a bit thick, the flavor is … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gnoccia di Limone (Lemon Gnocchi) is an early, indeterminate cherry tomato originating from France. The commercial description promises apricot-pink fruits with explosive sweetness, but growers report that the variety might not be fully stabilized yet, with plants producing both peach-colored and bright red fruits, and exhibiting varying leaf types. Despite the genetic … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Doctors is an indeterminate, highly vigorous green cherry tomato originally discovered by Amy Goldman and Carolyn Male as a sport of Dr. Carolyn. Growers here rave about its intense, grape-like sweetness, often ranking it in their top five best-tasting varieties. It is a massive yielder and boasts excellent resistance to leaf … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gold Nugget is an early, determinate yellow cherry tomato developed by Dr. James Baggett at Oregon State University. It produces wispy, thin-stemmed plants that max out around 3-5 feet (1-1.5 m) depending on whether grown outdoors or in a high tunnel. Growers love its heavy yields, very early ripening, and perfectly balanced, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ei von Phuket (Egg from Phuket) is a super rare indeterminate cherry tomato that produces beautiful pastel-pink, egg-shaped fruits. The tomatoes transition from green to white to pale pink, making the vines look visually stunning as they ripen. Growers here love its massive yields, firm texture, and great shelf life, which makes … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Evil Olive is an intriguing, highly productive cocktail/cherry tomato with a unique color profile. These indeterminate vines produce large, complex trusses of round fruits that ripen to a greenish-ochre outside with a dark red interior—literally resembling olives. Averaging 0.7-1.2 oz (20-35 g), the tomatoes have a memorable sweet-tart punch, a crunchy texture, … Read more