Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Margareto is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom oxheart sourced out of New York (USA). The vine is exceptionally slender and delicate, sporting textbook wispy foliage and producing very few suckers. It bears 8-16 oz (225-450 g) meaty, dense hearts that ripen into a deep reddish-pink. Growers note that the canopy should never be … Read more
🍅 Quick take: strong>Monkey Ass is an indeterminate, mid-season family heirloom oxheart originating from the United States. Renowned for monstrous vine vigor that easily stretches 6.5-10 ft (2-3 m), it yields massive 14-21 oz (400-600 g) pink fruits. Lower trusses usually bear classic pointed hearts, but upper trusses frequently produce the iconic deeply cleft, double-lobed … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mayo’s Delight is an indeterminate, mid-to-late season heirloom that yields colossal, blunt red oxhearts typically weighing 21 oz (600 g) with individual fruits tipping the scales at 2.2 lbs (1 kg). Vines reach 6 ft (1.8 m) and produce dense, solid meat with outstanding sweet, balanced flavor and virtually no seed cavities. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marek’s Pointy Heart is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom oxheart with characteristic wispy foliage, originally obtained from Polish gardener Marek via Tatiana Kouchnareva. The vines set dense, elongated, tapered red hearts typically running 8-16 oz (220-450 g). The interior is solid, dense, and sweet with almost no seeds, though northern growers recommend greenhouse … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marsha’s Starfighter Heart (Serdtse Marshi) is an exotic indeterminate oxheart bred by Marsha Eisenberg of South Florida as part of her acclaimed Star Wars Project. Vines climb past 6.5 ft (2 m) in greenhouses with classic weeping foliage, producing heavy trusses of blunt to elongated hearts weighing up to 10.5-12.5 oz (300-350 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mrs. Schlaubaugh’s Famous Strawberry is a legendary indeterminate Amish heirloom originating in Iowa. The vine features delicate, wispy oxheart foliage and climbs vigorously under cover. It produces hefty, blunt, strawberry-shaped raspberry-pink hearts weighing 7-14 oz (200-400 g). While bottom clusters can taste bland early on, the flavor does a complete 180 on … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Malcolm Lincoln is a storied American family heirloom preserved for over 60 years in West Virginia. The indeterminate vine reaches 6-6.5 ft (1.8-2 m) and carries the classic delicate, wispy oxheart foliage. It produces smooth, deep-pink hearts with a distinctive pointed beak weighing 10.5-17.5 oz (300-500 g). Immature fruit start as a … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Midnight Sun is an elite potato-leaf indeterminate bicolor oxheart bred by Karen Olivier in British Columbia as part of her acclaimed True North Series. Developed from a dream cross of Ludmilla’s Pink Heart and Captain Lucky, it produces smooth, glowing yellow-and-pink hearts averaging 9-12.5 oz (250-350 g). Despite having sparse, wispy oxheart … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lee’s Sweet is a mid-season artisan cross created by American breeder Lee Goodwin of J&L Gardens by crossing Pittsburg Potato Top with Chianti Rose. Released as an early-generation line, growers report ongoing genetic segregation: true types throw potato-leaf foliage with dense, pink heart-to-boat shaped slicers weighing 9-17 oz (250-500 g), while rogues throw … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ludmilla’s Pink Heart (Rozovoe Serdtse Lyudmily) is an indeterminate heirloom oxheart tracing back to Kazakhstan and Germany. Celebrated by northern gardeners for being remarkably early-ripening for a large-fruited heart, it yields meaty, elongated pink hearts weighing 8-16 oz (225-450 g) with minimal seeds and sweet, tender flesh. The vine is slightly sturdier … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Long Tall Sally is an indeterminate, mid-season striped oxheart bred in the USA by Blaine Horton. It puts out large, meaty, blunt pink hearts striped with gold, topping the scales at up to 17.6 oz (500 g) with minimal seeds. Plants have the classic droopy, wispy oxheart vine habit that fools beginners … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lithium Sunset is a stunning mid-season, indeterminate bicolor tomato bred by Fred Hempel. It produces gorgeous 7-14 oz (200-400 g) yellow-orange fruits with red striping and a pearlescent sheen. Growers praise its sturdy vines, meaty texture, and good shelf life, which is a rarity for bicolors. While most find it sweet and … Read more