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: Dulcea de Fagaras (Sweet of Fagaras) is a Romanian family heirloom originating from the Transylvania region. It is a mid-season indeterminate variety that produces large, deeply pleated pinkish-red beefsteaks. Reviewers highly recommend it for its reliable production and sugary, juicy flavor. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 5-11 Experience) … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dean’s Haley’s Rainbow is a mid-early indeterminate variety bred by Dean Slater, highly notable for its striking variegated foliage. It produces bicolor fruits (yellow with a pink blush), but growers report significant discrepancies in fruit shape. While the original description calls for small round plums, seeds currently in circulation are throwing much … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Diamante Oppedisano is an indeterminate, mid-season variety known for producing large to giant, meaty beefsteaks. The plants are vigorous, growing up to 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, and the yields are exceptionally heavy, with huge tomatoes growing in clusters. The flavor is described as good, classic tomato flavor. There is some debate … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Emerald Giant is a green-when-ripe variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier. It produces large, sweet, and tender green beefsteaks on plants that typically reach about 3-3.3 ft (1 m) tall. Growers praise its excellent flavor and solid yields both in greenhouses and outdoors. While the fruits don’t … 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 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: Vintage American heirloom Dad’s Sunset is a mid-season indeterminate variety that produces large, dense, yellow-orange fruits weighing 10.5-17.6 oz (300-500 g). The grower notes it has an excellent fruity flavor and yields heavily. A great bonus is its holding ability; the ripe fruits can hang on the vine for a while without … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Diva de Deva (Prima Donna from Deva) is an indeterminate, mid-season family heirloom from the Deva region of Romania. It produces large, red, ribbed beefsteaks weighing 8.8-17.6 oz (250-500 g) with sweet, old-fashioned, buttery flesh that is excellent for slicing and thick sauces. Growers praise its heavy yields and cold tolerance. However, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ordinary Miracle (Obyknovennoe Chudo) is a mid-season indeterminate variety that produces stunning, oblate pink beefsteaks. It is highly valued for its fantastic, perfectly balanced flavor and its texture—which manages to be incredibly dense and meaty while still remaining very juicy. A low-seed variety with solid yields, it is an excellent dual-purpose tomato … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ozurs is a mid-season indeterminate variety that produces beautiful, slightly ribbed dark pink-black slicers weighing up to 10.5 oz (300 g). It is highly disease-resistant and sets fruit reliably. While the exact origin of the name remains a mystery, it offers a solid, non-mealy flavor profile that holds its own among dark … Read more