Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Caitydid is a beautiful Dwarf Tomato Project release bred by Craig LeHoullier (named after his daughter Caitlin). This sturdy, super-compact dwarf stays under 2.5 feet but pumps out impressively large, 10.5 oz bicolor beefsteaks. Growers praise it for its dense foliage and intensely sweet, refreshing flavor, often ranking it as the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Confetti is a gorgeous release from the Dwarf Tomato Project featuring sturdy, rugose-leaf plants that max out around 2 to 3 feet tall. It pumps out large, oblate bicolor beefsteaks (yellow with bright pink stripes) that deliver a deliciously sweet, fruity flavor. While it thrives in the greenhouse, growers in cooler … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Wherokowhai is an indeterminate(?), rugose potato-leaf release from the Dwarf Tomato Project that pumps out stunning yellow-and-red bicolor beefsteaks. While it’s classed as a dwarf, growers warn it can grow like an absolute monster (over 5 feet tall in a greenhouse). The community raves about its intensely sweet, complex, and fruity … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Dean’s Brad Gates (bred by Dean Slater) is an indeterminate dwarf variety known for its massive yields and beautiful variegated potato-leaf foliage. It produces modest-sized, green-striped fruits that ripen to red with golden stripes. Growers here love its extreme productivity and stunning looks, though they note the variegation fades on mature … 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: 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: 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 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 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 Shadow Boxing is a highly compact, rugose-leaf dwarf tomato bred by Tom Wagner, producing small anthocyanin fruits weighing roughly 2.5 oz (70 g). Because the seeds were released very early in the breeding process, growers here report extreme segregation in fruit shape (round vs. elongated plums) and color (heavy striping vs. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Suz’s Beauty is a mid-season dwarf tomato from the Dwarf Tomato Project, producing flattened yellow bicolors with red stripes and a red central blush. The fruits weigh up to 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g). The growers here praise its excellent sweet flavor, beautiful appearance, and heavy yields both in the greenhouse and … Read more