Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Elser Farm’s Brown Derby is an indeterminate beefsteak with a unique greenish-ochre to brownish-orange skin and vibrant tricolor flesh. Growers consistently praise its sweet, rich, and slightly tangy flavor, often comparing it to a ripe mango or the famous Dwarf Uluru Ochre. While it’s an indeterminate vine, most growers note it stays … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Everett’s Rusty Oxheart is a legendary indeterminate, mid-season heirloom producing unique bronze, rusty-green, and red bi-color hearts. Growers absolutely rave about its intensely sweet, fruity, and exotic flavor, often calling it the best-tasting tomato of their season. Everett’s Rusty Oxheart is a classic American heirloom. While the original breeder is lost to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dagma’s Perfection is an indeterminate, mid-season bi-color slicer. It produces beautiful large yellow fruits with a pinkish-red blush. Growers highly rate its sweet, fruity, and juicy flavor profile. Vine height and yields can vary noticeably depending on whether it is grown outdoors in the dirt or under the cover of a greenhouse. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dark Queen is an indeterminate, mid-season beefsteak tomato. The vines produce gorgeous flat-round, burgundy-brown fruits with green stripes. Growers highlight its excellent taste and solid production, noting it sets fruit well even when grown with tight spacing. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience) S Svetikk (Svetlana) ⭐ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Don’t Double Delight is an indeterminate, mid-season, potato-leaf bicolor beefsteak. It produces gorgeous red and yellow striped slicing tomatoes. Growers appreciate its standout beauty and balanced, slightly sweet flavor. Drawbacks mentioned include susceptibility to blossom drop, tough skin, and radial cracking around the stem. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Beryl Beauty is a historic, inaugural 2011 release from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Created from the “Sneezy” family (a cross between Golden Dwarf Champion and Green Giant made by Patrina Nuske Small) and selected/named by Craig LeHoullier, it is a sturdy, regular-leaf rugose dwarf. Growers love it for its manageable 3 … Read more
🍅 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