Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Supersweet 100 F1 is a world-famous commercial hybrid red cherry bred originally by Petoseed, legendary for its aggressive indeterminate vines and massive multi-branched trusses of sweet, bite-sized fruit. However, European and Eastern European growers in this thread had unusually rough luck with their seed packets: complaints ranged from bland, tart flavor and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Sunshine Blue is an early American anthocyanin cherry derived from the famous OSU Blue lineage. It produces under 1 oz (20-25 g) round fruits shifting from ink-purple to dusty rose. The variety is characterized by extreme genetic inward leaf curling and starkly polarized performance: in hot, sunny climates (90-100°F / 33-38°C), it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Sunrise Bumble Bee is an acclaimed indeterminate artisan cherry bred by Fred Hempel. It produces glowing, golden-yellow round-oval fruits marbled with vibrant pink stripes, weighing 0.75-1 oz (20-25 g). Renowned for its tender skin, exceptional sweetness, and cold resilience, it thrives in both greenhouses and open garden beds, continuing to bear heavy … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Sweet Pea is a vigorous, wild currant tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) bearing huge sprays of pea-sized, sweet red berries. Renowned for near-bulletproof disease immunity and unstoppable production up to 6.5 lbs (3 kg) per plant, these rampant indeterminate vines laugh off bad weather, self-sow readily as garden volunteers, and serve as perfect gap-fillers … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Reverend Michael Keyes is an indeterminate multiflora cherry bred by Michael Keyes (Black Plum × Sweet Beverly). It produces massive flower sprays resembling giant dill heads, followed by cascades of firm, red 0.5 oz (15 g) plum-shaped fruit. Excellent resilience and storage life, ideal for single-leader greenhouse trellising. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Rainbow Cherry (Cherri Raduga) is an indeterminate, mid-early novelty bicolor cherry prized for its unusual, scalloped shape that looks like a miniature fluted blossom. The fruits run about 0.7-1 oz (20-30 g) with marbled yellow-and-rose skin and sweet, firm, juicy meat. Reviewers note the vine is an unruly grower that produces heavily … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Rose Quartz Multiflora is an indeterminate cherry tomato famous for breathtaking, multi-branched blossom sprays that crank out dozens of pink, bite-sized cherries per cluster. Even when restricted to a tiny 1.3-gallon (5-liter) patio pot and left completely unpruned, the plant topped out at 3.3 ft (1 m) and set up to 10 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Punta Banda is a rare, rugged semi-indeterminate heirloom originating from the arid coastal peninsula of Baja California, Mexico (popularized by Native Seeds/SEARCH). Growing as a manageable 4.3 ft (1.3 m) compact vine, it yields heavy clusters of round, bright red, large cherry-to-cocktail fruits known for their rich juice and classic, well-balanced old-school … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Purple Bumblebee is an eye-catching indeterminate large cherry tomato bred by Fred Hempel of Artisan Seeds (California). The round, dusky purple fruits feature metallic olive-green striping and exceptionally firm flesh. While greenhouse growers report juicy, productive vines reaching nearly 6.5 ft (2 m), outdoor open-ground growers in cooler climates note thick, chew-resistant … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pink Tiger is an indeterminate, mid-season julienne cherry bred by Fred Hempel (Artisan Seeds). The plant produces slender, pointed pink mini-plums adorned with shimmering golden stripes, averaging around 0.7 oz (up to 20 g). Gardeners in USDA Zones 3 and 4 report solid crack resistance, great shelf life, and high sugar content … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pera Naranja (frequently traded in Eastern Europe as Grushevyi Apelsin or Pear Orange) is a tall indeterminate cherry variety producing immense sprays of luminous, orange, teardrop-to-finger-shaped fruits weighing 0.35 to 0.7 oz (10-20 g). Renowned for its explosive pure-honey sweetness that develops even in dismal, sunless summers, the vine carries a delicate, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Negro Azteca is an indeterminate, mid-season dark cherry heirloom originating from Mexico. It produces high yields of dusky purple-brown, 0.7 oz (20 g) cherries accented by striking, extra-long green sepals. Renowned for its vigorous habit, heat tolerance, and total resistance to splitting, it thrives outdoors trained to multiple leaders with a smooth, … Read more