Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Perle de Lait (Pearl of Milk) is a rare French indeterminate heirloom beefsteak preserved by French collector Pascal Antigny. It produces creamy-white 7-14 oz (200-400 g) fruits with a delicate pink blossom-end blush. Unlike many notoriously soft white heirlooms, it stays firm on the vine without cracking or turning to mush, delivering … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Purple Sunrise (also circulated as Purpura Rīts or Purple Morning) is an indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin slicer brought into wider cultivation by Latvian seed saver Valdis Puliņš via an Austrian collector. The vine yields gorgeous oblate fruits weighing 5 to 11 oz (150-300 g) with creamy pale-yellow skin splashed with glossy, ink-black shoulders … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marz Green is an indeterminate, mid-to-late season heirloom beefsteak hailing from the United States (USA). The vines produce 7-12 oz (200-350 g) oblate green-when-ripe (GWR) fruits that blush with warm amber-gold tones upon full maturity, opening to reveal vivid emerald-green, juicy-meaty flesh. Growers note that while it can be finicky in variable … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Muddy Mamba is an indeterminate tricolor beefsteak bred by Millard Murdock (North Carolina, USA). Vines produce 7-19.5 oz (200-550 g) olive-brown, dusky-green fruits with deep amber-red interiors. Northern growers report incredible drought and heat tolerance when grown outdoors, delivering exceptional rich, sugary flavor. Growers frequently note segregation between regular leaf (RL) and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lucky Tiger is an indeterminate, mid-season elongated cherry/plum tomato originally bred by Fred Hempel (Artisan Seeds). It produces stunning 1-1.4 oz (30-40 g) green fruits with pink and red striping. Growers universally praise its massive yields, crack resistance, and complex, sweet, tropical flavor with a satisfying crunch. It’s an aggressive grower that … Read more
🍅 Quick take: K 55-62 (also circulated as Mexican Green) is a mid-season, indeterminate green-when-ripe beefsteak. It produces sturdy, relatively slim vines and yields large, oblate fruits. Growers note that it has a classic GWR flavor profile: mild, very sweet, and lacking strong acidity, drawing comparisons to the famous Malakhitovaya Shkatulka. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 132 Zielone is a striking green-when-ripe bicolor plum tomato from Polish breeder Anna Kozula. It produces mid-sized plants about 3 ft (1 m) tall. Reviews on taste are mixed. While one grower found the flavor lacking after picking early due to splitting, another reported overwhelmingly sweet, candy-like fruits with an incredible … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 228 (formerly known under the working number KX 83) is a mid-season indeterminate variety from Poland. It produces stunning 7–10.5 oz (200–300 g) slicers with an ochre base and olive-green stripes. It is highly praised for its rich, bright aroma, reliable fruit set in tough weather, and excellent counter-ripening abilities. Full … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 179 (Zebra Zolta / Volta) is a striking indeterminate mid-season beefsteak from Polish breeder Anna Jankowski. It produces large, ribbed yellow-orange fruits with bold green stripes and green seed gel. While yield and aesthetics are universally praised, growers report huge variations in juiciness and flavor—ranging from dry and dense (ideal for … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Jackass Green Dwarf is a sturdy, knee-high plant with dark, rugose potato leaves that produces green-when-ripe fruits weighing around 5 oz. The flesh looks like a sliced kiwi and has a pleasantly tangy bite. Yields are generally average. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos M Melisssa (Natalia) ⭐ Novice (87 posts) … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Harvard Square is an indeterminate bicolor beefsteak known for its red and green striped skin and GWR (green-when-ripe) flesh. While yield reports are a bit of a mixed bag depending on conditions, the flavor is universally praised as out-of-this-world sweet and complex, even beating out famous GWR heirlooms like Malachite Box. Full … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Sky Reacher is a mid-season, indeterminate green-when-ripe tomato bred by Tom Wagner. Growers highlight its outstanding reliability, as it sets fruit in every truss without dropping blossoms. The medium-sized, crack-resistant fruits feature a thin skin and deep green flesh that is prized for being incredibly creamy, tender, and sweet. Full summary … Read more