Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Gold Stripes is an indeterminate dark, striped tomato that produces mid-sized fruits. Growers note a surprisingly tangy flavor for a dark variety, though growing in the shade might play a role. The main discussion in this thread revolves around its striking resemblance to the famous Chocolate Stripes, with growers diving into seed … Read more
🍅 Quick take: The USDA strain of Golden Queen is a historic indeterminate heirloom originally introduced by A.W. Livingston in 1882. Over the decades, commercial breeders selected out its distinct pink blush, but the USDA seed bank preserved the original, slightly bicolor genetics. Growers praise its tender, sweet, and low-acid flavor. Be aware that it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grosse Hative d’Orleans Bush is a semi-determinate, early-season red variety known for its sparse foliage and highly concentrated harvest. Growers appreciate it as a low-maintenance outdoor plant that delivers above-average yields of very juicy, seed-dense fruits. While the flavor is a basic, classic tomato taste, it is considered very good for such … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Golden Gates is a mid-season, indeterminate striped yellow tomato bred by Brad Gates, notable for its wispy foliage. There is some debate among growers about its stability, as some get small cherry-sized fruits while others get larger plum-sized tomatoes (up to 3.5 oz / 100 g). Flavor reviews are also mixed: some … Read more
🍅 Quick take: This thread is a fascinating two-for-one. It starts with the authentic Goldene Königin, a historic 19th-century German heirloom that produces small, highly aromatic, mild yellow fruits on indeterminate vines. However, half the growers here actually grew a modern Russian commercial namesake called Zolotaya Koroleva (Golden Queen), which is a completely different variety … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grandfather Ashlock is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom. It’s an old Ashlock family heirloom from Kentucky. The true variety features potato leaf foliage and produces large, highly uniform, oblate pink beefsteaks. Growers praise its outstanding, sweet, and tender flavor. Keep an eye out for regular leaf off-types in seed batches, which tend to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Golden Tiger is a mid-season indeterminate anthocyanin variety that produces stunning, small yellow cocktail tomatoes with fine purple stripes. Growers praise its juicy, sweet flavor and excellent shelf life. A major standout feature is its rugged disease resistance; it has proven capable of completely shrugging off severe outbreaks of late blight and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Great Yellow Blue is a remarkably resilient, indeterminate anthocyanin variety that thrives outdoors even under poor weather conditions. Growers praise its ability to shrug off disease without any spraying, and it has even been known to survive fall frosts to keep producing. It yields medium-sized, uniquely colored exotic fruits with a very … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Goose Creek is a legendary indeterminate red heirloom (originally introduced by Jimmy Williams) that produces massive oblate beefsteaks. Growers consider it an absolute masterpiece, praising its classic, sweet-leaning flavor that finishes with a lingering, pleasant aftertaste. Despite producing incredibly huge fruits (sometimes pushing nearly 2 lbs / 800 g), it manages to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Guker’s Special is an indeterminate, mid-season Potato Leaf variety that produces medium to large pink beefsteaks. Growers praise its incredibly well-balanced, meaty flavor that combines a nice sweetness with a pleasant tang. It performs well outdoors, consistently setting fruit, though extreme summer heat can temporarily slow down production. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Goldie is a classic, large indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, sweet, golden-orange beefsteaks with a fruity aroma. While the true variety is known to be Regular Leaf (RL), this thread highlights an interesting discussion where one grower raised a Potato Leaf (PL) version from older seeds that still produced perfectly authentic-looking fruits. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grosse Serge is an indeterminate, mid-season red beefsteak known for producing incredibly massive, hefty fruits. Growers rave about its perfectly balanced, sweet flavor and very meaty, deep-oblate fruits that contain almost no seeds. While yields are generally solid despite the sheer size of the tomatoes, the exceptional taste and long harvest window … Read more