Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Stripes of Yore is an eye-popping indeterminate saladette bred by Brad Gates (Wild Boar Farms), featuring creamy yellow fruit splashed with deep anthocyanin purple-black shoulders, averaging 3.5-5 oz (100-150 g). Gardeners in Zones 3 through 7 praise its stunning ornamental look and solid greenhouse vigor. Flavor reviews are polarized: some find it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Selwin Yellow is a vigorous, late-leaning indeterminate bicolor beefsteak reaching 6.5 ft (2 m) under cover. It is an exceptional producer of massive, 12-18 oz (350-500 g)+ golden-yellow fruits swirled with rosy-pink marbling. In northern, low-sun gardens, the flavor tends to remain mild and low-acid rather than tropical sweet, making it a … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Sweet Ozark Orange is a celebrated indeterminate beefsteak bred in the Ozarks by Sam Wammack (Dr. Wyche’s Yellow × German Red Strawberry). It produces glowing, deep orange 9-14 oz (250-400 g) fruits that ripen evenly without green shoulders. Prized for its dense, buttery texture and sweet, low-acid flavor, it consistently ranks among … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Strangelove is an indeterminate anthocyanin novelty tomato bred by Bill Yoder as part of his musical Depeche Mode line. It features round-to-oblate 3.5-5.5 oz (100-150 g) fruits swirled in yellow-orange, raspberry stripes, and dark antho splashes, opening up to a sweet, fruity bicolor interior. Excellent candidate for 3-stem pruning with late-season holding … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Rozella (often cataloged as Rozella Bicolor) is an indeterminate, potato-leaf bicolor beefsteak reaching 5.5 to 6 ft (1.7-1.8 m). Producing oblate, golden-yellow fruits crowned with a rosy-red blush and a distinctive red “necktie” marbling through the interior, fruit sizes range from 5 to 9 oz (150-250 g) with occasional whoppers topping 18 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Rose Beauty (often cataloged in Eastern Europe as Prelesť Rozy) is a tall indeterminate, mid-season heirloom bicolor beefsteak. The vigorous vines easily push 6.5-8 ft (2-2.5 m), yielding luminous golden-yellow fruits flushed with a soft pink crown or starburst at the blossom end. Slicers regularly hit 10-14 oz (300-400 g) and can … 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: Rosalie’s Early Orange is a remarkably early-season (63 days), indeterminate orange oxheart introduced by master grower Dale Thurber of Delectation of Tomatoes. Staying at a manageable 3.3 ft (1 m), the vines shrug off cold snaps and pump out heavy, uniform orange hearts weighing 8 to 16 oz (230-450 g) with minimal … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Rainbow Jazz Heart is a breathtaking indeterminate, mid-season striped oxheart bred by the late master breeder Fred Hempel of Artisan Seeds. The vigorous vines yield dense, pointed heart-shaped slicers adorned with a pearlescent sheen and fiery ribbons of raspberry-pink and golden-yellow. Inside, the marbled flesh offers an intensely sweet-tart tropical punch, combined … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Rebel Starfighter Kayleigh Anne is an indeterminate, mid-early anthocyanin variety bred by Russ Crowe. In the garden, the fruits display variable shapes on the same vine, ranging from round and slightly flattened to blunt hearts, weighing between 2.1-7 oz (60-200 g). Known for outstanding rain resistance and tough skins that refuse to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pike County Yellow is a traditional 19th-century American indeterminate heirloom beefsteak originating from the Appalachian hills of eastern Kentucky. In this northern greenhouse trial, it proved disappointing: the vine topped out at 7 ft (2.1 m), but suffered severe blossom drop, setting only a single large yellow beefsteak per cluster. Reviewers found … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pork Chop is an acclaimed indeterminate yellow striped beefsteak bred by Brad Gates (Wild Boar Farms, California). Vines produce 8-12 oz (220-350 g) ribbed, oblate fruits that start lime-green with dark stripes before maturing into a glowing golden-amber with metallic green streaks. Growers praise its complex, refreshing citrus sweetness, noting that peak … Read more