Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Russian Swirl is a mid-season dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier. It produces sweet, juicy, oblate bicolor fruits weighing roughly 3.5-8.8 oz (100-250 g), with sizes getting much larger when grown in a greenhouse. While it is a true dwarf, plants can reach 4 to 5 ft … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Copperhead is a mid-season dwarf variety released in 2010. It produces chocolate-red, oblate fruits that typically weigh 4.2-8.8 oz (120-250 g), featuring juicy, multi-colored flesh with a sweet and spicy flavor profile. The sturdy, compact plants are excellent for large containers and require minimal pruning, though fruit size can vary depending … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Vintage American heirloom Dad’s Sunset is a mid-season indeterminate variety that produces large, dense, yellow-orange fruits weighing 10.5-17.6 oz (300-500 g). The grower notes it has an excellent fruity flavor and yields heavily. A great bonus is its holding ability; the ripe fruits can hang on the vine for a while without … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Suz’s Beauty is a mid-season dwarf tomato from the Dwarf Tomato Project, producing flattened yellow bicolors with red stripes and a red central blush. The fruits weigh up to 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g). The growers here praise its excellent sweet flavor, beautiful appearance, and heavy yields both in the greenhouse and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orlik is a highly compact, ultra-early determinate variety that thrives outdoors with minimal protection. The bushes stay incredibly short (around 1.5 ft / 0.5 m) but pump out heavy, continuous yields of small, red, round tomatoes weighing between 1.5 to 2.5 oz (40-67 g). With a firm texture and classic, balanced tomato … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Oduvanchik (which translates to “Dandelion”) is a determinate, mid-season heirloom that produces flawless, round orange globes. It is highly praised for its rugged stress tolerance, setting fruit effortlessly in both scorching heat and chilly weather. The flavor is a massive hit with growers, and the fruits boast a surprisingly long shelf life … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Olympic Flame (Olimpiyskiy Ogon) is an indeterminate, late-season bicolor beefsteak. If there is one thing growers universally agree on, it’s the flavor: it is exceptionally sweet with a dense, jelly-like texture. However, it is equally notorious for being a stubbornly low yielder. Some growers struggle to get more than a few fruits … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orange Berry (Oranzhevaya Yagoda) is an indeterminate bicolor heirloom with a surprisingly wispy, scrawny vine habit. It produces oblate, orange fruits with a beautiful pink blush on the blossom end. Flavor reviews are stellar—noted as being exceptionally sweet. However, fruit size and yield seem highly dependent on the grower’s environment and pruning … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Hazel Gold is an indeterminate, rare American heirloom that produces oblate (flattened) slicers weighing between 5 to 9 oz (150-250 g). Despite the name, growers report the fruits often feature orange skin with bright yellow flesh. They have thick, firm walls and a mild, sweet flavor. It is a solid yielder, though … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orange Elephant (Oranzhevyi Slon) is a determinate, mid-season commercial Russian variety from the Gavrish seed company. While the packet claims massive 1 lb (500 g) fruits, real-world growers consistently report neat, round 5-7 oz (150-200 g) slicers. The flavor is generally considered average to good, but it earns high marks for excellent … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge is an indeterminate, mid-season novelty tomato known for its striking tangerine-orange skin and dark anthocyanin (purple) shoulders. The plant has a wispy, lanky habit and frequently exhibits purple-edged foliage, which is normal for the variety. Flavor reviews are deeply split among growers, ranging from sweet and rich to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Oranzhevyi Gigant (Orange Giant) is an indeterminate, mid-season beefsteak. It boasts excellent heat tolerance, setting heavy trusses of firm, bright orange fruits that usually weigh between 8.5 oz and 1.3 lbs (250-600 g). The shape can vary depending on the seed source and truss position—ranging from perfectly smooth and round to flattened … Read more