Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
Welcome to one of the most unique and comprehensive tomato databases on the English-speaking web. This catalog isn’t based on generic seed packet descriptions—it is built entirely on the real, hands-on experience of everyday gardeners.
For over a decade, thousands of growers have shared their successes, failures, and harvest photos on one of the oldest and largest Russian-speaking gardening forums. We have taken this massive, multi-year knowledge base and carefully translated and summarized the very best of it for you.
What you will find in our catalog:
Whether you are looking for a bulletproof hybrid for a short season, an exotic anthocyanin variety, or the sweetest beefsteak you’ve ever tasted, the collective experience of our gardening community will help you find the perfect seed for your next harvest. Browse our subcategories below to explore!
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Sunkissed Peach is a mid-season dwarf variety that produces beautiful, elongated bicolor plum tomatoes. The compact plants stay short, reaching about 2-2.3 ft (60-70 cm) tall. The grower praises its sweet, fruity flavor and meaty, aromatic flesh that looks absolutely stunning when sliced open. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Banana Toes is an early-season, highly compact dwarf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Bred by Craig LeHoullier (a cross between Dwarf Golden Heart and Speckled Roman), it produces small, bright yellow-orange plum tomatoes weighing 1.7-3.5 oz (50-100 g). The grower notes it is extremely productive, does perfectly in pots, and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Diamante Oppedisano is an indeterminate, mid-season variety known for producing large to giant, meaty beefsteaks. The plants are vigorous, growing up to 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, and the yields are exceptionally heavy, with huge tomatoes growing in clusters. The flavor is described as good, classic tomato flavor. There is some debate … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Emerald Giant is a green-when-ripe variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier. It produces large, sweet, and tender green beefsteaks on plants that typically reach about 3-3.3 ft (1 m) tall. Growers praise its excellent flavor and solid yields both in greenhouses and outdoors. While the fruits don’t … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Mahogany is a rugose-leaf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project that produces fairly large, slightly flattened, dark chocolate-colored fruits. The tomatoes have a deep burgundy flesh that is juicy, firm, and has a low seed count, with a well-balanced, pleasant flavor. The compact 2.3 ft (70 cm) plants perform well both … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Saucy Mary is a mid-season, green-when-ripe dwarf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred by Craig LeHoullier (from the Kiwi family). It produces small, striped green plum tomatoes on compact rugose plants. Growers highlight its versatility for both fresh eating and canning, as well as its impressive resistance to leaf mold … Read more
🍅 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 Shadow Boxing is a highly compact, rugose-leaf dwarf tomato bred by Tom Wagner, producing small anthocyanin fruits weighing roughly 2.5 oz (70 g). Because the seeds were released very early in the breeding process, growers here report extreme segregation in fruit shape (round vs. elongated plums) and color (heavy striping vs. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Diva de Deva (Prima Donna from Deva) is an indeterminate, mid-season family heirloom from the Deva region of Romania. It produces large, red, ribbed beefsteaks weighing 8.8-17.6 oz (250-500 g) with sweet, old-fashioned, buttery flesh that is excellent for slicing and thick sauces. Growers praise its heavy yields and cold tolerance. However, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Gondwana Rose is a late-season anthocyanin dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project’s Gondwana series, bred by Patrina Nuske Small. It produces 3.5 oz (100 g) dark pink, round fruits with heavy purple shoulders on sturdy 4 ft (1.2 m) rugose plants. The grower here notes it has a complex, tart flavor … Read more