Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Liguria is a mid-late season indeterminate variety that produces gorgeous, heavily ribbed, pear-shaped red tomatoes. While growers agree it is a vigorous vine that sets stunning fruit, reviews on taste and texture are highly mixed. Some report dense, juicy, and sweet fruits with heavy feeding, while others find them hollow, tart, and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lisichka (Little Fox) is an ultra-reliable, early-ripening determinate bush that produces bright orange, icicle-shaped paste tomatoes. While a few growers find its fresh-eating flavor a bit bland, it is overwhelmingly praised as an absolute workhorse for canning and pickling. It thrives outdoors in the dirt, shrugs off late blight, and pumps out … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Limonchik (Little Lemon) is a highly productive, indeterminate orange tomato that sets fruit in massive, heavy trusses. Despite the name, the most popular strain (from vendor V. Redko) is bright orange and round, not yellow or lemon-shaped. Growers rave about its meaty texture, extreme yields, and reliability, though some note it requires … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Longhorn is an indeterminate, early-to-mid-season oxheart originating from the US. It produces stunning elongated hearts in a deep purple-pink color with olive-green shoulders. Averaging up to 10.5 oz (300 g), the fruits are practically seedless, incredibly meaty, and boast a rich, sweet, and complex flavor. Growers rave about its massive yields and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lemon Slices (Limonnye Dolki) is a striking, elongated yellow-orange tomato marketed by the Russian seed company Aelita. Growers absolutely love its firm, sliceable texture and exceptionally sweet, fruit-like flavor profile. Interestingly, there is a strong consensus among gardeners that this might actually be a rebranded version of the popular variety Mango Django. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Curious Chichiko is an indeterminate red paste variety known for its distinct elongated shape featuring a prominent, thick beak. Weighing in at 3.5-5 oz, these firm, crack-resistant plums have a surprisingly sweet, sparkling watermelon-like texture inside. With an excellent shelf life and the perfect shape for standing upright in mason jars, it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Legenda Tarasenko is a legendary indeterminate multiflora variety bred by the famous Ukrainian breeder Feodosiy Tarasenko. It is known for producing massive, fan-shaped trusses that can hold up to 30-40 small, red paste tomatoes weighing about 3.5 oz (100 g) each. The fruits typically feature a sharp little beak on the blossom … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lebyazhiy Pukh (Swan’s Down) is a classic Ukrainian heirloom that has been circulating for over 40 years. It is a highly productive determinate bush that produces small red plum tomatoes, traditionally featuring a sharp little “beak” on the blossom end. The plants stay compact, reaching only about 24-28 inches (60-70 cm) tall … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kommuna (also labeled as Yubileynye) is a mid-season indeterminate variety originating from a Russian private collection. It grows as a tall, somewhat spindly vine with long internodes. It produces medium-sized red tomatoes that often develop a sharp “beak” on the blossom end. While officially classed as a canning tomato, growers find the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kleopatra is a highly productive, tree-type dwarf variety featuring potato leaves and a very stout, sturdy main stem. It produces beautiful raspberry-yellow striped plum tomatoes weighing around 2.8-3.2 oz (80-90 g). Growers love its massive yields (up to 11 lbs / 5 kg per plant) and extreme ruggedness late into the season. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Korrida is a commercial Russian determinate variety bred specifically for outdoor growing and whole-fruit canning. The plants are compact bushes maxing out at 32 inches (80 cm). It produces small, elongated red plum tomatoes weighing up to 2.8 oz (80 g). Growers appreciate its space-saving habit, solid yields, and great performance in … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Konus (meaning “Cone”) is a vigorous indeterminate variety rescued by a dedicated seed saver over 20 years ago. It produces large, red, cone-shaped (oxheart-type) fruits that are meaty, juicy, and packed with old-school tomato flavor. The vine has a unique habit of naturally forking at the main stem. While it occasionally drops … Read more