🍅 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 on growing conditions—ranging from medium slicers down to cocktail size. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-6 Experience)
Dwarf Copperhead, USA.
New variety, stabilized by Blane Horton from an accidental cross found in Helene Bergquist’s garden. Released in 2010. Tree-type (up to 2.6 ft / 0.8 m), mid-season with a long fruiting window right up until frost. For greenhouses and outdoors. The bush is compact, you can grow it with minimal pruning. The tomatoes are oblate, chocolate-red, weighing 4.2-8.8 oz (120-250 g). Multi-colored on the inside, juicy flesh with a refreshing sweet-spicy flavor. Can be grown in large pots.
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Dwarf. Mine were small. Cocktail size.
Edited September 28, 2025 by Drosera
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Container Growing
- 🌿 Plant: A compact, tree-type dwarf reaching about 2.6 ft (0.8 m) in height. It requires minimal suckering/pruning and produces right up until the first frost.
- 📈 Yield & Size: Size varies. While it’s supposed to throw oblate fruits weighing 4.2-8.8 oz (120-250 g), tomatinka notes that hers ended up being small, cocktail-sized tomatoes.
- 👅 Taste: The flesh is juicy and multi-colored, with a flavor described as refreshing, sweet, and slightly spicy.
- 🌱 Container Growing: Because of its compact tree-type habit, it is an excellent candidate for growing in large pots.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Two growers contributed to this thread, located in USDA Zones 3 and 6.
🍅 Have you grown Dwarf Copperhead? Drop a comment below! Did yours get up to the half-pound mark, or were they cocktail-sized like Vera’s?
