Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Sylvan Gaume Yellow is an indeterminate, mid-season beefsteak prized for its large, meaty, oblate yellow slicers with a remarkably well-balanced, sweet flavor. Grown unprotected in open ground in the cool, short-summer climate of Kostroma (Zone 4), it showed strong vigor and good productivity, ranking among the best-tasting yellow varieties of the season. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pink Zebra is a striking indeterminate heirloom slicer thought to originate from British Columbia, Canada. Growing to 6.5 ft (2 m) with a dense, leafy canopy, it bears oblate fruits weighing 5.3 to 8.8 oz (150-250 g) sporting a unique dusty rose to deep carmine-pink skin streaked with olive-green tiger stripes. While … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Polaris is a standout indeterminate potato-leaf beefsteak bred by Canadian artisan breeder Karen Olivier (Northern Gardener) as part of her acclaimed True North series. A deliberate cross between Ludmilla’s Pink Heart and Captain Lucky, it yields massive 8.8 to 10.5 oz (250-300 g) dusky raspberry-purple slicers crowned with olive-green shoulders. Known for … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Maya and Sion’s Airdrie Classic is an open-pollinated heirloom originating from Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. It grows as an indeterminate, potato-leaf vine producing mid-season, ribbed red beefsteaks with rich, old-school balanced flavor. Bred in a challenging northern climate, it sets every single truss without dropping blossoms, making it a reliable performer in cool, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Brown Flesh Jumbo 🌍 Origin: Originally from Canada. It was introduced to the RU heirloom community under the translated name Gigantskaya Korichnevaya Plot. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), vigorous, and sun-loving. Outstanding heat tolerance! Even in extreme summer heat waves, it continues to set fruit without dropping blossoms. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Fish Lake Oxheart 🌍 Origin: A highly regarded Canadian heirloom variety originating from the Fish Lake area in Ontario. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Unlike many wispy, fragile-looking oxheart varieties, this one has a very vigorous, powerful, and robust bush. It easily reaches 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse. 🍅 Fruit … Read more