Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Flaschentomaten (which simply translates to “bottle tomatoes” in German) is an indeterminate, mid-to-late season paste/cherry variety that originated from a German grower (Valera Zonn) who grew out seeds from the commercial hybrid Corianne F1. Because it’s an unstable dehybridization, growers report two main shapes: one with a distinct pointy beak, and one … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Eiförmige Dauer (Egg-Shaped Keeper) is an indeterminate, mid-season variety that produces small, round, beautiful pink tomatoes weighing around 2-2.5 oz (60-70 g). Growers highlight its fantastic greenhouse yields and high-quality, blemish-free fruits that are perfectly sized for canning. The flavor is described as nicely balanced and solid, earning a 4 out of … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Emalia is an eye-catching, elongated cherry tomato born from a cross between Lucky Tiger and Orange Walk. It produces 1 oz (30 g) caramel-green fruits with a distinct curved beak. Plant height is highly variable: it can stay as a compact 2.5 ft (0.8 m) bush outdoors or shoot up to 6 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dino Eggs is an indeterminate, heavy-yielding variety that produces gorgeous orange, plum-shaped tomatoes with faint yellow stripes. Weighing in around 2.5-5.3 oz (70-150 g), they are firm enough for canning but sweet and juicy enough for fresh eating. Growers love the rich, sweet flavor and note that the vine sets fruit non-stop. … 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: Olya F1 is an early-season superdeterminate hybrid known for extreme disease resistance and highly concentrated yields. While seed packets claim fruits up to 6 oz (180 g), real-world growers consistently harvest uniform, firm 4 oz (120 g) round tomatoes. The flavor is a standard, classic tomato taste, making it an absolute workhorse … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Oslinye Ushi (Donkey Ears) is a mid-season, indeterminate pink/raspberry elongated plum tomato. Known for its classic oxheart-style wispy, drooping foliage, the vine produces large, meaty, and sweet fruits weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). While most growers praise it as a highly productive workhorse with excellent flavor, it requires consistent watering … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orange Bredero (Oranzh Bredero) is an indeterminate heirloom vine producing bright orange, ribbed pear-to-barrel-shaped fruits up to 6 inches (15 cm) long. Praised for its dense, low-moisture, sugary flesh, this variety holds its structure exceptionally well in hot water bath canning and traditional crock pickling. Experienced forum members note that it is … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Ohridski Dolgaves is an indeterminate Serbian heirloom variety popularized by breeder Živojin Antić. It produces very firm, meaty red plums with a pointed tip, typically weighing 5-9 oz (150-250 g). While it looks like a standard canning paste, growers are consistently blown away by its intense, cherry-like sweetness. It also boasts an … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Obzhorka (Gluttonnie) is a highly productive, compact determinate variety that grows up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall. It requires zero pruning and pumps out heavy clusters of 2 oz (60 g) meaty red plum tomatoes with a pointed blossom end. Known for a classic tomato flavor and an excellent shelf life, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Nezhnost (which translates to “Tenderness”) is a mid-early, indeterminate variety that produces beautiful, glowing yellow elongated tomatoes with a pointed tip. The fruits average 3.5-5.3 oz (100-150 g). Growers report that the vines are incredibly prolific, often exceeding the 7-12 fruits per truss promised on the seed packet. While the flavor is … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Nepasynkuyushchiysya Krasnyi (which translates to Non-Suckering Red) is an early-season determinate tomato designed for low-maintenance outdoor growing. Promoted as needing zero pruning, it produces compact bushes about 20 inches (50 cm) tall. While the commercial description claims 2 oz (60 g) fruits, growers have harvested larger 5.3 oz (150 g) tomatoes. It … Read more