Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Marizol Korney is a potato-leaf, mid-season dark slicer bred by Joe Bratka (New Jersey, USA) and named after heirloom collector Mark Korney. Vines bear generous clusters of 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g) round, slightly flattened dusky pink-purple fruits with deep burgundy flesh. Northern gardeners strongly urge planting it outdoors in open ground rather … Read more
🍅 Quick take: strong>Monkey Ass is an indeterminate, mid-season family heirloom oxheart originating from the United States. Renowned for monstrous vine vigor that easily stretches 6.5-10 ft (2-3 m), it yields massive 14-21 oz (400-600 g) pink fruits. Lower trusses usually bear classic pointed hearts, but upper trusses frequently produce the iconic deeply cleft, double-lobed … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Margaret Curtain is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom black beefsteak originally hailing from Australasia and widely popularized among seed collectors. Vines produce 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g) dusky pink-black to deep chocolate-brown fruits with meaty walls and a standout sweet-tart balance. Northern greenhouse growers praise its ability to carry heavy fruit loads on 2 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marizol Purple is an indeterminate 19th-century German heirloom beefsteak brought to the US by Joe Bratka’s family. Vines produce 14-17.5 oz (400-500 g) oblate, dusky purple-pink fruits with rich, sweet-tart flesh. Northern growers highlight its exceptional resilience: setting fruit through intense heatwaves without dropping blossoms and demonstrating standout resistance to greenhouse leaf … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mayo’s Delight is an indeterminate, mid-to-late season heirloom that yields colossal, blunt red oxhearts typically weighing 21 oz (600 g) with individual fruits tipping the scales at 2.2 lbs (1 kg). Vines reach 6 ft (1.8 m) and produce dense, solid meat with outstanding sweet, balanced flavor and virtually no seed cavities. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Megamutt is a vigorous, indeterminate, mid-season heirloom beefsteak renowned for explosive growth and colossal yields. Vines rebound rapidly from transplanting, bulking up quickly to set clusters of massive, flattened pink-red slicers weighing 14-25 oz (400-700 g). Growers highlight its exceptional plant vigor, heavy production even in short-season regions, and classic sweet, juicy … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mlle Foriers (Mademoiselle Foriers) is an indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin slicer bred alongside French grower Bruno Fournier and introduced at the 2017 Brussels Tomatofest. Vines reach 5-6 ft (1.5-1.8 m) and pump out gorgeous, oblate neon raspberry-pink slicers with jet-black anthocyanin shoulders weighing 7-14 oz (200-400 g). Growers report that while early pickings … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lehrertomate (German for “Teacher’s Tomato”) is a traditional German indeterminate heirloom bred for producing massive, scarlet-red beefsteaks tipping the scales between 14-25 oz (400-700 g). The fruit are dense, meaty, and lightly ribbed with remarkably few seeds and a rich, old-fashioned balanced flavor. While it sets fruit reliably in cool northern summers, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lover’s Lunch (known in Russian collections as Obed Vlyublyonnykh) is a stunning mid-season indeterminate bicolor slicer originally bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. It produces heavy clusters of round, yellow-and-red striped beefsteaks weighing 9+ oz (250+ g) with sweet, balanced, marbled flesh. Northern growers note it is an aggressive, heavy … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lucky Tiger is an indeterminate, mid-season elongated cherry/plum tomato originally bred by Fred Hempel (Artisan Seeds). It produces stunning 1-1.4 oz (30-40 g) green fruits with pink and red striping. Growers universally praise its massive yields, crack resistance, and complex, sweet, tropical flavor with a satisfying crunch. It’s an aggressive grower that … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kaleidoscopic Jewel is a strikingly beautiful, indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin variety bred by Brad Gates (Wild Boar Farms). Growers praise its heavy yields, slim plant profile, and sweet, meaty pink-raspberry flesh. However, some note that the strain seems unstable, throwing fruits of wildly varying shapes and sizes on the same plant, contrary to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kenosha Paste is a highly productive, mid-season indeterminate vine with wispy foliage. It produces meaty, sweet red plum tomatoes weighing around 4.5-5.5 oz. While it is an absolute workhorse for canning and processing, its surprisingly juicy, sweet flavor profile makes it just as fantastic for fresh eating. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes … Read more