Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Purple Passion is an indeterminate dark heirloom beefsteak producing heavy, flattened 8-16 oz (220-450 g) fruits in a dusky pink-purple shade with subtle green shoulders. Celebrated across the board for an intensely sweet, “heavenly” rich flavor, it thrives both in open ground and high tunnels. Gardeners note that both potato-leaf (PL) and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pink Russian 117 is a late mid-season indeterminate oxheart bred by Californian tomato specialist Jeff Dawson as a pure pink selection from the famous red/yellow bicolor Russian 117. It yields meaty, nearly seedless blunt hearts and irregular beefsteaks weighing 9-14 oz (250-400 g). Gardeners praise its sweet sandwich-grade flesh, but note its … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Roșii de Prahova (Tomatoes of Prahova) is a rare, authentic regional heirloom originating from the Gornet commune in Prahova County, Romania. An indeterminate vine reaching 6 ft (1.8 m), it yields magnificent, deep raspberry-pink oxhearts weighing 10.5 to 14 oz (300-400 g). Renowned for its rich, aromatic, old-fashioned tomato flavor, it boasts … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Accordion Bi-Color 🌍 Origin: This is a known commercial heirloom variety (likely tracing back to the classic American Pink Accordion or Red Accordion lines). In Russia, it was aggressively marketed and sold by the boutique seed seller D. Gusev as “Accordion Bi-Color”. ⚠️ The “Bi-Color” Controversy: Is it actually a bicolor? … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Arbuz (Watermelon) 🌍 Origin & The Name Controversy: “Arbuz” translates directly to “Watermelon”. There is a famous old heirloom called Watermelon Beefsteak which is strictly Potato Leaf (PL). However, the strain discussed in this thread (popularized by our forum member Svetikk from Lithuanian seeds) is distinctly Regular Leaf (RL). Because of … Read more