Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Marizol Magic is an indeterminate, mid-season fuzzy peach-type tomato (associated with New Jersey breeder Joe Bratka’s Marizol line) that produces 1.5-3.5 oz (40-100 g) yellow-orange fruits with a pink blush. Growers love its uncanny resemblance to real apricots, heavy yields, and sweet, fruity dessert flavor when ripened on the vine, though fruits … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Matt’s Black (Chernyy Metta) is an indeterminate, mid-season dark cocktail cherry originating from the United States (USA). The vigorous vines easily climb to 6.5 ft (2 m), setting generous trusses of round, ~1 oz (25-35 g) large cherries that ripen into a deep, glossy burgundy-brown. Growers highlight its exceptional table quality: thin-skinned, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marsha’s Starfighter Heart (Serdtse Marshi) is an exotic indeterminate oxheart bred by Marsha Eisenberg of South Florida as part of her acclaimed Star Wars Project. Vines climb past 6.5 ft (2 m) in greenhouses with classic weeping foliage, producing heavy trusses of blunt to elongated hearts weighing up to 10.5-12.5 oz (300-350 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marcy’s Mystery is a powerhouse indeterminate bicolor beefsteak discovered by Marcy Fain and introduced by Dale Thurber of Delectation of Tomatoes. The sturdy vines reach around 6 ft (1.8 m), pumping out broad-shouldered, massive fruit typically weighing 14-21 oz (400-600 g) and easily clearing 1-2 lbs (450-900 g). Ripening to a warm … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Marsha’s Starfighter Beefsteak is an elite indeterminate anthocyanin novelty slicer bred by Marsha Eisenberg of South Florida as part of her acclaimed Star Wars Project. Vines reach 6-6.5 ft (1.8-2 m) with slender, wiry stems and sparse weeping foliage. It yields heavy crops of deep burgundy-brown beefsteaks weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g), … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mermaid is an elite indeterminate, mid-season bicolor beefsteak celebrated for breaking the curse of low-yielding bicolors. The tall vines produce massive, meaty fruit tipping the scales up to 2.2 lbs (1 kg). While the exterior ripens to a soft, glowing pink with faint golden undertones, slicing it open reveals a breathtaking, marbled yellow-and-crimson … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minnie’s Pin Striped is a classic American indeterminate heirloom bicolor beefsteak climbing over 6 ft (1.8 m) tall. It yields generous crops of large, meaty yellow slicers weighing roughly 10-18 oz (280-500 g), decorated with delicate crimson pin-striping radiating up from the blossom end. Gardeners consistently praise its melt-in-your-mouth texture and rich, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Midnight Sun is an elite potato-leaf indeterminate bicolor oxheart bred by Karen Olivier in British Columbia as part of her acclaimed True North Series. Developed from a dream cross of Ludmilla’s Pink Heart and Captain Lucky, it produces smooth, glowing yellow-and-pink hearts averaging 9-12.5 oz (250-350 g). Despite having sparse, wispy oxheart … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lugas F1 is a renowned Hungarian greenhouse truss hybrid bred by ZKI (Vegetable Crop Research Institute). While some foreign catalog listings mistakenly label it determinate, it behaves as a tidy, manageable indeterminate vine reaching 5.2-5.5 ft (160-170 cm) with minimal suckering. It yields heavy clusters of uniform, oval-round red fruit weighing 2.1-3.9 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ludmilla’s Pink Heart (Rozovoe Serdtse Lyudmily) is an indeterminate heirloom oxheart tracing back to Kazakhstan and Germany. Celebrated by northern gardeners for being remarkably early-ripening for a large-fruited heart, it yields meaty, elongated pink hearts weighing 8-16 oz (225-450 g) with minimal seeds and sweet, tender flesh. The vine is slightly sturdier … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Long Tall Sally is an indeterminate, mid-season striped oxheart bred in the USA by Blaine Horton. It puts out large, meaty, blunt pink hearts striped with gold, topping the scales at up to 17.6 oz (500 g) with minimal seeds. Plants have the classic droopy, wispy oxheart vine habit that fools beginners … 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