Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: One Trick Pony is an indeterminate, mid-season dark beefsteak bred by acclaimed Canadian breeder Karen Olivier (Ladysmith, BC). Bred with regular foliage as a tongue-in-cheek retort to critics who claimed she could only breed potato-leaf varieties, it bears gorgeous 7-17.5 oz (200-500 g) smoky purple-brown slicers. Northern growers report incredible melt-in-your-mouth texture, … 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 Summary (TL;DR): Cowboy 🌍 Origin: A highly sought-after release from Canadian tomato breeder Karen Olivier. It was named in honor of her father, Harold Borle (a lifelong passionate horseback rider and chuckwagon driver), and specifically named “Cowboy” to match the reddish-brown coat of his favorite horse. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Produces a … Read more