Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cul de Singe 🌍 Origin: A wonderful heirloom oxheart variety from France. The name literally translates to “Monkey’s Ass” (a playful traditional name in French horticulture!). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). A very productive and heavy-yielding plant. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Gorgeous, plump red hearts. Fruits can reach 300-400 grams (10.5-14 oz), … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cuor di Bue Cavallino Tre Porti 🌍 Origin: A magnificent family heirloom from Italy. Named after Cavallino-Treporti, a picturesque coastal peninsula in the Province of Venice. The name translates to “Oxheart of Cavallino Treporti”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and mid-season. Grower Note: The plant habit is actually quite atypical for … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cosentino sel Claudia 🌍 Origin: A wonderful, highly productive family heirloom from Italy. (“Sel Claudia” likely denotes a specific selection by a grower named Claudia). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-season. Known for being extremely reliable and heat-tolerant, displaying zero blossom drop even when grown in the sunniest spots of the … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cherokee Chocolate 🌍 Origin: A very famous US heirloom. It was stabilized by Craig LeHoullier in 1995 after he discovered a rogue plant from a batch of Cherokee Purple seeds. The difference is in the skin—Cherokee Purple has clear skin, while Cherokee Chocolate has a yellow epidermis, giving it a rich … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A striking anthocyanin (blue/purple) novelty variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. It grows very vigorously and produces a lot of suckers/side shoots quickly, so regular pruning is recommended. Even when started late from seed, it performs well outdoors, reaching about 1.1 meters (3.6 ft) in open ground. 🍅 Fruit … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A striking dark-striped cherry tomato variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Interestingly, while classified as indeterminate, it behaves quite compactly. When grown outdoors in open ground, it only reached about 0.8 meters (2.6 ft) in height, making it a great candidate for smaller spaces or containers. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A dark heirloom variety known as Black Early. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Interestingly, the plant habit is described as quite compact for an indeterminate variety, making it manageable. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Dark purplish-pink/black fruits. They have an excellent texture that manages to be both juicy and reasonably meaty … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A classic heirloom yellow pear-shaped cherry tomato. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-season. A vigorous grower that performs excellently in a greenhouse environment. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Bright yellow, small pear-shaped cherry tomatoes. They have a firm texture that holds up well. 👅 Flavor & Use: The flavor is described … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A commercial variety produced by the famous French seed company Vilmorin. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate / Semi-determinate, mid-season. It is relatively compact and easy to grow, reaching about 1 m (3.3 ft) outdoors and up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in a greenhouse. Perfect for both open ground and … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: Bred by J&L Gardens Seeds. There is a fun debate among growers regarding the name: many believe “Amazon” refers to the Amazon Parrot (which is green with red markings) rather than the river, given the fruit’s original coloring. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, though relatively compact. The breeder lists it … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A very reliable and tasty pink heirloom variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate or Semi-determinate, mid-season. It is much more manageable than sprawling indeterminates, reaching a modest height of about 1.3 – 1.4 meters (4.2 – 4.6 ft) when grown in a greenhouse. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Medium-sized pink tomatoes. The … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A yellow/bicolor heirloom variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Reaches a height of about 1.8 meters (6 ft) when grown in a greenhouse. Known for being an unpretentious, low-maintenance workhorse that shows great cold tolerance, continuing to produce well into the autumn. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Medium-to-large beefsteaks weighing 200-300 … Read more