Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Love and Doves F1 (Lyubov da Golubi F1) is a vigorous indeterminate hybrid from Premium Seeds that produces pink plum tomatoes. While it boasts fantastic disease resistance and heavy fruit set outdoors, growers in this thread are largely disappointed by its highly inconsistent genetics and bland, tough, “supermarket-style” flavor. Full summary ↓ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Curious Chichiko is an indeterminate red paste variety known for its distinct elongated shape featuring a prominent, thick beak. Weighing in at 3.5-5 oz, these firm, crack-resistant plums have a surprisingly sweet, sparkling watermelon-like texture inside. With an excellent shelf life and the perfect shape for standing upright in mason jars, it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Legenda Tarasenko is a legendary indeterminate multiflora variety bred by the famous Ukrainian breeder Feodosiy Tarasenko. It is known for producing massive, fan-shaped trusses that can hold up to 30-40 small, red paste tomatoes weighing about 3.5 oz (100 g) each. The fruits typically feature a sharp little beak on the blossom … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Korrida is a commercial Russian determinate variety bred specifically for outdoor growing and whole-fruit canning. The plants are compact bushes maxing out at 32 inches (80 cm). It produces small, elongated red plum tomatoes weighing up to 2.8 oz (80 g). Growers appreciate its space-saving habit, solid yields, and great performance in … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Korall (Coral) is an extremely compact, early-season tree-type (rugose) dwarf tomato. Maxing out around 12 to 18 inches (30-45 cm) tall, it produces a surprisingly heavy yield of small, firm, red plum tomatoes with a little beak, weighing 1.5 to 3 oz (40-80 g). Because of its tiny footprint and shallow root … Read more
🍅 Quick take: King Penguin (Korolevskiy Pingvin) is a meaty, dark pink, elongated indeterminate tomato. While there is some debate over different seed lines (including a tree-type variant), the strain grown by these forum members is a well-behaved vine reaching about 5 feet (1.5 m). Growers rave about its sweet, low-acid flavor and dense flesh, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Caspar F1 is a famous, highly productive determinate F1 hybrid originally bred by the Dutch seed company Seminis. Known as an absolute workhorse paste tomato, it produces heavy yields of firm, red plum/cylinder tomatoes that are ideal for canning, pickling, and dehydrating. Though technically discontinued and replaced by the Hypeel series, it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kmicic is a compact, determinate paste tomato originating from Poland. It is notable for its potato leaf (PL) foliage and exceptional cold tolerance. The plant produces heavy yields of bright red, plum-shaped fruits weighing around 1.7 oz (50 g), which are firm, store well, and are highly prized for canning and processing. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Roi Humbert (also known as Re Umberto or King Humbert) is a historic Italian heirloom paste tomato dating back to the late 1800s. It is a determinate, mid-season variety that produces a heavy yield of small, firm, bright red plum tomatoes with a distinct sharp beak, weighing around 1.8-2.8 oz (50-80 g). … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kievlyanka (Woman of Kiev) is a vigorous, indeterminate pink heirloom that produces large, meaty plum or heart-shaped fruits weighing anywhere from 7 oz to 1 lb (200-450 g). Growers praise its dense, sugary “watermelon-like” flesh and rich flavor. While it can start slow and is often considered a mid-late to late-season variety, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Chinese Tree (Kitayskoe Derevo) is an indeterminate red tomato that produces heavy yields of large, meaty plum/paste fruits weighing 5-9 oz (150-250 g). Growers praise it for its excellent sweet flavor, firm texture, and outstanding shelf life. It even retains its taste well when ripened on the counter. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Gezahnte Bührer-Keel 🌍 Origin: A stunning European heirloom. Originally from Switzerland, the name Gezahnte translates to “Toothed” (referencing its deep pleats/ribs), while Bührer-Keel refers to the Swiss family who historically cultivated and preserved the variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). A very robust and powerful plant that easily tops 6.5 feet (2 … Read more