Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: RAF (Resistente A Fusarium) is an iconic Spanish winter greenhouse tomato bred by French seed house Clause from a Marmande selection. Famous for fetching gourmet prices in Madrid and Barcelona restaurants, true RAF produces deeply ribbed, firm green-shouldered slicers running 3 to 7 oz (80-200 g) that ripen from the inside out. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lev Minusinskiy (Minusinsk Lion) is a striking, heavily ribbed, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region of Siberia. Producing large, meaty beefsteaks often weighing well over 10.5 oz (300 g), growers praise its rich, sweet flavor and excellent shelf life. While the flesh is thick and dense, some slices may reveal hollow … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zapotec Pink Ribbed 🌍 Origin: A famous indigenous heirloom originally cultivated by the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico. Renowned for its deeply pleated, almost ruffled appearance. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). A vigorous, heavy-vined plant that easily reaches 5.9 feet (1.8 m) in a greenhouse setting. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Deeply ribbed, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bolgarskaya Roza (Bulgarian Rose) 🌍 Origin: An Eastern European variety. “Bolgarskaya Roza” translates to “Bulgarian Rose”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and vigorous. It features “sparse” or open foliage, which is great for airflow and disease prevention. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, beautiful red-pink tomatoes averaging around 400g (14 oz). Interestingly, while … Read more