Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Coeur de Boeuf Jerusalem 🌍 Origin: A rare and highly prized heirloom oxheart variety. While it carries a French name (translating to “Jerusalem Oxheart”), this specific heavy-yielding strain has been heavily preserved, circulated, and perfected by Eastern European and Russian tomato collectors. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). The bush is slender … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Curtis Cheek 🌍 Origin: A highly prized heirloom oxheart variety from the USA. It is named after the American grower, Curtis Cheek, who cultivated and popularized this fantastic giant tomato among heirloom collectors. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). An incredibly vigorous and powerful plant. Standout feature: It is an early-season variety, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A dark heirloom variety originating from the USA. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, but generally medium-tall (semi-determinate behavior in some conditions). It shows great disease resistance and continues to grow and produce late into the season. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Dark (purple/black) beefsteaks. The texture is dense, sugary, and very meaty. … 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 highly regarded specific strain of the famous Brandywine heirloom family. Documented in Tatiana’s TOMATObase. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Features the classic Potato Leaf (PL) foliage typical of Brandywines. Notably, it performs very well even when grown outdoors (open ground) in cooler northern climates. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A beautiful and productive heirloom oxheart variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-to-late season. It shows excellent disease resistance. Highly adaptable—while it grows well in a greenhouse, some growers from colder northern regions report that it performs and feels even better when grown outdoors in open ground! 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A fantastic heirloom cross with a stellar lineage. One of its parent varieties is the legendary Brandywine (Sudduth’s Strain), known worldwide for its premier flavor. It is documented in Tatiana’s TOMATObase. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Features attractive Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Grows very well under the protection of … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: An intriguing and highly desirable variety resulting from an accidental cross between the legendary heirloom Brandywine and the famous cherry tomato Sweet 100. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. It primarily features Potato Leaf (PL) foliage, though due to its genetics, growers report that it can still occasionally segregate and … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A stunning, highly regarded heirloom tomato variety. At least one of the prominent European growers in this thread sourced their seeds directly from Germany. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Features beautiful Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Grows exceptionally well in greenhouses in cooler northern climates. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large beefsteaks … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A highly regarded heirloom tomato. It famously made it into the top 10 best-tasting tomatoes list by renowned collector Tatiana Kouchnareva (Tatiana’s TOMATObase). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Features beautiful Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. When grown in a greenhouse, it typically reaches around 1.5 meters (5 ft). It responds … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR) 🌍 Origin: A very famous commercial Russian/Ukrainian heirloom that has caused a lot of naming controversy! Many growers assume “Black Sea Man” is just a direct translation of the Russian variety Chernomor. However, as documented by growers in this thread who planted both side-by-side, they are completely different varieties. The strain … Read more