Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Golden Heart is a 2015 release from the Dwarf Tomato Project, created by crossing ‘Anna Banana Russian’ and ‘Roza Vetrov‘. It is a stout, regular rugose-leaf semi-determinate plant that produces juicy, sweet, pale-yellow blunt hearts. Growers love its rugged, low-maintenance, no-prune habit and report that the compact plants get absolutely loaded … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gritsyk is a mid-season, indeterminate red heirloom that produces massive, meaty plum-heart shaped fruits, often with a little point or beak on the blossom end. Growers praise its intensely sweet, rich flavor with practically zero acidity, and its outstanding resilience in extreme heat and wind. The huge fruits can weigh up to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Doctors is an indeterminate, highly vigorous green cherry tomato originally discovered by Amy Goldman and Carolyn Male as a sport of Dr. Carolyn. Growers here rave about its intense, grape-like sweetness, often ranking it in their top five best-tasting varieties. It is a massive yielder and boasts excellent resistance to leaf … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gold Nugget is an early, determinate yellow cherry tomato developed by Dr. James Baggett at Oregon State University. It produces wispy, thin-stemmed plants that max out around 3-5 feet (1-1.5 m) depending on whether grown outdoors or in a high tunnel. Growers love its heavy yields, very early ripening, and perfectly balanced, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Fahrenheit Blues is an indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin cherry tomato bred by US breeder Tom Wagner. It produces heavy clusters of round, large cherry tomatoes that ripen to a deep red-purple with dark shoulders. Growers praise it for its juicy texture and sweet, complex, “exotic” flavor. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Flanders Contrast is an indeterminate, mid-season variety bred by Tom Wagner. It produces beautiful tricolor (blue, yellow, and green) pear-shaped fruits weighing 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g). Growers praise it for its massive yields, sweet fruity flavor, and excellent shelf life. A common point of discussion is the foliage, as growers report seeing … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Earl’s Faux is an indeterminate, mid-season (leaning early) potato leaf variety. The history is famous: Earl Cadenhead found a rogue seed in a pack of Brandywine, loved the resulting tomato, and shared it with the community on Tomatoville and Garden Web. It produces large, oblate pink beefsteaks. Growers here rave about its … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Elser Farm’s Brown Derby is an indeterminate beefsteak with a unique greenish-ochre to brownish-orange skin and vibrant tricolor flesh. Growers consistently praise its sweet, rich, and slightly tangy flavor, often comparing it to a ripe mango or the famous Dwarf Uluru Ochre. While it’s an indeterminate vine, most growers note it stays … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Everett’s Rusty Oxheart is a legendary indeterminate, mid-season heirloom producing unique bronze, rusty-green, and red bi-color hearts. Growers absolutely rave about its intensely sweet, fruity, and exotic flavor, often calling it the best-tasting tomato of their season. Everett’s Rusty Oxheart is a classic American heirloom. While the original breeder is lost to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Debbie Blackburn is an indeterminate, mid-season variety that produces flawless pink beefsteaks. Growers highly praise its incredibly good, sweet flavor and meaty texture. The tomatoes are noted for being very uniform and blemish-free, keeping surprisingly well in storage. While it produces heavy yields in the greenhouse, high heat outdoors can sometimes lead … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dagma’s Perfection is an indeterminate, mid-season bi-color slicer. It produces beautiful large yellow fruits with a pinkish-red blush. Growers highly rate its sweet, fruity, and juicy flavor profile. Vine height and yields can vary noticeably depending on whether it is grown outdoors in the dirt or under the cover of a greenhouse. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dr. Wyche’s Yellow is an indeterminate, mid-late season heirloom introduced by circus owner Dr. John Wyche. It produces large, meaty, bright orange-yellow beefsteaks. Growers praise its incredibly sweet, well-balanced flavor and long harvest window. While it thrives in greenhouses, it also sets fruit reliably outdoors and is noted for being a heavy, … Read more