{"id":5682,"date":"2026-10-17T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:27:38","slug":"millionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/millionaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Millionaire Tomato Review & Photos: USA Heirloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Millioner (Millionaire) is a large, indeterminate beefsteak<\/strong> tomato traced back to Missouri in the 1950s. While some seed sellers have spun wild marketing tales about it, the true variety produces massive, smooth, pinkish-coral fruits weighing 10.5-28 oz (300-800 g). Growers praise its sweet, meaty-yet-juicy texture and excellent late-season keeping qualities. However, this thread highlights a high risk of getting off-types when buying from certain vendors. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Jump to: Dukhov’s Wild Description & Off-Types<\/a> | The Real Millionaire<\/a> | Late Season & Storage<\/a><\/p>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4 Experience)<\/h2>\n

Dukhov’s Wild Description & Off-Types<\/h3>\n
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I bought seeds for this variety from Dukhov Here is his description:<\/p>\n

MILLIONAIRE (USA) – unique, mid-season, plant up to 6.5 ft (2 m), extremely massive stems like tree branches, dark green leaves, no other tomato variety has such dark foliage. The fruits have an alluring sweet aroma, coral in color, weighing 17.5-28 oz (500-800 g). In the summer of 1950, Mountain Grove*<\/a> (a famous American breeder) gave seeds to Ed Hanson (a novice vegetable grower) who grew this variety in Missouri for many years and made millions selling its fruits. Since then the variety was lost and many American growers searched for it. In 1995, this variety turned up with Carol Norwood (a vegetable grower from Canada), who sent Millionaire seeds to Neil Gillard (an American breeder). He grew the variety and sent us a few seeds; yield per plant is up to 66 lbs (30 kg).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I planted 2 vines, and on both vines I got about 5 of these little ribbed figs! Definitely ain’t making a fortune off of mine!!! \ud83d\ude06\ud83d\ude06\ud83d\ude06 Did anyone actually grow good ones? Please share.<\/p>\n

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Ladies, my Millionaire is also from Dukhov. Looks like I actually got the real deal — the fruits on the vine really are coral-colored. I have a photo of them on the plant somewhere, can’t find it right now, I’ll post it later. And this is a photo of a ripe tomato, slightly overripe so the color got redder. The flavor is good, classic tomato taste, fruits are perfectly uniform with no blemishes. Just tried the first one this morning \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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And mine is a really, really dark red color, just a little bit more and it’d fall right into the dark varieties. Maybe yours is the real one, Elena. We’ll have to compare, maybe someone else will chime in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Galya, your Millionaire looks more like Tim’s Black Ruffles or Purple Pumpkin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ladies, another question. Legend looks similar to the description of the Podyomnye variety. Has anyone compared it with Podyomnye? It looks similar by description. But I only have Podyomnye, I don’t have Millionaire. But let me say right now \ud83d\ude06 please don’t send me any seeds. This year I have way too many identical ones with different names. \u2639\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And I was gifted this kind of Millionaire. Irina @Garmoniya grew it and gave me some to try and to save seeds.<\/p>\n

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Well ain’t that something, I didn’t even have either of those on my grow list \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Galya! Finally found the photo of Millionaire on the vine. Millionaire<\/p>\n

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My Millionaire<\/p>\n

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Millionaire is one of our absolute best finds of 2020! Not ribbed at all (well, maybe slightly), perfectly shaped, darkish red, and most importantly, super delicious! Very long fruiting period, we picked the last ones on October 18, and if it weren’t for the frost they would’ve kept ripening on the vine. And they store really well, we’re still finishing them off in November. They stay large right up to the end, about 10.5 oz (300 g) each.<\/p>\n

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Mine was a very productive variety. Fruits were pink, large, 17.5 oz (500 g) and up. The vine was over 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, massive. The fruits aren’t mealy, they’ve got that sugary texture but are still juicy.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste, and Storage<\/h2>\n