| Tomato Cultivars |
| Red |
| Common name |
Maturity |
Resistance |
Type |
Size |
Vine |
Shape |
Description |
| 1884 |
78 days |
|
Heirloom |
16-32 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Said to have been discovered by James Lyde Williamson near Friendly, West Virginia in a pile of flood debris from the Ohio River in 1884. |
| Abraham Lincoln |
80-90 days |
|
Heirloom |
12-16 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Introduced in Illinois in 1923. |
| Fourth of July |
49 days |
|
Hybrid |
4 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
May be the very earliest of all non-cherry tomato cultivars, moderately heavy producer. |
| Ace 55 |
80 days |
VF |
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Super-low acidity |
| Amish Paste |
85 days |
|
Heirloom |
6-8 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Paste |
As the name implies, best for paste/sauce. Oblong shape, good taste. |
| Beefsteak |
90 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
archetypical broad, lobed variety |
| Beefmaster |
80 days |
|
Hybrid |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Purportedly the very best version of beefsteak. |
| Better Boy |
82 days |
|
Hybrid |
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Improved version of the original Big Boy. |
| Campari |
69-80 days |
T |
Hybrid |
Medium |
Indeterminate |
plum, RL |
noted for sweetness and low acidity |
| Celebrity |
70 days |
VA |
Hybrid |
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
|
| Cherokee |
80 days |
VF |
Heirloom |
Large |
Determinate |
Globe |
Not related to Cherokee purple or brown. |
| Crimson Cushion |
90 days |
|
Heirloom |
Large |
Indeterminate |
Ribbed |
Wilt-resistant |
| Delicious |
77 days |
|
Heirloom |
24 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Set World Record for weight in 1986 at |
| Earliana |
65 days |
|
Heirloom |
6 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Introduced in 1900. |
| Early Girl |
50 days |
VF |
Hybrid |
4-5 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Very early, smooth round/oval fruit in the 6oz range. |
| Extreme Bush |
50 days |
|
Hybrid |
3 oz. |
Bush |
Globe |
Extended-season determinate. |
| Goliath |
85 days |
|
Heirloom |
36 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Very large tomato. |
| Liz Birt |
75 days |
OP |
|
Medium |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Sweet fruits with a more pronounced acid taste, derived from 'Brandywine' X 'Cherokee Purple'. |
| Matchless |
85 days |
|
Heirloom |
6 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Created by W. Atlee Burpee in 1889. |
| Matt's Wild Cherry |
55 days |
|
Heirloom |
Tiny |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Tiny tomato, supposedly found in the wild in Mexico, where the first wild tomato plants may have originated. |
| Moneymaker |
80 days |
|
Heirloom |
5 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
|
| Mortgage Lifter |
80-85 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Very large heirloom tomato developed by M.C. 'Charlie' Byles in Logan, West Virginia in the 1930s. He sold the tomato plants for a dollar each and paid off his $6000 mortgage in only 6 years. |
| Red Brandywine |
100 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
May be related to the original Brandywine, but is red instead of pink with green shoulders, and has normal leaves. |
| Red currant |
70 days |
|
Heirloom |
Tiny, berry-sized |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
A South American species of tomato, possibly the same as its wild cousin. |
| Roma |
75 days |
VF |
Heirloom |
|
Determinate |
Paste |
Standard paste tomato, cylindrical to pear-shaped. |
| Rutgers |
75 days |
VF |
Heirloom |
6 oz. |
Determinate |
Globe |
One of the most standard heirlooms, crack-resistant. |
| San Marzano |
85 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
paste |
considered finer than Roma, haute cuisine paste tomato. Cylindrical to pear-shaped, a signature tomato of Italian cuisine. |
| Small Fry |
65 days |
VFN |
Hybrid |
|
Determinate |
1 inch |
Ideal variety to grow in containers, disease resistant. |
| Super Fantastic |
70 days |
VF |
Hybrid |
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Heavy producer of large, smooth, round fruit with a good balance of sweet and acidic. |
| Sweet 100 |
55 days |
VF |
Hybrid |
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
One of the most popular cherry tomatoes, super-productive, sweet. |
| Sweet Chelsea |
64 days |
VFFNT |
Hybrid |
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Improved version of Sweet 100, resistant to 10 diseases as well as cracking and drought. |
| Sweet Million |
75 days |
VFNTSt |
Hybrid |
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
More productive version of Sweet 100, can produce over 500 fruits. |
| Three Sisters |
75 days |
|
Potato leaf |
6 oz. |
Indeterminate |
pleated, roma, globe |
This breed actually can bear any one of three types of tomato: A single-pleated variety, a roma style, or a pleated, flattened fruit. |
| Tiny Tim |
45 days |
|
Heirloom |
1 oz. |
Bush |
Cherry |
Extremely tiny plant, can grow and produce in a three inch (76 mm) pot, plant is 10 to tall. |
| Variegated |
75 days |
|
Heirloom |
2 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Leaves are, as the name implies, yellow and green. Extremely decorative, but with tasty red fruit.
|
| Pink |
| Common name |
Maturity |
Resistance |
Type |
Size |
Vine |
Shape |
Description |
| Brandywine |
90 days |
|
Heirloom PL |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Amish origins. |
| Dwarf Champion |
80 days |
|
Heirloom |
8 oz. |
Tree |
Globe |
Rugose leaves |
| Giant Belgium pink |
85 days |
|
|
32 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Low acid, sweet. |
| New Big Dwarf |
90 days |
|
Heirloom |
16 oz. |
Tree |
Beefsteak |
Been around for 90 years. |
| Pink Beefsteak |
70 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
As the name implies, medium beefsteak variety, even more pink than typical beefsteaks. |
| Sweet Quartz |
65 days |
VFNT |
Hybrid |
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Disease resistant pink cherry tomatoes, grows very tall. |
| Violaceum Krypni-Rozo |
80 days |
|
Heirloom |
8 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Scalloped |
Bizarre scalloped fruit, extremely deep and numerous lobes has a pretty, unique style.
|
| Orange |
| Amana Orange |
90 days |
|
|
16 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Beefsteak-style fruit is orange, has a mild flavor. |
| Ida Gold |
59 days |
|
Heirloom |
3 oz. |
Determinate |
Globe |
Low acid, good flavor. |
| Orange Jubilee |
70-80 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Paste |
Mild, non-acidic tomato with meaty thick walls and few seeds.
|
| Yellow |
| Azoychka |
60 days |
|
Heirloom |
8 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Russian in origin, citrus flavor. |
| Banana Legs |
75 days |
|
Heirloom |
4 inches long |
Indeterminate |
Paste |
Similar in shape and color to a small banana, may rarely have faint green stripes. |
| Blondkopfchen |
75-80 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Small, sweet golden tomato with high yields. Crack resistant. Originates from Germany. |
| Garden peach tomato |
80 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Yellow fruit has fuzzy skin and resembles a peach. |
| Yellow Brandywine |
100 days |
|
Heirloom |
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
PL, Amish origins.
|
| Black / Purple |
| Aunt Ginny's Purple |
80 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Flavor is said to be similar to brandywine, though it produces more. |
| Bear Creek |
Early-Midseason |
|
|
Large |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Attractive fruits of fine flavor and good production, named for Bear Creek Farm in Osceola, Mo. |
| Black Cherry |
65 days |
|
Indeterminate |
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Blackish red, a-la cherokee purple. |
| Black Krim |
80 days |
|
|
12 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Dark purple with green shoulders. |
| Black Russian |
75 days |
|
|
Small |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Pretty, plentiful small black fruit. |
| Cherokee purple |
80 days |
|
|
16 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Purple shoulders, originally grown by Cherokee Indians, extremely popular flavor. |
| Chocolate Cherokee |
80 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Crimson with brown/black shoulders. |
| Dora |
80-85 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Large beefsteak type fruits developed solely for flavor, regular leaf. |
| Gary O' Sena |
70-75 day |
|
|
Large |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Pink purple fruits, potato leafed, developed from Brandywine x Cherokee Purple.
|
| Green |
| Common name |
Maturity |
Resistance |
Type |
Size |
Vine |
Shape |
Description |
| Aunt Ruby's German Green |
80 days |
|
|
16 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
|
| Emerald Evergreen |
72 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Supposedly especially good and mild tasting. |
| Green Bell Pepper |
76 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Not actually a green pepper, but shaped and colored like one, inside and out. Tastes like a tomato.
|
| White |
| White Wonder |
80 days |
|
|
32 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Huge, white with yellow tint. |
| Snow White Cherry |
70 days |
|
|
1 inch |
Indeterminate |
Cherry |
Small, blushing green with a white-ish tint caused by a reflective surface.
|
| Multicolor |
| Black Zebra |
85 days |
|
|
|
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Brown with black stripes, deep, sweet flavor. |
| Green Zebra |
78 days |
|
|
4 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Globe |
Two tone with green stripes. |
| Mister Stripey |
56 days |
|
|
6-24 oz. |
Indeterminate |
Beefsteak |
Yellow with red/pink stripes. |
| Tigerella |
59 days |
|
|
2 to 4 oz |
indeterminate |
globe |
red with yellow stripes |