Tomato Varieties
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80 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Dark red purple, 12oz fruit
Rich flavor
Black Krim
Dwarf Variety!
68 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Dwarf variety, container friendly, 2-4’ plant
Prolific small fruit clusters, 1-4oz fruit
Geranium Kiss Dwarf
79 days to harvest
Determinate
Good disease resistant variety
Saucing tomato
3-4 oz fruit
Hungarian Paste
90 days to harvest
Indeterminate
1lb fruit
Red and yellow streaked fruit
Pineapple
72 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Productive, heat tolerant variety
Incredible flavor
12 oz fruit
Brandywine
76 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Pink red fruit, ¾ to 1.5 lbs
Excellent for slicing or canning
Productive and disease resistant variety
German Johnson
76 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Beefsteak variety
Excellent flavor
Yellow Brandywine
80 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Beefsteak tomato
1-2 lb fruit
Kellogg’s Breakfast
Dwarf Variety!
65 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Container friendly, only gets 3’ tall
Similar to Cherokee purple, excellent flavor
6-10oz fruit
Rosella Purple Dwarf
75 days to harvest
Determinate
4-5oz fruit
Large early yield
Virginia Roma
85 days to harvest
Indeterminate
North Carolina original heirloom variety
10-12oz fruit
Cherokee Purple
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80 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Very productive, good resistance, excellent canning variety
Long roma like tomatoes, 3-4 oz fruit
San Marzano
Dwarf Variety!
77 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Container friendly, plant only gets 2-4’ tall
Disease resistant variety
Emerald Giant Dwarf
78 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Yellow fruit with green zebra stripes, 3-5 oz
Excellent flavor
Season long producer
Green Zebra
83 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Disease resistant, very productive variety
10-14oz fruit
Mortgage Lifter
75 days to harvest
Determinate
Crack resistant variety
4-6oz fruit
Heinz
90 days to harvest
Determinate
Versatile tomato: good for canning, slicing, roasting
Orange 4” fruit
3’ plant
Nebraska Wedding
Cherry Tomato!
57 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Cherry tomato
Excellent flavor, maximum plant life, vigorous growth
High disease resistance
Sungold
Cherry Tomato!
65 days to harvest
Indeterminate
Cherry tomato
Very productive
Cherry Bomb
Glossary of Terms:
Indeterminate varieties continue to grow taller all season long and develop fruit throughout.
Determinate varieties reach a mature height and put out all tomatoes in a few week period, meaning a short time of heavy output and then the plant stops growing and slows fruit production considerably (this is particularly helpful if you are looking to can, freeze or roast large quantities of tomatoes because you’ll have many at one time)
Dwarf tomatoes are varieties developed to keep plants small, 2-4’ tall, to allow space-challenged gardeners the opportunity to grow tomatoes. Development of these varieties was done by an all volunteer group of amateur and hobby gardeners led by North Carolina’s own Craig LeHoullier.
Beefsteak varieties have the largest fruit
Container variety are smaller varieties usually reaching about 3’ tall that call grow in a 10 gallon container
Disease resistant are varieties bred to have more resistance to common tomato disease that often affect the life span and viability of the plant
Heirlooms are a variety of a plant grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers for generations assuring the plant doesn’t cross with others so the flavor can be passed down for generations
Saucing tomatoes are varieties traditionally used in the making of Italian tomato sauces
