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Tomato Plant Descriptions 2025

  • Writer: Lora Penner
    Lora Penner
  • Mar 24, 2025
  • 2 min read

Red Slicer

Days

Ind vs Det

Size

Notes

Manitoba

60-65

Determinate

6 oz

 Red, prolific, firm meaty flesh

Beefsteak

62

Determinate

8 oz

Red

Beefmaster

81

Indeterminate

20 oz

Red

 

 

 

 

 

Colored

 

 

 

 

Lemon Boy

72

Indeterminate

7 oz

Low Acid.  Tangy and sweet.

Amana Orange

80-90

Indeterminate

1 lb

Low acid.  Good flavor

 

 

 

 

 

Heirloom

 

 

 

 

Great White

75

indeterminate

12 oz

Creamy, sweet and juicy.  Low Acid.

German Johnson

75

indeterminate

8-16 oz

Pink, creamy

Brandywine

78

indeterminate

Up to a 1 lb

Pink, smooth, potato leaf

Cherokee Purple

72

indeterminate

8-12 oz

Purple/Brown/Green, meaty, sweet

Black Beauty

75-80

indeterminate

6 oz

Black skin and red flesh, meaty + smooth

Green Zebra

75

indeterminate

3 oz

Yellowish tinge when ripe, tangy, prolific

Pineapple

75-80

indeterminate

Up to 2 lbs

Yellow/Red, meaty, prolific, sweet

Oxheart Pink

80

indeterminate

10 to 12 oz

Meaty, pear shaped

Kellogg's Breakfast

80-85

indeterminate

1-2 lbs

Orange beefsteak, meaty and juicy

Solar Flair

85

indeterminate

6-10 oz

Red with gold stripes, meaty and sweet

Large Barred Rock

65-70

indeterminate

8-12 oz

Pink-brown with green stripes.  Meaty

Sicilian Saucer

75-90

Indeterminate

2+ lbs

Beefsteak/paste type, massive fruit.

Mortgage Lifter

85

indeterminate

1 lb

Smooth large pink fruit.

 

 

 

 

 

Roma/Paste

 

 

 

 

San Marzano

78

Indeterminate

3.8 oz

Thick, dry flesh, prolific

Amish Paste

85

Indeterminate

8 oz

Heirloom, few seeds and meaty

 

 

 

 

 

Cherry

 

 

 

 

Yellow Pear

70

Indeterminate

 

Very Productive

Red Pear

70

Indeterminate

 

Prolific, sweet and juicy.

Chocolate Pear

70

Indeterminate

 

Dark burgundy and green or brown shoulders, rich tomato flavor.

Purple Bumblebee

70

Indeterminate

 

Red with green stripes.  Sweet and prolific

Black Cherry

64-70

Indeterminate

 

Deep red with a blackish hue

Chocolate Cherry

75

Indeterminate

 

Dark red chocolatey color.

Sungold

57

Indeterminate

 

Sweet and delicious.  Orange

Gold Nugget

56

Indeterminate

 

Deep yellow color.  Sweet

Ildi

54

Indeterminate

 

Prolific, yellow, plants 6-8’ tall

Indigo Cherry Drops

71

Indeterminate

1-2 oz

 Deep, rosy-red with a black-purple cast that is bursting with sweet flavor.

Tumbling Tom Red

50-65

Tumbling

 

Red, plant cascades, sweet

Tumbling Tom Yellow

50

Tumbling

 

Yellow, plant cascades, sweet

Sweet Million

60

Indeterminate

 

Classic red cherry tomato

Tiny Tim

45

Determinate

 

Tiny cute plant.

Woolly Kate

 

indeterminate

cocktail

Purple/black + yellow/orange.  Tart + sweet

Black Strawberry

60

indeterminate

2 oz

Marbled: purple, pink, green, and gold.

Productive and sweet.

 

 

 

 

 

Husk Cherry

 

 

 

 

Tomatillo

65

Indeterminate

Golf ball sized

 


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