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Varieties of Tomato



Here's a comprehensive list of the several different tomato cultivars:

  • 'Beefsteak VFN' (a common hybrid resistant to Verticillium, Fusarium, and Nematodes)
  • 'Big Boy' (a very common determinate hybrid in the United States)
  • 'Black Krim' (a purple-and-red cultivar from the Crimea)
  • 'Brandywine' (a pink, indeterminate beefsteak type with a considerable number of substrains)
  • 'Burpee VF' (an early attempt by W. Atlee Burpee at disease resistance in a commercial tomato)
  • 'Early Girl' (an early maturing globe type)
  • 'Gardener's Delight' (a smaller English variety)
  • 'Juliet' (a grape tomato developed as a substitute for the rare Santa F1)
  • 'Marmande' (a heavily ridged variety from southern France; similar to a small beefsteak and available commercially in the U.S. as UglyRipe)
  • 'Moneymaker' (an English greenhouse strain)
  • Mortgage Lifter (a popular heirloom beefsteak known for gigantic fruit)
  • 'Patio' (bred specifically for container gardens)
  • 'Purple Haze' (large cherry, indeterminate. Derived from Cherokee Purple, Brandywine and Black Cherry)
  • 'Roma VF' (a plum tomato common in supermarkets)
  • 'Rutgers' (a commercial variety but considered an heirloom)
  • 'San Marzano' (a plum tomato popular in Italy)
  • 'Santa F1' (a Chinese grape tomato hybrid, popular in the U.S. and parts of southeast Asia)
  • 'Shephard's Sack' (a large variety popular in parts of Wales)
  • 'Sweet 100' (a very prolific, indeterminate cherry tomato)
  • 'Yellow Pear' (a yellow, pear-shaped heirloom cultivar)

'Cherry' Small, cherry shaped

Some other varieties have very peculiar tastes:

  • 'Aunt Ruby's German Green' (spicy green beefsteak type)
  • 'Azoykcha' (Russian yellow variety)
  • 'Andrew Rahart Jumbo Red' (red beefsteak)
  • 'Backfield' (deep red indeterminate beefsteak type)
  • 'Black Cherry' (black/brown cherry)
  • 'Box Car Willie' (red beefsteak)
  • 'Brandywine' (red beefsteak, Sudduth strain). The name comes from a river in Lord of the Rings' Hobbit Shire
  • 'Cherokee Purple' (purple beefsteak)
  • 'Crnkovic Yugoslavian' (red beefsteak)
  • 'Earl’s Faux' (pink/red beefsteak)
  • 'Elbe' (orange beefsteak)
  • 'German Johnson (sweet beefsteak type)
  • 'Great Divide' (red beefsteak)
  • 'Ispolin' (pink Siberian strain)
  • 'Lucky Cross' (bi-color red/orange)
  • 'Marianna’s Peace' (red beefsteak)
  • 'Mortgage Lifter' (red beefsteak, various strains)
  • 'Red Pear' (pear shaped salad cherry type with beefsteak flavor)
  • 'Rose' (very large sweet Amish beefsteak type)
  • 'Urbikany' (Siberian variety)

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