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)