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Tomato Varieties

Below is an extensive database of tomato variety descriptions and images. We continue to add details and photos as they become available.

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  • Tomato Type: Garden
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Very Early
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Determinate
    Plant Height: 2 ft.
    Fruit Size: 3 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Round
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Very few seeds. Compact plant.

  • Jack Rabin, Director of Farm Programs

    Tomato Type: Heirloom
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Determinate
    Plant Height: 2 ft.
    Fruit Size: 6 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Round
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Mild flavor hint of sweetness. Very compact plants.

  • Tomato Type: Heirloom
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Italy
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Semi-Determinate
    Plant Height: 4 ft.
    Fruit Size: 1 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Grape
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Roma/grape (winter grape).

  • Tomato Type: Commercial
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: USA
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 8 ft.
    Fruit Size: 16 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
    Skin Color: Pink
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Improved fruit quality and late blight resistance

  • Tomato Type: Garden
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Late
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 4 ft.
    Fruit Size: 1 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Cherry
    Skin Color: Bi-color
    Flesh Color: Yellow
    Comments: Yellow fruit with green stripes. A cherry version of 'Green Zebra'.

  • Tomato Type: Heirloom
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Late
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 3 ft.
    Fruit Size: 10 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Solid and meaty.

  • Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent

    Tomato Type: Garden
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Determinate
    Plant Height: 4 ft.
    Fruit Size: 8 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red

  • Tomato Type: Garden
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Late
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Semi-Determinate
    Fruit Size: 10 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Bell
    Skin Color: Yellow
    Flesh Color: Pink

  • Tomato Type: Undetermined
    Breed: Undetermined
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Undetermined
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Undetermined
    Fruit Shape: Undetermined
    Skin Color: Undetermined
    Flesh Color: Undetermined

  • Tomato Type: Undetermined
    Breed: Undetermined
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Undetermined
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Undetermined
    Fruit Shape: Undetermined
    Skin Color: Undetermined
    Flesh Color: Undetermined

  • Tomato Type: Garden
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Poland
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 6 ft.
    Fruit Size: 14 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
    Skin Color: Bi-color
    Flesh Color: Bi-color
    Comments: Multiple colored golden yellow beefsteak with red striping and blue blushes.

  • Tomato Type: Specialty
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 8 ft.
    Fruit Size: 0.4 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Grape
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: FFF.

  • Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent

    Tomato Type: Commercial
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 8 ft.
    Fruit Shape: Grape
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red

  • Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent

    History: From Amana, Iowa.
    Tomato Type: Heirloom
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: USA
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 0 ft.
    Fruit Size: 10 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
    Skin Color: Orange
    Flesh Color: Orange
    Usage: Fresh
    Availability: Commercial, Seed Exchange
    Comments: Sweet flavor at times somewhat bland.

  • Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent

    Tomato Type: Specialty
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Early
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 8 ft.
    Fruit Size: 0.5 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Cherry
    Skin Color: Golden
    Flesh Color: Golden
    Usage: Fresh
    Availability: Commercial
    Comments: Good marks for flavor at Somerset 4-H Fair.

  • Jack Rabin, Director of Farm Programs

    Tomato Type: Commercial
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: USA
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Undetermined
    Plant Height: 4 ft.
    Fruit Size: 12 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Availability: Commercial
    Disease Resistance: VF1T
    Comments: A firm commercial variety grown by local farmers.

  • Tomato Type: Undetermined
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Undetermined
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 5 ft.
    Fruit Size: 6 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Round
    Skin Color: Orange
    Flesh Color: Orange

  • History: Saved by the Amish.
    Tomato Type: Heirloom
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: USA
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Narrow
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 5 ft.
    Fruit Size: 1.3 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Plum
    Skin Color: Pink
    Flesh Color: Pink
    Flaws: Cracks, Uneven Ripening
    Usage: Fresh
    Availability: Commercial
    Comments: Somewhat sweet, can be bland, mealy.

  • Peter Nitzsche, County Agricultural Agent

    Tomato Type: Undetermined
    Breed: Open Pollinated
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Late
    Leaf Type: Undetermined
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 7 ft.
    Fruit Size: 2 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Grape
    Skin Color: Pink
    Flesh Color: Pink

  • Tomato Type: Specialty
    Breed: Hybrid
    Origin: Undetermined
    Season: Mid
    Leaf Type: Normal
    Plant Type: Indeterminate
    Plant Height: 6 ft.
    Fruit Size: 0.75 oz.
    Fruit Shape: Grape
    Skin Color: Red
    Flesh Color: Red
    Comments: Fruit grow in clusters.