10 Tomato Varieties You Need To Know
Browse this slideshow for more information on 10 tomato varieties you need to know about from the nation’s leading seed breeders and distributors.
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Chef's Choice
Chef’s Choice is an indeterminate beefsteak that weighs approximately 1 pound. It matures 75 to 80 days from transplant and has resistance to tomato mosaic virus, Verticillium, scab, and Fusarium. Regions best suited for production are the Southeast and desert Southwest. Available from Seeds By Design.
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Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb has high resistance to late blight and matures in 64 days. This widely adapted cherry tomato is firm, sweet, and well-balanced. It grows on vigorous plants and is ideal size for quart and clamshell sales. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Damsel
This beautiful pink tomato boasts late blight resistance and a rich and tangy flavor. A compact indeterminate habit yields globe-shaped fruits that average 10 to 12 ounces. Damsel is specifically adapted to organic growing systems. Bred for the field, but has performed well in hoophouse trials. Organic seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Daytona
Determinate plants bear large, dark-red 4½-ounce (128-gram) saladette fruit with excellent interior color and firmness plus good shelf life. It is similar in shape to Supremo and Mariana and has some tolerance to yellow leaf curl. Pellets available. Matures in 72 days. Available from Sakata Seed America and Stokes Seeds.
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Everglade
Everglade weighs about 300 grams. matures in 85 days, and has high resistance to Alternaria stem canker, Fusarium wilt races 1-3, Fusarium crown and root rot, white mold, and Verticillium wilt; and has intermediate resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Regions best suited for production include the Southeast and Florida. Everglade performs well in cold weather conditions. Available from Seminis Vegetable Seeds.
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Mountain Honey
This delicious grape tomato features a semi-determinate plant habit, with very good yield, an excellent disease package, and exceptional eating quality, with great flavor and high Brix. Available from Harris Moran Seed Co.
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Mountain Merit
A medium-to-large, round beefsteak for commercial growers, home gardeners, and market growers, Mountain Merit is an AAS winner and has good firmness, color, and flavor. It is a well-adapted, main-season determinate, with Fusarium races 1-3, Verticilium, TSWV, late blight, moderate early blight, and nematode resistance. Available from Bejo Seeds Co. and Clifton Seed Co.
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Resolute
Resolute produces large fruit in the 10- to 12-ounce range and has a firm interior and exceptional flavor. It performs well in mid-south regions and carries TSWV resistance. Available from Seedway.
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Skyway
Skyway is a fresh market determinate tomato that weighs approximately 11 ounces. It is resistant to Fusarium, nematodes, spotted wilt, and tomato yellow leaf curl virus.With high yield potential, it has excellent interior color, and is best suited for production in the Midwest and Northeast. Available from Enza Zaden, Rupp Seeds, and Siegers Seed Co.
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Summer Pick
Summer Pick is a beefsteak that weighs approximately 320 grams. This fresh market tomato has high resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus, Fusarium races 0 and 1, grey leaf spot, and Verticillium; and intermediate resistance to Fusarium. It produces extra-large to jumbo fruit with smooth shoulders and small blossom end scar. Available from Syngenta.
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Chef's Choice
Cherry Bomb
Damsel
Daytona
Everglade
Mountain Honey
Mountain Merit
Resolute
Skyway
Summer Pick
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.