Tomato

Heart-shaped red paste heirloom — meaty enough for sauce, flavorful enough for slicing.

Green-when-ripe heirloom — sweet and spicy with a hint of amber blush. Ripe when soft.

also: Red Beefsteak

Indeterminate classic — huge 1–2 lb ribbed red slicers. Needs heavy staking.

Indeterminate. 1-lb heirloom slicers. Fewer, huge fruit.

The best-selling hybrid slicer — dependable, disease-resistant, 12–16 oz red fruit.

AAS winner — 10–12 oz beefsteak-type with old-fashioned flavor and modern disease resistance.

Classic hybrid producing heavy crops of 1 lb+ red slicers. Adaptable to most climates.

Dusky-purple cherry with rich, complex flavor — the heirloom of cherries.

Dark maroon-purple beefsteak from Crimea. Salty-sweet, rich. Color deepens with heat.

The most famous heirloom — potato-leaf pink beefsteak with legendary sweet, complex flavor. Slow but worth it.

Semi-determinate AAS winner. Uniform 7–8 oz red slicers — very reliable for beginners.

Dusky purple-brown heirloom from Tennessee. Rich, smoky-sweet. A top slicer.

Indeterminate. Prolific, candy-sweet. Trellis or cage — grows 6 ft+.

Rich brownish-red cherries — complex sweet flavor, great in salads.

Deeply ribbed Italian heirloom — intense flavor, outstanding for sauce.

The earliest full-size slicer — 4–6 oz red fruit weeks before others. Great for short seasons.

also: Sugar Lump

German heirloom cherry — sweet-tart, crack-resistant, heavy producer.

also: Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'German Pink'

Large pink beefsteak heirloom — meaty, low-acid, few seeds. Great slicer.

Elongated cherry, firmer flesh. Excellent shelf life.

Ripens striped green-and-gold. Tangy, tart. Ripe when soft, not color.

Huge orange-red marbled beefsteak heirloom — 1–2 lb, sweet and fruity.

Golden-orange low-acid slicer — mild and sweet, beautiful in salads.

AAS-winning mini-Roma 'grape' — crack-resistant, very prolific, great roasted.

Bright yellow 6–7 oz hybrid slicer — mild, meaty, and a garden standout.

also: Orange Marmalade

Orange beefsteak with marbled interior and sweet, fruity, low-acid flavor. Beautiful sliced.

also: Marmande Rouge

French ribbed heirloom — the classic 'tomate de Provence.' Rich flavor, fruits well in heat.

English greenhouse heirloom — smooth red 4–5 oz slicers, heavy and reliable producer.

also: Radiator Charlie's

1–2 lb pink beefsteak bred by a man who paid off his mortgage selling seedlings. Meaty and mild.

Heart-shaped pink-red heirloom, up to 1 lb. Thick flesh, few seeds — great for sauce.

Determinate dwarf for pots — 3–4 oz red slicers on a compact plant. No trellis needed.

Yellow-red marbled heirloom beefsteak — sweet, fruity, tropical flavor. Stunning when sliced.

also: Roman Tomato

Determinate paste type — thick-walled, meaty, few seeds. The standard sauce and canning tomato.

Determinate. Thick-walled, meaty. Made for sauce and canning.

also: Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Rutgers'

Classic red slicing tomato bred in New Jersey — balanced flavor and productive.

The classic Neapolitan paste tomato — thin skin, low seed count.

also: San Marzano Paste

The classic Neapolitan paste tomato — thin skin, low seed count, dense flesh for sauce.

Reliable mid-size hybrids. Disease resistant.

Orange cherry that tastes like candy — often voted the best-tasting cherry tomato ever. Crack-prone; pick promptly.

Improved Sweet 100 with better disease resistance — endless trusses of bite-size red cherries.

Giant red paste tomato — fruits the size of a small soda can. Nearly juice-free for thick sauce.

Huge trusses of 1-inch red cherries — 100+ per plant. Trellis it; it won't stop.

Dwarf 12-inch plant for containers and window boxes — small red cherries, patio-friendly.

Bred for hanging baskets — cascades of small red or yellow cherries over the edge.

Heirloom teardrop-shaped yellow cherries — mild, sweet, prolific. Kids love them.