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I do love to try new varieties every year. They can be prone to cracking, but are usually good producers, not too lanky, and so flavorful you’ll want to add them to everything you cook. The flavor is fruity somehow and is easily one of my favorites. This tends to be lower yielding, but since I don’t preserve it, I don’t mind. They are pale yellow and fuzzy like a peach but are delicious fresh eaters and perfect in salads. Delicious on sandwiches and it cooks down beautifully for sauces. This is a stellar tasting, easy to grow, all purpose tomato. Don’t let them get super yellow though, just wait for the darker green stripes to become pronounced against the slightly yellow body and become tender to the touch. It is bright, acidic and a tiny bit tart. It is fantastic in a salsa verde or green chile sauce. I roast it with the others for ‘ confit tomatoes‘ that I use all year long. Its flavor is superior for salsas and use in fresh salads, pasta salads, etc.
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I hate cracked tomatoes and if a variety is prone to it, I won’t buy it. I always (always) look for information on cracking. Too small and they are useless on a BLT, too big and they get huge cores and are hard to wrangle. I also like to keep an eye out for the size of the fruit. Do you want bright, acidic flavors or mellow sweet ones? Do you want boatloads- look for heavy producer in the description. It seems simple, but there are subtle differences. Key Words: I like to look for key words that describe what I want in my tomato. I’ve left out the varieties I’ve not been thrilled with and only listed the ones I’ve had good success with- meaning good yields, low disease issues, a great taste here in Zone 4. I tend to put these in fresh use primarily, but they are the most likely to have markedly unique flavors and colors.Įvery one of the varieties I listed above are ones I’ve grown in my own garden. All Purpose tomatoes are ones, by my definition, that aren’t specified as paste or slicers necessarily.I tend to stay away from the smaller Currant types as they are an absolute PAIN to pick and will self-seed everywhere when you inevitably can’t harvest all of them. Just look for a plant that won’t get too big or rangy and has strong flavors. Cherry/Grape tomatoes are pretty self-explanatory.Think Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, German Pink.You’ll see terms like slicing or fresh use. Slicers like Beefsteaks are great varieties for sandwiches and fresh use.Think Amish Paste, San Marzano, Hungarian Heart, Rebekah Allen.Look for terms like sauce, paste, meaty, and robust. Paste type tomato varieties are lower in liquid and high in fleshy goodness that makes for delicious, robust sauces.There is a tomato (or 20) for your needs! Use: How are you going to eat these guys? Do you want to make salsa or tomato sauce? Are they fresh for salads or fresh for slicing. Time to maturity: Most tomatoes mature in 80 days or less, so most varieties should be okay for gardeners like myself and all but the coldest climate gardeners. How do you sort out what all those words really mean and how will it translate to your own garden? There are just SO MANY varieties and the list of adjectives used would stretch to the moon and back.
I find choosing tomato varieties to be among the hardest task to sort out come seed catalog season.
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I’m going to officially kick off the “Let’s Talk Veggies” series with the one veg that everyone grows- be it on 40 acres or a balcony container garden: Tomatoes. The first of the seed catalogs arrived shortly before Thanksgiving ( High Mowing Organics), so I figured I’d better get started! Oy! The Christmas tree is up and the house is now fully Holiday-ized.
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Welcome back from the Thanksgiving smorgasboard everyone! I, for one, am still full and have a whole tray of turkey leftovers waiting for me.
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