Roger’s Five Favorites
Tomato of the Year
‘Piglet Willie’s French Black’
Dark, 2-3” fruit weigh 2-3 oz and have a full-bodied meaty taste. A very dark red with chocolate shoulders, juicy flesh and an intense taste. Fruit ripens in clusters of 4 or 5 and can be harvested by snipping the cluster stem. A US garden blogger with the handle ‘Pigletwillie’ collected seed from this variety during a trip to France a few years ago.
Best Red Tomato
Madame Marmande
Class: Heirloom – Hybrid
Color: Red
Indeterminate
Maturity: 72 days
Flavor: Juicy and succulent, with an especially rich tomato flavor
Comments: Our Tomato of the Year in 2018. One of the best ever.
Best Cherry Tomato
Sungold
Class: Hybrid
Color: Golden Orange
Indeterminate
Maturity: 57 days
Flavor: Sweetest tomato currently available
Comments: Very easy to grow in all climates
Best Heirloom Tomato
Stupice
Class: Heirloom
Color: Red
Indeterminate
Maturity: 65 days
Flavor: Rich and tangy with a full tomato flavor.
Comments: An exceptionally durable and high producing plant. Never fails.
Best Beefsteak Tomato
Cherokee Chocolate
Class: Heirloom
Color: Deep Red/Purple
Ideterminate
Maturity: 80 days
Flavor: Tasting Champion for fullness and depth
Comments: Prettier appearance, better production than Cherokee Purple
276 Varieties of Tomatoes!
| Azoychka |
| Basinga |
| Beauty King |
| Beefmaster |
| Berkeley Tie Dye |
| Better Boy |
| Better Bush |
| Big Beef |
| Big Brandy |
| Big League |
| Big Mama |
| Big Rainbow |
| Big Zac |
| Black Cherry |
| Black Ethiopian |
| Black from Tula |
| Black Krim |
| Black Pineapple (Ananas Noire) |
| Black Prince |
| Black Sea Man |
| Black Truffle |
| Black Zebra |
| Bleeding Heart |
| Blondkopchen |
| Bloody Butcher |
| Blue Beauty |
| Blue Boar Berries |
| Blush |
| Boar’s Tooth |
| Bosque Blue |
| Bosque Bumblebee |
| Box Car Willie |
| Brad’s Atomic Grape |
| Brandy Boy |
| Brandywine “True Black” |
| Brandywine Sudduth’s Pink |
| Brandywine, Red “Potato Leaf” |
| Brown Berry |
| Brown Sugar |
| Burbank Red |
| Burgundy Traveler |
| Buttermilk Falls |
| Carbon |
| Carmelo |
| Caro Rich |
| Celebration |
| Celebrity |
| Champion |
| Chef’s Choice Orange |
| Cherokee Chocolate |
| Cherokee Purple |
| Cherry Chocolate Sprinkles |
| Cherry Falls |
| Cherry, Black |
| Cherry, Napa Chardonnay |
| Cherry, Red |
| Cherry, Snow White |
| Chocolate Pear |
| Chocolate Sprinkles |
| Chocolate Stripes |
| Clementine |
| Clint Eastwood’s Rowdy Red |
| Copia |
| Copia Striped |
| Copper River |
| Cosmonaut Volkov |
| Costoluto Genovese |
| Creole Original |
| Crnkovic Yugoslavian |
| Cuor di Bue |
| Cuostralee |
| Cyrils’s Choice |
| Dancing with Smurfs |
| Dark Orange Muscat |
| Delicious |
| Dester |
| Dr. Wychee’s |
| Dragon’s Eye |
| Druzba |
| Earl of Edgecombe |
| Early Girl |
| Early Pick |
| Early Ssubakas Aliana |
| Elberta Peach |
| Emerald Apple |
| Favorie de Bretagne |
| Fourth of July |
| Fresh Salsa |
| Frosted Green Doctors |
| Fruit Punch |
| Garden Peach |
| Gardener’s Delight |
| German Johnson |
| German Pink |
| Giant Belgium Pink |
| Giant Garden Paste |
| Giant Pink Belguim |
| Giant Syrian |
| Gilbertie Paste |
| Gladiator |
| Gobstopper |
| Gold Medal |
| Golden Fresh Salsa |
| Golden Mama |
| Golden Queen |
| Grape, Green |
| Grape, Red |
| Great White |
| Green Dr’s |
| Green Gage Yellow |
| Green Tiger |
| Green Zebra |
| Gregorie’s Altai |
| Haley’s Purple Comet |
| Hawaiian Tropic |
| Hillbilly |
| Hillbilly Potato Leaf |
| Honeybee |
| Honeycomb |
| Huge Lemon Oxheart |
| Hungarian Heart |
| Indigo Apple |
| Indigo Cherry Drops |
| Indigo Kumquat |
| Indigo Rose |
| Indigo Ruby |
| Indigo Sun |
| Isis candy |
| Ital. Red Pear |
| Italian Ice |
| Japanese Black Trifele |
| Japanese, Aiko |
| Japanese, Chica Cherry |
| Japanese, Momotaro |
| Japanese, Momotaro Gold |
| Japanese, Reika |
| Jaune Flamme |
| Jersey Boy |
| Jersey Devil |
| Jet Star |
| Jetsetter |
| Juliette |
| Jutland |
| Kellogg’s Breakfast |
| Kentucky Beefsteak |
| La Roma |
| Large Red Cherry |
| Lemon Boy |
| Lemon Drop |
| Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom |
| Little Sicily |
| Lizziano |
| Lover’s Lunch |
| Lucky Tiger |
| Madame Marmande |
| Maglia Rose |
| Marianna’s Peace |
| Martian Giant |
| Marvel Stripe |
| Mary Robinson German Bicolor |
| Mexico Midget |
| Michael Pollan |
| Midnight Snack |
| Mirabelle Blanche |
| Missouri Pink Love Apple |
| Mister Stripey |
| Momotaro |
| Momotaro Gold |
| Momotaro Pink |
| Moskvich |
| Mr. Stripey |
| Napoli |
| Nebraska Wedding |
| Neves Azorean Red |
| Noir de Crimee |
| Norwood Meiners |
| Nyagous |
| Odoriko |
| Omar’s Lebanese |
| Orange Banana |
| Orange Paruche |
| Orange Russian |
| Orange Strawberry |
| Oxheart Red |
| Patio |
| Patty’s Yellow Striped BS |
| Paul Robeson |
| Pear – Red |
| Pear – Yellow |
| Pearson |
| Persimmon |
| Pierce’s Pride |
| Piglet Willie’s French Black |
| Pineapple |
| Pineapple Hawaiian |
| Pink Ping Pong |
| Plum, black |
| Pork Chop |
| Principe Borghese |
| Prudens Purple |
| Purple Calabash |
| Purple Russian |
| Raspberry Lyanna |
| Red Lightning |
| Red Pear |
| Red Racer |
| Red Zebra |
| Reisentraube |
| Rio Grande |
| Roma |
| Rose |
| Rosella |
| Russian Queen |
| San Francisco Fog |
| San Marzano |
| San Marzano Gigante |
| San Marzano Lungo |
| San Marzano Redorta |
| Sara Black |
| Sasha’s Altai |
| Shimmer |
| Siberian |
| Siberian Black |
| Snow White |
| Sokolades |
| Spoon |
| Striped German |
| Striped Green Bell |
| Stupice |
| Sub Arctic Plenty |
| Sugargloss |
| Sugary |
| Sun Cherry Extra Sweet |
| Sun Gold |
| Sun Sugar |
| Sunchocola |
| Sungold Cherry |
| Sungold Select |
| Sunrise Bumblebee |
| Sunsugar |
| Super Fantastic |
| Super Sweet 100 |
| Sweet 100 |
| Sweet Baby Girl |
| Sweet Carneros pink |
| Sweet Million |
| Sweet Tangerine |
| Sweet Treats |
| Sweetie Seedless |
| Tasmanian Chocolate |
| Taxi |
| Thessaloniki |
| Thorburn’s Terra-Cotta |
| Tiny Tim |
| Vintage Wine |
| Virginia Sweets |
| Vorlon |
| Waimea Wild Cherry |
| Washington Cherry |
| Watermelon beefsteak |
| White Beauty |
| Wild Cherry |
| Yellow Brandywine |
| Yellow Perfection |
| Yellow Plum |
| A Grappoli di Verno |
| Amana Orange |
| Amy’s Sugar Gem |
| Atlas |
| Aussie |
| Noir de Crimee |
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