With over 100 organic tomato seed varieties to choose from here at Adaptive Seeds, deciding which ones to grow can be difficult. For quick reference, we’ve created some Tomatoes At-A-Glance comparison charts that include lots of information. We hope they help you find your new favorite tomato varieties.
Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow/Green Cherry. 60 days. Indet. Early yellow cherry tomato with green flesh that is visible through the skin. A fruity and sweet, de-hybridized Sungold with a unique outcome, completely unlike its parent. We find it less fruity than Sungold, with different flavor characteristics. Split resistant and keeps very well both on the plant…
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Solanum sp. Yellow Currant. 70 days. Indet. An excellent currant tomato, producing tiny golden-yellow fruit packed with flavor that is fruitier than Yellow Currant and sweeter than Orange Currant. Plants are quite sprawling and require either a lot of space or a very sturdy trellising system as plants can grow to 8-10′ with huge yields….
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 65 days. Indet. An excellent variety for eating fresh, cooking, or use in sauce. Fat, oval, 4-6 oz fruit are firm, meaty, slightly juicy but not at all watery. Most tomatoes that are keeper varieties come on late in the season and don’t taste great fresh, but Graham’s Good Keeper is…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 60-70 days. Semi-det. Grappoli d’Inverno’s small bushes ripen early with 1-2 oz, plum-sized fruit that keep very well once picked. Unimpressive when eaten fresh, the flavor transforms into deliciousness once dried. It’s also good roasted. A selection of a type of tomato with strains grown in many regions of Italy for…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Green Striped Cherry. 75 days. Indet. Large, oblong cherry tomatoes are green with dark purple stripes – similar to a cherry version of the legendary Green Zebra. When mixed in a pint with our other two bumble bee varieties, Pink Bumble Bee and Purple Bumble Bee, it offers great complementary color and flavor….
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Cherry. 50-60 days. Indet. ErnteglĂĽck in German. Bright red, round classic cherry tomato. Long, forked tresses hold up to 30 fruit. One of our favorites with its perfectly balanced sweet flavor. It is easy to eat pint after pint of Harvest Luck cherry tomatoes, and they are great added to salad. A…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Pink Cherry. 60-70 days. Indet. This tall, wild cherry tomato produces large quantities of small tart fruit with pink skin. A little bit acidic for some, but many people prefer it at our tomato taste-offs. A unique variety in a world of super sweet cherry tomatoes. We have been told that this type…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Pink Paste. 80 days. Indet. Pink, 8-10 oz fruit are shaped like an oxheart or Amish paste. Very meaty with a rich flavor. Great for cooking and slicing. Yields heavy fairly late in the season and likes the heat. Possibly brought to England by a military officer after World War II. Received as…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 60 days. Indet. This tomato had us at Hello! Vigorous vines produce a truly multi-use tomato. Oxheart shaped but much earlier than any other oxheart we have grown. When irrigated well it is incredibly juicy, sweet and delicious, and very high yielding of 8-12 oz fruit. Produces extremely well late into…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Orange. 65-70 days. Semi-det. In our 2018 tomato trial, this orange tomato surprised us with its sweet flavor, which enthusiastically earned it a spot in our catalog. Justyna is a great multipurpose tomato, excellent in salads, salsas and sauces. 2-3″ tall, plum shaped, 1-2 oz fruit are bright orange with a little pointy…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Pink. 60 days. Indet. Bushy plants produce big, pink, 3-5″ slicer tomatoes that weigh 8-16 oz. Very early and reliable. Gorgeous and delicious. Sarah thinks this is our best tomato (*objectively*) and Andrew thinks it is one of our favorites (subjectively). Does very well even in cool, shady gardens. Ripened a tasty 1…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Grape. 60 days. Det. Red grape tomatoes form on vines that grow to 3′ long. Firm flesh and balanced sweetness make Komohana an easy choice. We’re big fans of grape tomatoes since they tend to be more split resistant than standard cherry tomatoes and have fewer seeds per fruit. A good variety…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow Paste. 70 days. Indet. High yielding, thick-walled, yellow paste type with 2-4 oz fruit that is also good eaten fresh. Similar to de Berao types. Seems to be fairly disease resistant and does not suffer from blossom end rot. Holds quality exceptionally late into the season and is perfect for making yellow…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Purple/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Productive, medium-large, 4-7 oz slicer with dark purple-brown chocolate color. Much better in our growing conditions than Cherokee Purple, which is similar. Tastes great with a rich flavor that develops even in cool summers. Yields heavy and late into the season. One of our favorites for flavor and appearance,…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Green. 60-70 days. Det. Dwarf. Fascinating little dwarf tomato plants are covered in 2-4 oz saladette fruit that are green-yellow when ripe. Excellent, pleasantly tart flavor is perfect for fresh salad or salsa. Lime Green Salad is a great variety for container culture. Developed by Tom Wagner in Washington. According to Tatiana Kouchnareva…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Indigo Striped Plum. 70 days. Indet. Magical colors and flavors are packed into these spectacular plum-shaped fruits that are perfect for snacking. Magic Bullet tomato is unlike any other tomato we have ever seen or tasted. It’s as if all the colors and flavors of giant heirlooms and sweet cherry tomatoes are concentrated…
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Solanum lycopersicum. 85 days. Indet. Large, perfect 10-16 oz globes have a really sweet, rich flavor. Late to come on but very productive once it gets going. The flavor is just incredible, making it well worth the wait. We all have our ideal red slicer criteria and this one meets ours for flavor, size, texture,…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 80 days. Indet. A Transylvanian tomato with exceptionally rich and sweet flavor. Late but productive. Large, meaty, pear shaped 8-12 oz fruit are good for eating raw or for sauce, and taste incredible when roasted with basil, salt and olive oil. Received from seed steward Maria Nagy in Turda, Romania, during…
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Solanum lycopersicum. 60-65 days. Semi-det. Bushy plants produce clusters of 4-6 oz flat, lightly ribbed, red fruit. Good firmness in addition to excellent flavor, two attributes that make Marmande a perfect variety for market farms. Good when eaten fresh or cooked. Very dependably yields outdoors, even in cool summers. Traditional variety from the south of…
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Solanum lycopersicum. 75 days. Indet. A high quality and high yielding medium-large, round, main season red slicer from Russia. Skin is always blemish free and slightly shiny. Meaty beefsteak type with dense, tasty flesh great for slicing fresh or canning. Fruit size is fairly large, but not giant, averaging around 12-14 oz. This variety is…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Big, 6-14 oz beefsteak fruit are dark orange-red with some elusive purple shades. Tops are greenish-brown. Striking unique colors and an excellent smoky rich flavor. This is a really great tomato. Latvian heirloom we originally sourced from Madeline McKeever of Brown Envelope Seeds in Ireland.
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red. 65-70 days. Indet. Another great Siberian tomato, Minusinsk Lion holds the perfect balance of giant fruit size and early ripening. These large red slicing tomatoes are definitely a surprise as we have seldom seen a tomato variety that produces so much so fast. Minusinsk Lion is not as early as a lot…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Pink-red. 80-90 days. Indet. We have been experimenting with storage tomatoes for years and have found most of them to be well, meh, flavor-wise. What is the point of a tomato in December or January if it doesn’t taste good? Enter Montserrat, a hanging tomato from the Catalonia autonomous region of Spain. Fruit…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Red Paste. 70 days. Det. A commercial production tomato, bred for early maturity and concentrated yields. Medium sized plants grow to 4′ tall and produce large quantities of 2-3 oz, meaty, Roma-shaped red fruit with a small point on the blossom end. Good for processing into sauce or for canning whole once peeled….
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Solanum lycopersicum. Yellow. 50-65 days. Det. Possibly the best super early yellow determinate tomato we have found. Native Sun’s flavorful 3-4 oz lemon yellow fruit are very satisfying and refreshing. As early as subarctic tomatoes with much more flavor and larger size. Multiple concentrated yields on healthy short bushes. Crack resistant and blemish free. Oregon-bred…
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Solanum lycopersicum. 70 days. Indet. Dwarf Another round, red, mid-season tomato? It takes a lot for a tomato to impress us these days and Nevsky surely did. Dwarf plants with good disease resistance produce fruit that hold late into the season when all other varieties succumb to wet, cold weather. Attractive, meaty, round, slightly flat,…
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Solanum lycopersicum. 65 days. Indet. Another excellent European tomato. A medium-early variety with tall plants that are loaded with perfectly round, brilliant red fruit weighing 3-4 oz. The firm, flavorful fruit keep well once picked, making Oldendorf Red an excellent salad tomato for market farmers. Very productive when grown outdoors. Consistently holds better quality late…
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Solanum sp. Orange Currant. 65-70 days. Indet. Produces immense quantities of miniature (ÂĽ – ½”) tomatoes similar to other currant types but with good orange color and split resistance. Skin is thick, but flavor is excellent, fruity and sweet. They delightfully pop in your mouth! Tiny fruit holds quality for a long time both on…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Orange. 65 days. Det. One of the best producers of early 4-6 oz, meaty orange globes. Blemish free and durable fruit form on bushes that are easy to cage. A really excellent variety for market and it has great sweet, fruity flavor. There are a few varieties with this same name but this…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Orange. 65 days. Det. For your gardening fun, here is a new “child” we have released into the world. Orange You Glad we dehybridized Orange Blossom so you can save seed from it too!? In 2012, we named New Mama Super Sweet Corn for all the new mamas in our world. In 2013…
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Solanum lycopersicum. Maroon/Brown. 75-80 days. Indet. Gorgeous color of deep red blended with chocolate-black that is rightly associated with delicious flavor. This category of tomato (which includes Sarah Black, Mavritanskite, Lila Sari, Sokolades and many others) is typically so rich, sweet and almost smoky that one would be justified in giving up all other tomatoes….
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Solanum lycopersicum. 70-75 days. Semi-det. Potato Leaf. 4-6 oz perfect, red globes with great flavor. Potato leaf type with uniquely large leaves that keep fruit well shaded on compact plants. Although nothing is perfect, we selected this variety from what many believe to be the perfect tomato, Early Girl F1. We focused on fruit size,…
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