Simple announcement, I’ve now updated the list of tomato cultivars to include those I’ve grown in 2018. That brings to 161 the number listed. 2018 has been a somewhat peculiar year, the tomatoes are early because of the weather. Which is probably a good job because I didn’t do much in the way of thinning…… Continue reading 2018 Update
Tag: Cherry Tomato
Tomato Peacevine
Small Red Cherry tomato on Indeterminate plants. Description Grown for the first time in 2018 with seeds from a seed swap, we were interested to see how this grew. It cropped well and early. The small (1/2 inch) fruit appeared in quantity on a plant which was almost uncontrollable, ranging quite a distance in the…… Continue reading Tomato Peacevine
Tomato Goldkrone
Dark Yellow/White Cherry on Indeterminate plants. Also known as Gold Crown. Description Grown for the first time in 2018 with seeds from a seed swap, we were interested to see how this grew and to compare it to other Yellow Cherry tomatoes such as our Oleron Yellow and Nikolayev Yellow Cherry. To be honest it…… Continue reading Tomato Goldkrone
Tomato White Cherry
Pale Yellow/White Cherry on Indeterminate plants Description Grown for the first time in 2018 with seeds from a seed swap, we were interested to see how this grew. To be honest it was “just another” white/pale yellow cherry tomato with no special flavour or behaviour. However, it performed reasonably well and gets added to the…… Continue reading Tomato White Cherry
Tomato Yellow Pigmy
Yellow cherry heritage tomato on compact determinate plants. Description Yellow Pigmy is a small yellow cherry tomato that grows on a small but sprawling determinate plant. Similar in some respects to Tumbling Tom Yellow. Its tasty and would be worth growing for the fact that it only takes up a limited space but the fruit…… Continue reading Tomato Yellow Pigmy
Tomato White Currant
Pea sized white open pollinated tomato on compact indeterminate plants. Description White Currant produces large numbers of tiny creamy white fruit on a sprawling plant which (whilst we have defined it as a “compact indeterminate”) can grow large under the right circumstances. In general, we grow this in a pot and it grows very similarly…… Continue reading Tomato White Currant
Tomato Vesennij Mieurinsky
Red Cherry Open Pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Red Indeterminate cherry tomato with compact trusses of small salad tomatoes. We grew this for the first time in 2017. It grows very similarly to Christmas Grapes and has a very sweet taste (need to grow both side by side to do a taste comparison). Produced…… Continue reading Tomato Vesennij Mieurinsky
Tomato Tumbling Tom Red
Small red cherry heritage tomato on determinate plants. Description Tumbling Tom Red is a Red cherry tomato “just perfect” for container growing a partner to Tumbling Tom Yellow. The early/mid-ripening, determinate, regular leafed, plant is ideal for hanging baskets and containers. It has lots of small sized yellow juicy and sweet tomatoes and is an…… Continue reading Tomato Tumbling Tom Red
Tomato Tumbling Tom Yellow
Small yellow cherry heritage tomato on determinate plants. Description Tumbling Tom Yellow is a yellow cherry tomato “just perfect” for container growing. The early/mid-ripening, determinate, regular leafed, plant is ideal for hanging baskets and containers. It has lots of small sized yellow juicy and sweet tomatoes and is an ideal companion for Tiny Tim and…… Continue reading Tomato Tumbling Tom Yellow
Tomato Transparent
Yellow large cherry open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description One of many yellow, round tomatoes (very similar to Oleron Yellow, Snow White, etc.). However, the skin doesn’t add colour to the tomato being almost completely transparent (hence the name I suppose). The flavour is a little too mild for us (we prefer something with…… Continue reading Tomato Transparent