Heirloom tomatoes are a great way to get started in gardening. With these plants, you can choose the variety of seed that is best suited for your climate and soil conditions so next year there will be plenty more fruit!
1. Brandywine
Brandywine tomatoes are usually considered to be one of the best tasting “beefsteak” varieties. They have unusual leaves that resemble those found on potatoes, and this heirloom fruit can also grow well in a greenhouse or polytunnel environment because it’s so robust!
The Brandywine tomato plant will grow to a height of around 2 meters with an 80 cm spread, making it perfect for growing cordons. They flower and fruit between July-September when grown properly in good conditions (rich soil). The fruits only take 60 -100 days to mature fully but can reach up 0.7kg!
2. Galina
Galina is a super-sweet and early variety of tomato that comes from Siberia. You can make an amazing yellow soup or ketchup if you want with these juicy fruits! Galinas produce around 3 cm diameter tomatoes on tall plants, so they’re great for those who love all kinds food in various colors.
The Galina tomato is an attractive vine with fruit that don’t fall off when ripe. The plants grow up to 1.2 meters tall, making it easier for harvest and maintaining yields because you can get more tomatoes out of each plant than other varieties . Harvesting early will produce delicious tomatoes until November!
3. Cherokee Purple
One of the best tomato plants for dark-colored fruit is known as a crowd pleaser. Many people say this variety has amazing taste and it’s what you’re looking for when growing tomatoes under cover, since they mature in around 80 days with that sweet yet tangy deliciousness we all crave! This plant produces beautiful purple colored fruits.
With a slow start, Cherokee Purple tomatoes are good producers once you get them going. They produce many dark fruits on vines that reach around 1.2 – 2 meters tall and can weigh up to 0.3kg each!
The fruit will sometimes last until early November for an extended harvesting period of 7-8 weeks with some varieties having even more consumption potential due their large size.
4. Stupice
You can’t go wrong with a Stupice tomato. They’re perfect for those who want the best of both worlds: an outdoor grower and also something delicious on their plate!
These 2 inch diameter beauties have been known not only as salad ingredients but will add color to any dish you decide to use them in.
Vines are perfect for the summer season, with their hardiness and rapid vine growth. Vining varieties can reach heights of 1-2 meters in just 50 days!
5. Orange Banana
In the right conditions, these plums can grow into a bushy vine with gorgeous tomatoes that taste great both raw and cooked. They’re also excellent additions to salads or sauces!
The fruits have been known for being quite productive–they produce around 7 cm long fruit when grown cordon style which means you’ll get plenty of them in late summer/fall before frost takes over.
6. Peacevine Cherry
This amazing cherry tomato contains high levels of amino acid and has a calming effect on the physiology.
Bundles of these gorgeous little fruits are formed on trusses, making them great to use in any number ways from soup all the way up through sandwiches–straight off vine or when almost mature enough for cooking (around 69-80 days).
The fruits weigh about 0.2 – 0.3 kg. The fruit of this tree is a favorite among many people. The zesty fruits come in different colors and tastes great, even when they’re not at peak season!
7. Chadwick Cherry
People describe this variety as one of the sweetest and tastiest cherry tomato plants. It’s best grown as a cordon variety, reaching around 2 meters in height with small fruit on trusses that are about 1 cm across when ripe!
Under cover these will produce an earlier crop but can also be grown inside – usually they’re ready for harvesting between July to October depending upon the season.
8. Gardener’s Delight (Cherry)
People describe this variety as one of the sweetest and tastiest cherry tomato. It is best grown as a cordon variety and it reaches a height of around 2 m.
The small cherry tomatoes are produced on trusses and reach around 2 cm across. Under cover, these will produce an earlier crop but can also be grown inside. They usually fruit between July and October.
9. Latah (Bush Variety)
This is one of the best tomato plant varieties for when you want your tomatoes as soon as possible. The fruit has an excellent flavor and can tolerate short or cool summers, making it perfect in any climate!
These red 2-3 cm diameter beauties are ready to harvest by June, so they’ll keep coming even during colder times thanks to heir early ripeness rate.
10. Legend (Bush Variety)
The Legend tomato is an heirloom variety that matures medium early and has resistance to blight.
The round, fruit-filled 2 inch across fruits will usually be ready for harvest from late June/early July under cover with heights around 1.2 meters.