5 Great New Tomato Varieties

Improved disease resistance, flavor, and overall production make these selections intriguing

I ’m someone who ’s loosely averse to change . If I find a certain brand of jeans that agree just in good order , I stick with them . Same goes for moisturizer and my New Balance Fresh Foam sneakers . Heck , I ’ve been make the same roast chicken recipe for over 20 years . The one domain where I ’m willing to push out of my ease zone , however , is new tomato varieties . I always like to throw a few freshman into the lineup of my try - and - true staples each year . Sometimes the resolution are miserable ( I ’m looking at you , ‘ Indigo Rose ’ ) , but often I encounter a winner — one that taste awe-inspiring or has incredible late - blight electrical resistance . Here are a few New varieties that have shown promise lately .

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‘Purple Boy’ has production that is totally insane

day to maturity:80

character : Determinate

The hook for this tomato was its claim to be “ even darker and sweeter than ‘ Cherokee Purple ’ with better disease resistivity . ” Since ‘ Cherokee Purple ’ is one of the best - tasting tomato I ’ve ever had the pleasure of feeding , I was intrigued . countenance ’s just say that this variety endure up to all of its claim and that I can sympathize why it has multiple five - star ratings from gardener online . The production ( away from the juicy , sweet taste ) is what really stood out for me . I pop out harvesting average - size tomatoes in July and continued getting decent fruit even after the first New England rime collide with in October . This tomato plant made it onto many bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich in 2019 and constituted the base of my canned sauce .

‘Sungreen 4029’ is a different color from a familiar favorite

24-hour interval to maturity:60

Who does n’t love ‘ Sungold ’ cherry red tomatoes ? Their unbelievable redolence has made them the collation of pick from the veg garden for many a child and adult . For these understanding , when I saw the choice to grow a light-green version of that crowd - pleaser , I signed up . My first experience growing even ‘ Sungreen ’ tomatoes was n’t awesome . The works succumbed to some type of disease , perhaps a mosaic virus . However , what piddling fruit was produced was scrumptious . The young and better ‘ Sungreen 4029 ’ keeps the flavorful yield and amps up the disease resistance . Johnny ’s Selected Seeds says that this advance has eminent underground to tomato mosaic virus and intermediate resistance to tobacco mosaic virus , which makes it deserving a endeavour in my Quran .

‘Buffalosun’ looks like an heirloom but tastes even better

Days to maturity:70 to 80

character : Indeterminate

There ’s a quite a little to take in with this tomato . First off , it ’s freehanded , with fruits average a whopping 18 to 24 ounces . The skin and flesh are a mixing of orangish , yellow , pink , and red — making it face like a cocktail you ’d get in the tropics with a tiny umbrella . This was an All - America Selections victor for 2020 , select for its corking smell , bang-up production , and star disease impedance ( most notably to belated blight ) . This variety is so new that this is the first class I ’ve grown it . But according to AAS judges , its “ good - taste mellisonant , raw figure give the look of an heirloom without the mushiness often associated with heirlooms . ” I ’m sold .

‘Mountain rouge’ is a new take on a classic high-producer

Days to maturity:73

For year my go - to , problematical - as - nail sandwich tomato was ‘ Mountain Fresh ’ . It was introduced to me by Farmer Joe , a family friend who ’s been growing love apple for longer than I ’ve been alive . ‘ Mountain Fresh ’ grow score of 8 - to-12 - apothecaries' ounce fruits that have a good flavor . They ’re a kernel - and - Solanum tuberosum kind of tomato . My heart ( and my taste buds ) always preferred the flavor of the finicky ‘ Brandywine ’ heirloom variety , however . What it lack in production it almost made up for in taste . gratefully , the new ‘ Mountain Rouge ’ takes all the yield and disease immunity of ‘ Mountain Fresh ’ and combines it with the sweet and juicy flavor of the classic pinkish heirloom . Although production is n’t as huge for this variety , it ’s still darn good .

‘Galahad’ puts late blight and several other diseases in their place

Days to maturity:68

When a new variety racks up too many accolade to weigh , you likely should try it . ‘ Galahad ’ was a Johnny ’s Selected Seeds notable variety , a 2020 AAS winner , and a top performer in trial from the Midwest to the Deep South . This variety was engender to have herculean disease electric resistance ( both of its parents were selected for this strong trait ) to Fusarium wilt ( race 1 , 2 , and 3 ) , gray folio smudge , late blight , nematodes , tomato descry wilt virus , and Verticillium wilt . The fruits stray from 7 to 12 ounces and are crack resistant . This may be the closest thing to a foolproof tomato plant variety in existence .

— Senior editor Danielle Sherry still has a veg garden , despite the best effort of the cervid and voles to stop her .

From Fine Gardening # 194

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