Ailsa Craig has been grown for over a hundred years and is one of the standard tomatoes from which others are measured against. Great tasting medium sized tomatoes with a good balance of sweetness and acidity.
A small bushy (determinate) tomato plant suitable for growing in pots, hanging baskets and containers. Ideal for conservatories and balconies where space is limited. Plants get about 20cm tall and produce cascading trusses of red cherry tomatoes. A 10 – 15 liter pot with good potting compost is sufficient.
A small bushy (determinate) tomato plant suitable for growing in pots and containers. Ideal for conservatories and balconies where space is limited. Plants get about 20cm tall and produce a good amount of orange cherry tomatoes. A 10 – 15 litre pot with good potting compost is sufficient.
‘Gardener’s Delight’ is considered by many as the best cherry tomato. Produces large amounts of bite sized cherry tomatoes with exceptional flavour. An indeterminate variety so needs stringing up and side shooting. Will grow to about 2 meters height if allowed.
Also known as ‘Rose de Bern’, a heirloom pink beefsteak tomato with excellent flavour. Has a tangy and slightly acidic taste. Fruits are between 5 and 7cm in diameter.
This tomato variety bears lots of pear shaped bright yellow tomatoes. They are mildly sweet and not very acidic tasting. Cherry tomato size – fruits are around 3cm long. An indeterminate potato leaf variety so needs the usual supporting and side shooting.
A striking tomato which was very productive in the poor summer of 2024 when other tomatoes struggled to ripen. ‘Black Strawberry’ produces a large amount of cherry fruits (30-50mm) over a long period of time. Indeterminate so will need stringing and side shooting.
Said to have high levels of anthocyanins, which is believable when you see how the richly marbled skins display a wide spectrum of colours including yellow, purple, strawberry red and near black. The variety was created as a cross of ‘Bosque Blue’ with ‘Strawberry Tiger’.
Leave to ripen as long as possible on the vine to insure they get sweet. Flesh is firm and a little grainy. A good all round tomato but for me best cooked in a sauce.
A tasty and very decorative large cherry tomato. Yellow skin streaked with purple mottling, the extent of which depends on the sun exposure at time of ripening. Nice variety of size from large cherry to medium. Robust skins which allow the fruit to keep well.
Bred by Tom Wagner in the United States with a line from Indigo Rose.
I got this variety from Les Refardes in Catalonia where it is noted as coming from California originally. It is a tall bush variety so needs some supporting. They are not the most productive but it is the blackest colouring I’ve seen on a tomato and the flesh is flavourful and meaty. The fruits hold their quality for a long time. I think it must be very high in anthocyanins and worth keeping going to have for breeding and curiosity.
‘Figiel’ is a bright orange cocktail cherry tomato from Poland. They are an indeterminate type and produce small round tomatoes with a diameter of 3cm and a weight of around 25g. They are noted as being resistant to cracking and I found this to be the case. Very tasty and good for adding colour to salads, eating directly or cooking with. Figiel means Joke in English.
A vigorous paste tomato bred in Germany for late blight resistance. Being indeterminate, I found this far more productive than traditional ‘Roma’ type tomatoes which tend to be determinate types used in field cultivation. These plants keep growing and produce late into the season. The oblong chunky fruits are quite dry and thicken sauces and salsas nicely.
‘Black Cherry’ produce clusters of 25mm (1”) rich tasting tomatoes. They have black-mahogany skins which cover dark red sweet flesh. Vigorous indeterminate type which keeps going late into the season. Productive in open ground but it would be possible to grow it in a container and keep manners on it by pruning.