Gourmet tomatoes

While many would expect it to be very tart, the taste is actually well-balanced with sweetness and tartness. Varieties like ‘Sweet 100’ and ‘Super Sweet’ thrive in containers and raised beds.

Sun Gold (*Solanum lycopersicum* ‘Sun Gold’)

• Flavor: Super sweet, fruity
• Best use: Raw, in salads, sautéed or made into jam
• Recommended zones: USDA Zones 3–9
• Wine pairing: Riesling (off-dry)
• Cheese pairing: Triple-cream brie

Sun Gold cherry tomatoes are small, golden and packed with sugary flavor.

These are worth seeking out for their acidic “zing” that’s balanced out with an unexpected sweetness. Its parent seeds were sent to the company by a home gardener. Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomato 

Aunt Ruby’s German Green is a large, yellow-green tomato with a balanced sweet and tart taste. Their color is a graded purple with green undertones (green “shoulders”).

They are nature’s perfect blend of sweet and tart.

The best-tasting tomatoes often have a true old-fashioned flavor with an excellent balance of sugar and acidity.

“Huge heirloom; quite possibly the best-tasting tomato.”

Brandywine Tomato, The “You Bet Your Garden” Guide to Growing Great Tomatoes, by Mike McGrath of You Bet Your Garden

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The genetics of the seed you start with – the breeding lines behind the variety, plus where that actual packet of seed you’re using was produced – and the way you grow it both factor in.”

A Way To Garden: A Hands-On Primer For Every Season, by Margaret Roach

13. It is among the best-regarded green tomato varieties due to its intense taste.

These tomatoes have a rich, meaty texture that is perfect for enjoying fresh from the garden. The yellow flesh is nicely textured and generally has a bit of red marbling. The palest parts of the tomato are a dusky-rose color. The color deepens to a rich orange as they become ripe (and sweet).

Sun Gold tomatoes were bred by the Tokita Seed Company in Japan as part of their “Sun” series.

This relatively new kid on the block certainly deserves a spot in your garden. After breeding the stable cultivar, he sold so many tomato seedlings that he was able to pay off his mortgage after a few years. The Black Krim tomato is an Eastern European heirloom named for the region of Crimea and the Black Sea that surrounds it.

Large specimens can reach a pound each! These are incredibly flavourful yellow tomatoes and will surprise anyone used to mild-tasting yellow varieties.

Lucky Cross tomatoes are large. They’ll need a strong trellis and lots of room to grow. They are perfect for salads, sandwiches, and eating straight off the vine.

The Brandywine tomato is a classic heirloom tomato that was first introduced in seed catalogs over a hundred years ago.

Her background as an engineer brings a scientific perspective to plant care and soil management. They’re a good pick if you want to grow only one type of tomato for both fresh eating and canning.

Glamour tomatoes are average size and nicely rounded. https://wisconsincheese.com

Wine Enthusiast.

There is nothing quite like the flavor of a homegrown tomato. She raised over a thousand heirloom tomatoes during her career and German Red Strawberry was one of her favorites.

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