List of tomato cultivars

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

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This is a list of tomato varieties / cultivars / breeds. Please include, when possible, determinate/indeterminate/other, resistance (VF or other), fruit shape, color, size in ounces, days to maturity, hybrid/heirloom, leaf shape (PL for potato leaf, RL for regular leaf, also A for Angora, et cetera).

Tomato Cultivars
Red
Common name	Maturity	Resistance	Type	Size	Vine	Shape	Description
1884	78 days		Heirloom	16-32 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Said to have been discovered by James Lyde Williamson near Friendly, West Virginia in a pile of flood debris from the Ohio River in 1884.
Abraham Lincoln	80-90 days		Heirloom	12-16 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Introduced in Illinois in 1923.
Fourth of July	49 days		Hybrid	4 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	May be the very earliest of all non-cherry tomato cultivars, moderately heavy producer.
Ace 55	80 days	VF	Heirloom		Indeterminate	Globe	Super-low acidity
Amish Paste	85 days		Heirloom	6-8 oz.	Indeterminate	Paste	As the name implies, best for paste/sauce. Oblong shape, good taste.
Beefsteak	90 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	archetypical broad, lobed variety
Beefmaster	80 days		Hybrid		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Purportedly the very best version of beefsteak.
Better Boy	82 days		Hybrid		Indeterminate	Globe	Improved version of the original Big Boy.
Campari	69-80 days	T	Hybrid	Medium	Indeterminate	plum, RL	noted for sweetness and low acidity
Celebrity	70 days	VA	Hybrid		Indeterminate	Globe
Cherokee	80 days	VF	Heirloom	Large	Determinate	Globe	Not related to Cherokee purple or brown.
Crimson Cushion	90 days		Heirloom	Large	Indeterminate	Ribbed	Wilt-resistant
Delicious	77 days		Heirloom	24 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Set World Record for weight in 1986 at 7 lb 12 oz (3.5 kg)
Earliana	65 days		Heirloom	6 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Introduced in 1900.
Early Girl	50 days	VF	Hybrid	4-5 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Very early, smooth round/oval fruit in the 6oz range.
Extreme Bush	50 days		Hybrid	3 oz.	Bush	Globe	Extended-season determinate.
Goliath	85 days		Heirloom	36 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Very large tomato.
Liz Birt	75 days	OP		Medium	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Sweet fruits with a more pronounced acid taste, derived from 'Brandywine' X 'Cherokee Purple'.
Matchless	85 days		Heirloom	6 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Created by W. Atlee Burpee in 1889.
Matt's Wild Cherry	55 days		Heirloom	Tiny	Indeterminate	Cherry	Tiny tomato, supposedly found in the wild in Mexico, where the first wild tomato plants may have originated.
Moneymaker	80 days		Heirloom	5 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe
Mortgage Lifter	80-85 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Very large heirloom tomato developed by M.C. 'Charlie' Byles in Logan, West Virginia in the 1930s. He sold the tomato plants for a dollar each and paid off his $6000 mortgage in only 6 years.
Red Brandywine	100 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	May be related to the original Brandywine, but is red instead of pink with green shoulders, and has normal leaves.
Red currant	70 days		Heirloom	Tiny, berry-sized	Indeterminate	Cherry	A South American species of tomato, possibly the same as its wild cousin.
Roma	75 days	VF	Heirloom		Determinate	Paste	Standard paste tomato, cylindrical to pear-shaped.
Rutgers	75 days	VF	Heirloom	6 oz.	Determinate	Globe	One of the most standard heirlooms, crack-resistant.
San Marzano	85 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	paste	considered finer than Roma, haute cuisine paste tomato. Cylindrical to pear-shaped, a signature tomato of Italian cuisine.
Small Fry	65 days	VFN	Hybrid		Determinate	1 inch	Ideal variety to grow in containers, disease resistant.
Sun Sugar	57 days		Hybrid	1/2-3/4 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	Small orange fruit, early ripening, high sugar content, and thin skinned.
Super Fantastic	70 days	VF	Hybrid		Indeterminate	Globe	Heavy producer of large, smooth, round fruit with a good balance of sweet and acidic.
Sweet 100	55 days	VF	Hybrid	1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	One of the most popular cherry tomatoes, super-productive, sweet.
Sweet Chelsea	64 days	VFFNT	Hybrid	1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	Improved version of Sweet 100, resistant to 10 diseases as well as cracking and drought.
Sweet Million	75 days	VFNTSt	Hybrid	1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	More productive version of Sweet 100, can produce over 500 fruits.
Three Sisters	75 days		Potato leaf	6 oz.	Indeterminate	pleated, roma, globe	This breed actually can bear any one of three types of tomato: A single-pleated variety, a roma style, or a pleated, flattened fruit.
Tiny Tim	45 days		Heirloom	1 oz.	Bush	Cherry	Extremely tiny plant, can grow and produce in a three inch (76 mm) pot, plant is 10 to 12 inches (300 mm) tall.
Variegated	75 days		Heirloom	2 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Leaves are, as the name implies, yellow and green. Extremely decorative, but with tasty red fruit.
Pink
Common name	Maturity	Resistance	Type	Size	Vine	Shape	Description
Brandywine	90 days		Heirloom PL		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Amish origins.
Dwarf Champion	80 days		Heirloom	8 oz.	Tree	Globe	Rugose leaves
Giant Belgium pink	85 days			32 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Low acid, sweet.
New Big Dwarf	90 days		Heirloom	16 oz.	Tree	Beefsteak	Been around for 90 years.
Pink Beefsteak	70 days				Indeterminate	Globe	As the name implies, medium beefsteak variety, even more pink than typical beefsteaks.
Sweet Quartz	65 days	VFNT	Hybrid	1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	Disease resistant pink cherry tomatoes, grows very tall.
Violaceum Krypni-Rozo	80 days		Heirloom	8 oz.	Indeterminate	Scalloped	Bizarre scalloped fruit, extremely deep and numerous lobes has a pretty, unique style.
Orange
Amana Orange	90 days			16 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Beefsteak-style fruit is orange, has a mild flavor.
Ida Gold	59 days		Heirloom	3 oz.	Determinate	Globe	Low acid, good flavor.
Orange Jubilee	70-80 days				Indeterminate	Paste	Mild, non-acidic tomato with meaty thick walls and few seeds.
Yellow
Azoychka	60 days		Heirloom	8 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Russian in origin, citrus flavor.
Banana Legs	75 days		Heirloom	4 inches long	Indeterminate	Paste	Similar in shape and color to a small banana, may rarely have faint green stripes.
Blondkopfchen	75-80 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	Cherry	Small, sweet golden tomato with high yields. Crack resistant. Originates from Germany.
Garden peach tomato	80 days				Indeterminate	Globe	Yellow fruit has fuzzy skin and resembles a peach.
Yellow Brandywine	100 days		Heirloom		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	PL, Amish origins.
Black / Purple
Aunt Ginny's Purple	80 days				Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Flavor is said to be similar to brandywine, though it produces more.
Bear Creek	Early-Midseason			Large	Indeterminate	Globe	Attractive fruits of fine flavor and good production, named for Bear Creek Farm in Osceola, Mo.
Black Cherry	65 days		Indeterminate	1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	Blackish red, a-la cherokee purple.
Black Krim	80 days			12 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Dark purple with green shoulders.
Black Russian	75 days			Small	Indeterminate	Globe	Pretty, plentiful small black fruit.
Cherokee purple	80 days			16 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Purple shoulders, originally grown by Cherokee Indians, extremely popular flavor.
Chocolate Cherokee	80 days				Indeterminate	Globe	Crimson with brown/black shoulders.
Dora	80-85 days				Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Large beefsteak type fruits developed solely for flavor, regular leaf.
Gary O' Sena	70-75 day			Large	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Pink purple fruits, potato leafed, developed from Brandywine x Cherokee Purple.
Green
Common name	Maturity	Resistance	Type	Size	Vine	Shape	Description
Aunt Ruby's German Green	80 days			16 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak
Emerald Evergreen	72 days				Indeterminate	Globe	Supposedly especially good and mild tasting.
Green Bell Pepper	76 days				Indeterminate	Globe	Not actually a green pepper, but shaped and colored like one, inside and out. Tastes like a tomato.
White
White Wonder	80 days			32 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Huge, white with yellow tint.
Snow White Cherry	70 days			1 inch	Indeterminate	Cherry	Small, blushing green with a white-ish tint caused by a reflective surface.
Multicolor
Black Zebra	85 days				Indeterminate	Globe	Brown with black stripes, deep, sweet flavor.
Green Zebra	78 days			4 oz.	Indeterminate	Globe	Two tone with green stripes.
Mister Stripey	56 days			6-24 oz.	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Yellow with red/pink stripes.
Tigerella	59 days			2 to 4 oz	indeterminate	globe	red with yellow stripes