Curated picks

Best Disease-Resistant Tomatoes

In a damp summer, disease decides the harvest more than flavor does. The varieties below carry real, bred-in resistance, several to late blight (the one that flattens a tomato patch in a wet August) and to the verticillium and fusarium wilts that linger in the soil. Most are hybrids, where that resistance package is strongest.

  1. 1Galahadslicer · hybrid · 69 days · earlyAn AAS-winning determinate with herculean resistance, including late blight, and good flavor.
  2. 2Defiant PhRslicer · hybrid · 65 days · earlyHigh late-blight resistance plus wilt resistance on an early, manageable determinate.
  3. 3Mountain Magiccherry · hybrid · 66 days · earlyA sweet campari with strong late-blight and crack resistance, a Northeast favorite.
  4. 4Big Beefbeefsteak · hybrid · 73 days · midA large beefsteak hybrid with broad resistance and reliable, early yields.
  5. 5Celebrityslicer · hybrid · 70 days · midAn All-America Selections workhorse resistant to wilts, nematodes, and tobacco mosaic virus.
  6. 6Better Boybeefsteak · hybrid · 75 days · midA popular VFN beefsteak hybrid, heavy-yielding and dependable.
  7. 7Lemon BoyLemon Boyslicer · hybrid · 72 days · midA VFN lemon-yellow slicer, clean and productive with a mild tang.

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