Curated picks

Best Disease-Resistant Tomatoes

In a damp summer, disease decides the harvest, not flavor. The varieties below carry real, bred-in armor, several against late blight (the one that can flatten a whole patch in a single wet August week) and against the verticillium and fusarium wilts that sit in the soil waiting their turn. Most are hybrids, where that resistance package is packed in tightest.

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 Boyslicer · hybrid · 72 days · midA VFN lemon-yellow slicer, clean and productive with a mild tang.

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