Curated picks

Best Tomatoes for New England

New England hands tomatoes a hard deal: a late spring, cool nights deep into June, and a first frost lurking in September with its coat already on. The varieties below earn their spot by ripening early or midseason, shrugging off the region's blight pressure, or both. The famous 90-day heirlooms can still pay off in a warm corner with an early indoor start, but these are the ones that show up whatever the summer throws at them.

1. 1Sungoldcherry · hybrid · 60 days · earlyThe cool-climate favorite: intensely sweet orange cherries that start early and crop until frost.
2. 2Early Girlslicer · hybrid · 54 days · earlyA very early, prolific red slicer that tolerates cool nights toward 40F, a New England standby.
3. 3Stupiceslicer · heirloom · 65 days · earlyA cold-tolerant Czech heirloom that is among the first slicers to ripen in a short season.
4. 4Mountain Magiccherry · hybrid · 66 days · earlyA campari type with strong late-blight resistance, bred for the Northeast.
5. 5Defiant PhRslicer · hybrid · 65 days · earlyAn early determinate with high late-blight resistance, low fuss for a wet summer.
6. 6Matt's Wild Cherrycherry · open-pollinated · 60 days · earlyTiny, very early red cherries with some blight tolerance, brought to Maine before it spread.
7. 7Moskvichslicer · heirloom · 60 days · earlyAn early Russian slicer with real cold tolerance and a rich, old-fashioned flavor.
8. 8Galahadslicer · hybrid · 69 days · earlyA flavorful determinate hybrid carrying late-blight resistance, a rare taste-plus-resistance pick.

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