Color

Green tomatoes

Ripe and green at the same time, which sounds like a trick and sort of is. Tart striped slicers and sweet green beefsteaks that you learn to judge by squeeze, not by color. The fresh-cut green smell people notice here is actually in every tomato, whatever its color. It just has less to hide behind in a green one.

Read: what a tomato's color does and does not tell you about flavor

4 varieties

Beefsteak

Aunt Ruby's German Greenheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as terrific, sweet and spicy with a refreshing, almost fruity intensity balanced by a hint of acidity. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Cherokee Greenopen-pollinated · 80 days · MidDescribed as rich and sweet with acidic notes, close to Cherokee Purple, with some growers finding it distinct and preferring it. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Green Giantheirloom · 87 days · LateDescribed as very sweet and fragrant with fruit aromas, a complex sweet-and-spicy character that growers call rich and well-balanced. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Cherry

Green Doctorsopen-pollinated · 75 days · MidDescribed as exceptionally sweet with a clean, bright taste, often ranked among the best cherry tomatoes. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.