Color

Orange tomatoes

These glow. Orange tomatoes lean sweet and fruity, from tiny Sungold cherries you cannot stop eating to big rust-orange beefsteaks that look like sunset on a plate. The fruity side is not a coincidence: some of those aroma notes are built from the very pigments that turn the fruit orange.

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

6 varieties

Cherry

Sungoldhybrid · 60 days · EarlyCatalog and grower descriptions put Sungold among the sweetest cherry tomatoes grown, intensely sweet and fruity, almost tropical, measured at roughly 8 on the Brix scale. Flavor is subjective, so treat this as the widely repeated catalog description rather than a measured fact for your garden.

Beefsteak

Kellogg's Breakfastheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as sweeter than most beefsteaks while still carrying a deep true tomato taste, juicy and rich. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Slicer

Glacieropen-pollinated · 56 days · EarlyDescribed as surprisingly sweet for an ultra-early tomato, with sweetness and moderate acidity giving it good flavor and texture for its class. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Slicer

Jaune Flammeheirloom · 70 days · MidDescribed as zesty and fruity with a bright balance of sweetness and tartness, often called intense for its size. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Dwarf

Orange Hatopen-pollinated · 60 days · EarlyDescribed as sweet and pleasant on a tiny plant, a cheerful micro cherry. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Persimmonheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as mild, sweet, and fruity with rich, meaty flesh and few seeds. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.