Color

Pink tomatoes

The flavor aristocracy. Brandywine and its dusky-rose relatives are what people mean when they say a tomato tastes like it used to. Rich, low-acid, a little fancy.

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

11 varieties

Beefsteak

Brandywineheirloom · 90 days · LateThe reference point many growers use for full, rich tomato flavor with a balancing acidity. A potato-leaf heirloom prized for taste rather than productivity. Attributed description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Mortgage Lifterheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed in catalogs and growing guides as mild and sweet, with rich flavor when fully ripe and a meaty texture. Flavor is subjective, so treat this as the recurring catalog and grower description rather than a measured fact for your garden.

Beefsteak

German Pinkheirloom · 85 days · LateDescribed as having a big, sweet-tart flavor with rich, sweet notes and a meaty, nearly seedless texture. Flavor is subjective, so treat this as the recurring catalog and grower description rather than a measured claim.

Slicer

Eva Purple Ballheirloom · 75 days · MidDescribed as smooth and well balanced, a clean sweet-acid flavor on a flawlessly round fruit. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Anna Russianheirloom · 75 days · MidDescribed as sweet and complex with a juiciness uncommon for an early oxheart, rich enough for sandwiches. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Caspian Pinkheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as outstanding, sweet yet rich, with some tasters ranking it alongside or above Brandywine. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Marianna's Peaceheirloom · 82 days · LateDescribed as a rich, balanced sweet-acid flavor, judged best tasting in TomatoFest taste trials. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Aunt Ginny's Purpleheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as rich and sweet, often compared favorably with Brandywine and a little earlier. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Desterheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as exceptionally rich and sweet, a German potato-leaf pink that rivals the best heirlooms. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Beefsteak

Kosovoheirloom · 80 days · MidDescribed as rich, sweet, and well balanced, a large pink heart prized for flavor. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Dwarf

Rosella Crimsonopen-pollinated · 70 days · MidDescribed as well balanced and sweet, a flavorful dwarf that crops heavily. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.