Illustration of Brad's Atomic Grape tomato
Illustration based on known variety traits. Appearance varies by growing conditions.

No. 021 · open-pollinated

Brad's Atomic Grape

Brad's Atomic Grape is an indeterminate open-pollinated grape tomato with lavender and purple striped when unripe, ripening to a multicolor mix of olive green, brown, blue, and red stripes fruit. It ripens in about 75 days.

Typegrape tomato
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity75
Fruit size0.5 to 1 oz
Colorlavender and purple striped when unripe, ripening to a multicolor mix of olive green, brown, blue, and red stripes
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as sweet and tangy by some catalogs and more spritely and tart than sweet by others, with comparisons to Green Zebra. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

Bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in California and released as an open-pollinated variety; it earned Best of Show at the National Heirloom Expo.

What it does well

  • Striking iridescent multicolor striped fruit
  • Prolific, fruit grows in clusters
  • Crack resistant and holds well on or off the vine

Where it frustrates

  • Ripeness is hard to read because of the shifting colors
  • Small fruit size means more picking for a given yield

Like Brad's Atomic Grape, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Green Zebrabut elongated and multicolor rather than green striped, with a similar tart edgeIndigo Rosebut striped and grape shaped rather than a uniformly dark round fruit

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