Illustration of Red Pear tomato
Illustration based on known variety traits. Appearance varies by growing conditions.

No. 063 · heirloom

Red Pear

Red Pear is an indeterminate heirloom cherry tomato with brilliant red, pear-shaped fruit. It ripens in about 70 days.

Typecherry tomato
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity70
Fruit size0.5 to 1 oz
Colorbrilliant red, pear-shaped
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as a mild, pleasant tomato flavor valued more for its shape and abundance than for a bold taste. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An old red pear-shaped heirloom cherry tomato with a history dating back to colonial times.

What it does well

  • Distinctive small pear shape, showy in salads
  • Very prolific in clusters all season
  • An old heirloom with deep history

Where it frustrates

  • Indeterminate vines need staking or trellising
  • Small fruit means slow picking

Like Red Pear, but...

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

Yellow Pearbut brilliant red instead of yellowRiesentraubebut pear shaped rather than round and pointed

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