Tomato plant varieties reviewed with pictures

Indeterminate or Upright or Cordon - these require staking and pinching out (pruning).
Determinate or Bush - require little or no staking and pruning is minimal
Beefsteak Tomatoes - the largest tomatoes of all, great if you need to slice them.
Cherry Tomatoes - the smallest tomatoes. Great for salads or just eating on their own because of their sweetness.
Plum Tomatoes - high in juice, low in pulp, they cook exceptionally well
Hybrid F1 - seeds whose known immediate parents have been selected for specific qualities.

Note that the tomato varieties highlighted in green below are known to us and recommended highly by us. But just because we haven't taste a particular variety of tomato doesn't mean it's not an excellent choice.

The suppliers, in the vast majority of cases, have been randomly selected. This is just to help you if your favoured supplier does not stock a variety which you want.

Some of the variety names below have links (click on the variety name) to individual pages describing the variety in more detail and with a picture.

Variety Name	Type	G'house / Outdoor	Fruit	Supplier	Comments
Abraham Lincoln	Upright	Both	Very large, red	Victoriana Nursery	Bred over 80 years ago, this variety produces average tomato weights of 1 lb. Deep, deep red in colour with a full old-fashioned tomato taste.
Black Krim	Upright	Both	Large, purple	Victoriana Nursery	A favourite of Jamie Oliver. Not only is the colour of this tomato unusual but it is also extremely tasty. An heirloom variety pre-dating the Crimean War.
Blizzard	Upright	Greenhouse	Medium, red	Victoriana Nursery	Very prolific and great tasting. This variety is set apart from from others by its ability to set fruit in low light / short day times. This makes it ideal for extending the greenhouse growing season into the winter.
Cedrico	Upright	Greenhouse	Medium sized, red	Jersey Plants Direct	An F1 variety which is the top tomato for exhibition purposes. Fruit is perfectly round and remains firm after picking.
Classy	Upright	Greenhouse	Medium sized, red	Seeds by Size	Another exhibition variety but not in the same class as Cedrico and Goldstar. Firm, round red fruits.
Fantasio F1	Bush or upright	Both	Red, medium size	Dobbies	Tasty, early fruiting, outdoor tomato plant with very good disease resistance. Rated best resistant tomato for blight. Also good resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus.
Floridity	Upright	Greenhouse or outdoors in warm	Bright red, cheery plum	Nicky's Seeds	Rated the best tasting small tomato in the 2007 RHS taste trials. We haven't grown it yet or tasted one which is why this row white. But we will definitely be growing them in 2009!
Gardener's Delight	Bush or upright	Both	Red, cherry	Suttons	Well-proven, excellent flavour, good disease resistance, early cropping, good for containers.
Garden Pearl	Bush	Outdoors	Red, cherry	Marshalls	Specially bred for hanging baskets and pots. Bright red bite-sized tomatoes which taste sweet and juicy.
Giant Delicious	Upright	Both	Red, huge!	Victoriana Nursery	Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as producing the largest tomato in the world. Amaze your friends with tomatoes weighing over 1lb.
Golden Cherry	Upright	Greenhouse	Orange, cherry	Marshalls	Bite sized, very, very sweet and packed full of flavour.
Ildi	Upright	Both	Yellow, cherry	Thomson & Morgan	Small, bite-sized yellow tomatoes. Unusual because each truss produces around 60 tomatoes. Individual trusses can be hung in a cool place and the tomatoes will keep for three weeks "on the vine".
Matt's Wild Cherry	Upright	Outdoor	Red, cherry	Victoriana Nursery	An old and very reliable variety. Produces large crops of sweet tasty tomatoes. Great for salads.
Red Alert	Bush	Outdoor	Red, bite-sized	Unwins	Excellent flavour, easy to grow, some disease resistance.
Shirley	Bush or upright	Greenhouse	Red, medium	Victoriana Nursery	A well tried and trusted tomato which produces an early, heavy crop.
Shirleys' Pixie	Bush	Both	Deep red, large	Victoriana Nursery	Lots of largish red tomatoes with a good full tomato flavour.
Snowberry	Upright	Greenhouse (outdoors in warm areas)	Yellow, bite-sized	Nicky's Seeds	Highly rated in the RHS tasting trials. Very pale flesh, excellent juicy taste. Produces lots of tomatoes. Highly rated by us.
Sungold	Upright	Both	Yellow/orange, bite-sized	Victoriana Nursery	So delicious and sweet! Great for tubs, early cropper.
Super Marmande	Upright	Both	Red, large	Nicky's Seeds	Delicious taste, few seeds, shape is irregular. Improved version of Marmande. Requires lots of support for the large fruits.
Super Sweet 100	Upright	Outdoors	Red, bite sized	Victoriana Nursery	As the name implies this is one of the sweetest tomatoes around. Produces a large crop and is suitable for growing outside or in pots.
Sweet Million		Both	Red, bite sized	Suttons	Lots and lots of red cherry tomatoes from this variety. Recommended by the chef Raymond Blanc in RHS tasting trials.
Tigerella	Upright	Both	Red stripped orange, medium size	Victoriana Nursery	An old variety which is striped red and orange / yellow. Good taste and ideal for brightening up salads. Produces fruit early in the season.
Tropical Ruby	Both	Both	Red, bite sized	Nicky's Seeds	Very attractive bite sized tomatoes which look like mini-plum tomatoes. Very sweet and tasty. They keep very well after being picked.
Vanessa	Upright	Greenhouse	Red, average size	Mammoth Onion	A strong grower which produces a good crop of red tomatoes. The skins are pleasantly thin and the flesh tasty.