Top 10 Heirloom Tomatoes
Below, you’ll find the complete list of the best tasting and most productive heirloom tomatoes that I grew in 2024. Feel free to share a link to this list on your socials, YouTube or websites!
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1. Alice's Dream
1st place out of all my tomatoes in 2024 & 2023!
Alice’s Dream was bred in Poland in 2015 and is a very productive plant with good disease resistance. My fruits are orange and red stripes with the anthocyanin on the shoulders being stronger if plenty of sunshine reaches the tomatoes as they grow. The flesh is meaty, juicy and bicoloured with red veins and a complex sweet flavour with a citrus aroma.
2. Lucid Gem
2nd place in 2024 and 2023 taste tests.
This is a medium-sized beefsteak tomato which is thin-skinned, sweet and with few seeds. They change colour from yellow to orange and develop dark anthocyanin shoulders as they mature and ripen. They look stunning, taste delicious and I’m growing them again in 2024.
3. Cuban Salami
3rd place in my 2024 taste tests.
4. Rebel Starfighter Prime
4th place in my 2024 taste tests.
Indeterminate. Beafsteak. Very good cropper. Dark red skin with green striping. Soft juicy dark red flesh with few seeds. Rich, savoury, umami flavours. A large and prolific slicing tomato packed with flavour.
5. Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
5th place in my 2024 taste tests.
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye is turning out to be a regular, although the only thing to be aware of is they can go over-ripe very quickly. Other than that, they have good flavour, wonderful colouring and are perfect for slicing into sourdough sandwiches with salt, pepper, gratings of hard Italian cheese and a drizzle of olive oil. Absolutely delicious!
6. P20 Beauty King
6th place in my 2024 taste tests.
A cross between Beauty King and P20 (OSU Blue).
Indeterminate. Regular to large size fruit. Very good cropper. Antho shoulders fading down to a bright orange skin. Juicy orange and pink flesh. Sweet rich tropical fruity flavours with citrus notes. Excellent tomato.
7. Amish Sherbert
7th place in my 2024 taste tests.
8. Captain Lucky
8th place in my 2024 taste tests.
9. Uluru Ochre
9th place in my 2024 taste tests.
Originating from Australia, this tomato is a cross between Orange Heirloom and Rosella Purple, and was released in 2015.
10. Ananas Noire & Honeycomb F1
10th place in my 2024 taste tests.
Ananas Noire: Text to come.
Honeycomb: A family favourite is the small and incredibly sweet cherry tomato, Honeycomb, producing a constant supply of sweet golden yellow cherry tomatoes. Perfect in salads and anytime you fancy a fresh, juicy snack. It’s the only F1 on my tomato grow list for 2024. Seeds from Suttons.
Runners Up in 2024
Tasting tomatoes is a subjective affair, because what I think tastes good, is likely to be different to yours.
So, apart from your taste buds being different to mine, there is also the weather, seasonal temperatures, and various other growing conditions that can effect what a tomato tastes like.
Now that is out of the bag, all of these tomatoes are well worth growing, and you may love them more than I do. That’s okay.
Here are the top 10 runners up from my tomato taste tests in 2024.
1. Kaleidoscopic Jewel
1st place in my runners up 2024 taste tests.
Indeterminate. Regular to large sized fruit. Very good cropper. Antho shoulders blending to red with gold, orange and black flecking. Soft juicy red flesh. Big plants that produce beautiful and balanced tasting tomatoes.
2. Sart Roloise
2nd place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
3. Michael Pollan
3rd place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
Indeterminate. Pear shape. Very good cropper. Yellow skin with green splashes when ripe. Juicy green flesh. Lime twang with sweet flavour. A truly tasty tomato that adds a wonderful contrast to a tomato salad.
4. Black Russian
4th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
5. Sungold Select
5th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
Indeterminate. Cherry. Very good cropper. Bright orange skin. Juicy orange flesh. Sweet tropical fruity flavours with citrus notes. Excellent for salads and snacking. Very tasty and a family favourite.
6. Jack Off-White
6th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
Indeterminate. Large cherry. Very good cropper. Bright yellow skin. Juicy lemony yellow flesh. Lemony twang with sweet flavour. A brightly coloured and tasty tomato. Perfect for snacking, salads and garnishes.
7. Ozark Sunrise
7th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
8. Black Krim
8th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
9. Sunrise Jazz
9th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
10. Indigo Cherry Drops
10th place in my runners-up 2024 taste tests.
Tomato - Special Mention
This year’s weather was cool, cloudy and a slightly damp squid which I think it effected this tomato. The plant was huge but the tomato flowers didn’t pollinate until they reached the very top!
However, if it had ripened earlier, it would have been number one or two in the top 10 taste tests! It really is that good.
Summer of Love
Vying for 1st/2nd place in my 2024 taste tests.
