Tomato Guide

Slicing & Beefsteak Tomato Comparison Chart

Compare every slicing and beefsteak tomato we carry side by side, from quick, compact slicers for short seasons to pound-plus heirloom beefsteaks in pink, black, yellow, green and striped. Varieties are grouped by type and sorted by days to maturity. Tap any variety to see full details and order seed.

Download printable PDF Early & Compact Red Slicers Main-Season Red Slicers Red Beefsteaks Pink Beefsteaks & Oxhearts Black, Purple & Brown Yellow, Orange & White Green, Striped & Bicolor

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Red Slicers

Round 4–8 oz all-purpose tomatoes. Many are early, compact and highly disease resistant.

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Beefsteaks

Big, meaty fruit from 8 oz to over 2 lb. One slice covers a sandwich.

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Pink & Oxheart

Brandywine-style pinks and heart-shaped oxhearts, prized for rich, sweet flavor.

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Black, Yellow & Bicolor

Smoky blacks, mild yellows and striking bicolors for colorful platters.

Early & Compact Red Slicers

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Sub-Arctic Plenty Heirloom	42	Red	2–4 oz	Determinate	—
42 Day	42	Red	About 1 oz	Determinate	—
Early Doll	52	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	F
Early Girl	52	Red	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	FNTMVV
Siberian	58	Red	2–4 oz	Determinate	—
Early Cascade	62	Red	2–4 oz	Indeterminate	—
Bush Champion II	63	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	ASFStV
Stupice	65	Red	2–4 oz	Indeterminate	—
Sweet Seedless	65	Red	2–4 oz, seedless	Indeterminate	FNTMVV
Bush Big Boy	68	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	AS
Celebrity AAS Winner	68	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	ASFGLSNTMVV
Patio	70	Red	2–4 oz	Determinate	ASFGLSV

Main-Season Red Slicers

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Better Boy	72	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFGLSLBNV
Jet Star	72	Red	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	FTMVV
Bobcat	73	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	FStV
Floradade	74	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	—
Marion	74	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	F
Rutgers Heirloom	74	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	ASFGLSV
Carmello	75	Red	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	FNTMVV
Marglobe Supreme	75	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	FV
Mater Sandwich	75	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Mountain Merit AAS Winner	75	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	EBFLBNTSWVV
Moneymaker Heirloom	77	Red	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	FNTMVV
Ace 55	80	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	ASFV
Betty	80	Red	8–16 oz	Determinate	FLSNTMVV
Homestead	80	Red	4–8 oz	Determinate	ASF
Super Fantastic	85	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFStToMVV

Red Beefsteaks

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Park's Whopper	65	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	FNTMVV
Big Beef AAS Winner	69	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFGLSNTMVV
Beefy Red Organic Heirloom	75	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Italian Heirloom Heirloom	75	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Delicious	77	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Supersteak	78	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	FNV
Abe Lincoln Heirloom	80	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Alice's Dream Heirloom	80	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Chef's Choice Red AAS Winner	80	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFStTMVV
Beefmaster	81	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	ASBLSFGLSNV
Costoluto Genovese Heirloom	85	Red	4–8 oz, ribbed	Indeterminate	—
Crnkovic Yugoslavian	85	Red	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Red Beefsteak	85	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Trip-L-Crop Heirloom	85	Red	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—

Pink Beefsteaks & Oxhearts

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Anna Russian Heirloom	70	Pink	Oxheart, 1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Blushing Star	72	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	LBSLS
Bradley	75	Pink	4–8 oz	Determinate	F
Chef's Choice Pink AAS Winner	75	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFNTMVV
Mushroom Basket	75	Pink	8–16 oz, ribbed	Indeterminate	—
Big Brandy	78	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
German Johnson Heirloom	78	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Mountain Rouge AAS Winner	80	Pink	8–16 oz	Determinate	FLBNV
Ponderosa Pink	80	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Mortgage Lifter Heirloom	82	Pink	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Pink Oxheart	86	Pink	Oxheart, 1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Brandywine, Sudduth's	90	Pink	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Pink Brandywine Heirloom	90	Pink	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—

Indeterminate or determinate?

Days to maturity are counted from transplanting to first ripe fruit. Indeterminate vines keep growing and fruiting until frost and need tall stakes or cages. Determinate plants stay compact and ripen over a shorter window. Large beefsteaks crack less when watered evenly; support heavy fruit and pick at full color.

Black, Purple & Brown

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Darkstar	72	Dusky purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	LBV
Beefy Purple Organic Heirloom	75	Purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Black Sea Man Heirloom	75	Mahogany	8–16 oz	Determinate	—
Chef's Choice Black AAS Winner	75	Black	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFNTMVV
Paul Robeson Heirloom	75	Brick-black	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Black Prince Heirloom	76	Mahogany	2–4 oz	Indeterminate	—
Black from Tula Heirloom	78	Mahogany	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Cherokee Purple Heirloom	78	Dusky purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Chocolate Stripes Heirloom	79	Brown, green stripes	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Black Krim Heirloom	80	Mahogany	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Carbon Organic Heirloom	80	Purple-black	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Cherokee Purple Organic	80	Dusky purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Chef's Choice Purple AAS Winner	80	Purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	TMV
Pruden's Purple Organic Heirloom	80	Dark pink-purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Ananas Noire Heirloom	85	Green, purple blush	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Black Brandywine Heirloom	90	Dusky purple	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—

Yellow, Orange & White

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Lemon Boy Plus	72	Lemon yellow	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	ASFFCRRGLSNToMVToTVV
Azoychka Heirloom	73	Yellow	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Chef's Choice Orange AAS Winner	75	Orange	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFNTMVV
Chef's Choice White AAS Winner	75	Ivory white	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFNTMVV
Chef's Choice Yellow AAS Winner	75	Yellow	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFTMVV
Golden Jubilee AAS Winner	78	Golden orange	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	AS
Amana Orange	80	Orange	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Great White	80	Creamy white	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Kellogg's Breakfast Heirloom	80	Orange	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Orange Oxheart	86	Orange	Oxheart, 1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Yellow Brandywine Heirloom	90	Golden yellow	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—

Green, Striped & Bicolor

Variety	Days	Fruit Color	Shape & Size	Plant Habit	Disease Resistance
Big Rainbow	75	Yellow, red marbling	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
BuffaloSun	75	Yellow, red marbling	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	FLBTSWVV
Chef's Choice Green AAS Winner	75	Green when ripe	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	ASFNTMVV
Green Zebra Heirloom	75	Green, gold stripes	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	—
Old German Heirloom	77	Yellow, red center	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Tasty Evergreen Heirloom	77	Green when ripe	4–8 oz	Indeterminate	—
Striped German	78	Yellow, red streaks	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Aunt Ruby's German Green Heirloom	80	Green, pink blush	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Cherokee Green	80	Green-amber	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Copia	85	Gold, red stripes	8–16 oz	Indeterminate	—
Hillbilly Heirloom	85	Orange, red streaks	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Pineapple Pig Organic	85	Yellow-green, blush	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Vintage Wine	85	Pink, gold stripes	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—
Pineapple	90	Yellow, red marbling	1–2 lb	Indeterminate	—

Disease Resistance Codes

ASAlternaria stem canker

BLSBacterial leaf spot

EBEarly blight

FFusarium wilt

FCRRFusarium crown & root rot

GLSGray leaf spot

LBLate blight

LSLeaf spot

NRoot-knot nematode

SLSSeptoria leaf spot

StStemphylium gray leaf spot

TMVTobacco mosaic virus

ToMVTomato mosaic virus

ToTVTomato torrado virus

TSWVTomato spotted wilt virus

VVerticillium wilt

Fruit sizes and plant habits are typical values from breeders and seed trials; results vary with growing conditions. A dash (—) means no resistance is published for that variety.