9 New Tomato Varieties to Try in Your Garden This Year for Delicious and Unique Harvests

There are 10,000 tomato varieties—of which only 600 are grown commercially—offering an astounding range of colors, shapes, and flavors.

Even if you have favorite tomatoes you like to grow for snacking or salsa, it’s worth straying from the true and trusted and trying some new ones.

Here is a selection of eight outstanding tomato varieties you might want to try.

Green Giant (85 Days)

Green tomatoes are not necessarily unripe. Green Giant is a heirloom tomato that keeps its bright green color even when ripe. The 1-pound fruit is very sweet and juicy with very few seeds.

This tomato belongs to the group of potato leaf tomatoes whose leaves look like those of potato plants; they aren’t serrated like typical tomato leaves.

Captain Lucky (75 Days)

For a bicolored tomato whose flavor matches its beauty, both from the outside and the inside, consider Captain Lucky.

This dense beefsteak-type fruit, weighing 10 to 16 ounces, is striking cut up on a plate; it has streaks of greens, pinks, and reds.

Bumble Bee (70 Days)

No matter which one you pick, all the varieties in the Artisan Series of striped cherry tomatoes (Purple Bumble Bee, Sunrise Bumble Bee, and Pink Bumble Bee) are delicious and pretty.

The fruit is sweet with pleasant, slightly tangy undertones. Unlike many cherry tomato varieties, it is crack-resistant thanks to its sturdy skin.

Magic Bullet (70 Days)

If you like tomatoes with eye-popping colors that also deliver in the sweet taste category, Magic Bullet fits the bill. These small (2 to 3 ounces) multicolored plum-shaped tomatoes develop dark indigo shoulders as they ripen.

The indigo color intensifies as the plant gets more sunlight. To encourage coloring, you need to prune some excess foliage as the fruit ripens.

White Tomesol (80 Days)

With the increasing popularity of heirloom tomatoes, the sight of orange, red, and purple tomatoes has become more common. Ivory or cream-colored tomatoes like White Tomesol, on the other hand, is a stand-out rarity.

The fruit weighs 8 ounces on average but may reach 1 pound. The more sun White Tomesol gets, the deeper the skin color will become, and a delicate blush forms at the blossom end.

This is a good choice if you are after a good tomato flavor but with lower acidity.

Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom (90 Days)

Due to the lower acidity, yellow tomatoes often have a milder taste than red tomatoes, but Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom scores high in the rich, assertive taste category. It’s another late-maturing potato leaf variety that matures late.

Bright yellow on the outside and pale yellow and meaty inside, it makes an excellent slicing tomato.

Zapotech Pleated Tomato (85 Days)

This late-maturing Mexican heirloom tomato is as sweet and tasty as much as it is heavily ribbed. Also known as the Oaxacan ribbed tomato, the 10 to 16-ounce pink-red fruit has hollow areas in its interior, which makes it a good choice for stuffing or baking.

Indigo Rose (80 Days)

Anthocyanin, the pigment that turns these tomatoes purple, is the same as in blueberries.

Indigo Rose tomatoes were bred at Oregon State University using traditional breeding methods; breeding this purple tomato was not only done for its spectacular appearance or sweet flavor, but also because anthocyanin is a powerful, disease-fighting antioxidant.

The areas of the fruit that are exposed to sunlight turn purple, whereas portions that get less light eventually become deep red. The fruit is about 2 inches in diameter.

Buratino (70 Days)

This Russian heirloom tomato was named Buratino (the name for Pinocchio in Russian) after its long, pointed nose. It is shaped like a Roma paste tomato but orange in color and larger, averaging 3 to 6 ounces.

The taste is fruity with citrus notes. Because of its thick walls and few seeds, it is equally suitable for sauce, slicing, and snacking.