

In addition to having fruity cherry tomatoes in sunset colors, it is disease resistant, productive, and the ripe fruits resist splitting after rain. I will be growing this one! The red-striped golden grape tomato ‘ Sunset Torch‘ is another of this year’s AAS winners. Its tart-sweet dark-red fruits are striped with dark green, and the prolific vines resist disease. The beautiful small/salad tomato ‘ Purple Zebra‘ (70 days, indeterminate) is one of several 2022 AAS winners. The sweet fruits easily dry on the stem, and vines yield lots of tomatoes! ‘Sunset Torch’ is another great new AAS winner! (Image thanks to AAS Winners) ‘ Sun-Dried Cherry‘ (60-65 days, indeterminate) is a cool new cherry tomato that was developed for sun drying. Their flavor is described as very fruity and almost plum-like. The fruity, super-sweet tomatoes are orange-red with a mottled overlay of purple-black. On the top of my cherry list is ‘Black Strawberry’ (60 days, indeterminate), cherry tomato, which bears lots of fruits in neat trusses. Cherry, Grape, and Salad Tomatoes The 2022 AAS winner ‘Purple Zebra’ is a top-notch salad tomato. It is high-yielding and its fruits have an old-fashioned, heirloom-tomato flavor. The deep-red, medium-sized fruits of ‘ Loki‘ (70-75 days, indeterminate) are also borne on highly disease-resistant vines. Its sweet, golden fruits are medium-sized, flavorful, and resist cracking on the vine. If you are looking for more really tough, disease-resistant, slicing tomatoes with great flavor, try ‘ Tough Boy Gold‘ (75-85 days, indeterminate), which is resistant to blossom end rot as well as several viral diseases. It is a taste-test winner, and the vines resist many diseases.

for lovely dark-red, medium-large fruits grow ‘ Rubee Prize’ (60-70 days, indeterminate) hybrid tomato. It produces continuously, and the fruits are meaty, flavorful, and juicy. The classic slicer is deep pink, and the vines are super disease resistant. Another good traditional tomato is ‘ Enroza’ (70 days, indeterminate) from High Mowing Organic Seeds. Each plant can produce 40-50 fruits in a season. The large, red, tasty tomatoes are aromatic and produced on vines that resist blight. Those looking for a classic red slicer must try Burpee’s ‘ Bodacious‘ (80-85 days, indeterminate) big slicing tomato. (Image thanks to Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds) ‘Alice’s Dream’ has a delicious tropical fruit flavor. Another for beauty and flavor is the Baker Creek exclusive, ‘Alice’s Dream‘ (80 days, indeterminate) beefsteak tomato, which has an orange-yellow exterior striped with purple and a deep orange-yellow interior that is described as tasting sweet and tropical.


Its excellent flavor challenges that of best heirloom tomatoes, and when sliced the fruits are a psychedelic yellow, green, pink, and red. That’s why I’ll be trying the new bi-colored green and red ‘ Captain Lucky‘ (75 days, indeterminate) slicing tomato from Johnny’s Select Seeds. I am a sucker for beautiful fruits and vegetables, and tasty tomatoes in wild colors are ever-present in my garden. (Image thanks to High Mowing Organic Seeds) Slicing Tomatoes ‘Enroza’ is a tasty pink slicing tomato with great disease resistance.
BLACK VERNISSAGE TOMATO DAYS TO MATURITY TRIAL
The final picks were chosen for beauty, top trial ratings, disease resistance, and MOST OF ALL, taste. 2022 has so many new tomato introductions that I had trouble fixing on my favorites. What a great year for new tomatoes! The breeders have been busy. ‘Black Strawberry’ (top left, image from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds), ‘Alice’s Dream (right, Image from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds), ‘Bodacious’ (bottom left, Image from Burpee)
