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Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties for the Home Garden

Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties for the Home Garden

Summer is too brief to not have homegrown tomatoes.  Whether you live in the suburbs, the city, a farm, stead, a farm, townhouse, condo or apartment... you can grow some tomatoes!. But what if you live in a hot humid climate, where tomato plant diseases, fungus, virus, bacteria are prevalent and your plants die after a few weeks of tomatoes?  

Part of the answer is crop rotation, garden hygiene, proper watering techniques (see this page for details of all these tomato disease-management approaches). But it makes as much of a difference to choose the most disease resistant varieties.

Below is our master Disease-Resistant tomato varieties list, certainly the most complete on the internet (if I've missed any - tell me)and send photos of your tomatoes!

And this page explains how to easily, inexpensively grow your own tomato plants from seed, for about 50 cents per plant,

So scroll down to find your perfect homegrown tomatoes for this year's garden!

Where to buy the seeds

Click the name of the tomato in the Variety name column - if it is blue, that's a link to an online seller of the seeds. You can get more information, see photos, etc. I look for the best prices at the most reliable sellers and sources I can find, like Amazon, Burpee, etc. I use this list every year myself! And, in many cases, the se online prices are as good or better than local stores.

Plant growth

• Determinates bear a crop all at once and stop.
• Indeterminates keep growing and producing until frost

Days to Harvest

This is a general estimate under best conditions of how many days after your transplant the seedlings into the garden or contain until you harvest the first tomato.

Tomato size

We've broken it down into the general size categories:

• Small - less than 7 ounces, usually a cherry or pear tomato for salads - Size of a marble up to a ping pong ball
• Medium - Usually a slicer or an early tomato 8 to 11 ounces, golf ball to tennis ball size
• Large - 11 to 15 ounces, almost a pound, tennis ball to almost baseball size
• Very large - over 1 lb, could be the size of a softball

Disease Resistance

See the table at the end of the table. If your area gets frequent rains and it is hot and humid, you definitely need the disease resistant varieties.

Related Pages

• How to Grow Tomatoes in Your Yard or Patio - Everything you need to know
• Starting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, broccoli, lettuce and other vegetables from seed at 1/10 the price at Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart or the nursery
• Tomato plant diseases - symptoms and what to do.
• Master List of Heirloom Tomato Varieties

 

Master List of Disease-Resistant Tomato Varieties Click here to print a PDF version
Variety name  (click for more info and to purchase seeds)	Type	Color	Heirloom or Hybrid	Days to Harvest	Tomato size <7 oz Small 8 - 11 Oz Medium 12 - 15 large >15 Very large	Plant growth Determinate or Indeterminate.	Disease Resistance - See abbrv key following this table	Description and notes
Ace 55	Slicer	Red	open-pollinated Heirloom	75	Medium	Determinate	F1, V	10-12 oz. with good flavor. lower in acid, resists cracking.
Applegate	Salad	Red	Hybrid	75	Medium	Indeterminate	F1, N, TMV	Good flavor, clusters of fruit
Arbason F1	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	80	Medium - large	Indeterminate	F1, V, TMV	7-9 oz.
Beefmaster	Beefsteak	Red	Hybrid	75-80	Large	Indeterminate.	V, F1, N, A, St.	High heat tolerance and high yield, large, meaty fruits that up to a pound.
Bellini	Cherry	Red/orange	Hybrid	65	Large	Indeterminate	Good general disease resistance	Burpee
Best Boy	Slicer	Red	Open-Pollinated, Hybrid	75	Medium	Indeterminate	F1, V, N	Heavy yields , 8 oz fruit , long season. Burpee
Better Boy	Beefsteak	Red	Hybrid	75-80	Very Large	Indeterminate	F1, V, N	10-16oz (284-454g) Burpee hybrid around for decades, but always reliable. Resistance to Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt Race 1, Nematodes
BHN 589 F1	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	75	Medium	Determinate	F2, V, TMV	Overall good quality, shelf life, flavor, and disease resistance. Semi-determinate plants
Big Beef	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	73	Large	Indeterminate	F2, N, St/L, A, TMV	AAS Winner. Old-time tomato flavor, early to bear, and highly disease resistant. A good choice in any climate.Ferry-Morse
Big Beef Plus	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	75	Medium	Indeterminate	HR: A/F2/FOR/St-L/ToMV/ToTV/V, IR: Ma/TSWV	Beefsteak with improved disease resistance. 7 ½ to 8 ½ ounces, with old-time tomato flavor, an improved variety of Big Beef, bigger and sweeter.
Brandy Boy Hybrid	Beefsteak	Pink	Hybrid	78	Large	Indeterminate	Burpee just says "disease-resistance"	Brandywine hybrid, Burpee says it has flavor of Brandywine heirloom tomato with a tidier growth habit, improved disease-resistance and bigger, earlier yields. Large pink fruits up to 5 1/2" across. They claim it has more disease resistance than Brandywine heirloom, but I have not seen any difference in years I grew both.
Buffalosteak	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	80	Very large	Indeterminate	HR: F/ToMV/V,	Solid, meaty, and flavorful, 12 - 18 Ounces, Fusarium Wilt (Race 1), Nematodes, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Verticillium Wilt SeedsNSuch
Bumble Bee	Cherry	Striped pink, purple, or yellow/orange bi-color;	Hybrid	70	Medium	Indeterminate	CR	Just under 2 oz.
Campari	Salad	Red	Hybrid	75	Indeterminate	Indeterminate	ToMV	Withstands late blight and fruit cracking.  2 oz fruits in clusters
Carmello	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Indeterminate	Indeterminate	F1, St/L, N, TMV, ToMV, V	Round fruit , early tomato.
Celebration F1	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	72	Determinate	Determinate	F2, V, ToMV	Large, deep fruit.
Celebrity Plus	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Medium	Determinate	V, St/L, A, HR: F2, HR: ToMV	Improved Celebrity tomato (an AAS Winner). Fruits are larger than the original Celebrity, 7 to 8 ozs.
Chef's Choice Bicolor	Beefsteak	Yellow / red	Hybrid	75	Large	Indeterminate	Scab	10 - 12 oz. each. Globe-shaped.
Chef's Choice Orange	Beefsteak	Orange	Heirloom	75	Large	Indeterminate	HR: TMV	AAS Winner.  Earlier and more productive than most orange beefsteaks. 9 to 16 ounces
Cloudy Day	Cherry	Dark red / black	Hybrid	70	Medium	Indeterminate	Early and Late Blight resistance	From England, it does well in cool, cloudy weather and northern climates. High yield of 5-oz (141-g)
Cobra	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	72	Small	Indeterminate	F2, V, LB, ToMV	Excellent  for the greenhouse or outdoors. Round  7 oz tomatoes
Container's Choice	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Medium	Determinate	F2, V	6 to 8 oz. flattened, beefsteak-type fruits.
Crimson Carmello	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	75	Medium	Indeterminate	V, N, LB, TMV	Red juicy with clusters of medium-sized round fruit
Cuore di Albenga	Paste	Red	Heirloom	85	Medium	Indeterminate	moderately disease resistant.	Italian heirloom , ribbed pear-shaped fruit,
Damsel	Slicer	Pink	Hybrid	75	Large	Indeterminate	F1, V, N, LB	Big, pink, globe-shaped heirloom Blend of sweet and acid like an heirloom
Early Pick VF	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Medium	Determinate	VF
Fantastic	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Medium	Indeterminate	CR	Heirloom flavor excellent for canning.
First Lady II	Cherry	Red	Open-Pollinated	52	Small	Indeterminate	F1	5 oz red fruit
Geranium Kiss	Cherry	Cherry	Open-Pollinated Heirloom	65	Small	Dwarf Determinate	AB, SP	GREAT for container growing.
Gold Nugget	Cherry	Orange	Open-Pollinated	56	Small	Determinate	V	1" round-to-oval fruits.
Gold Spark	Cherry	Yellow	Hybrid	68	Small	Indeterminate	CR, LM, ToMV	Yellow grape
Grandma's Pick	Beefsteak	Red	Hybrid	78	Medium	Indeterminate	F1, V, N, St/L	Flattened, pleated fruit 3 1/2 inches wide and 1 3/4 inches tall.
Heirloom Marriage Marzinera	Paste	Red	Hybrid	75	Small	Indeterminate	F1	Combination of San Marzano and Cream Sausage  2–3 oz oval paste tomatoes
Jubilee	Slicer	Bright, golden-orange	Open-Pollinated, Heirloom	80	Small	Indeterminate	Good disease resistence	AAS Winner. , 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter, average 6 to 8 oz
Juliet	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	60	Small	Indeterminate	F1, N, AB, LB, CR	AAS Winner.  2 1/2"-long 2 oz sweet, firm grape shaped fruit
Juliet Hybrid	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	60	Small	Indeterminate	SP	Elongated, grape-like clusters of sweet fruits
La Roma III	Paste	Red	Hybrid	76	Medium	Determinate	F1, V, N, St/L, A	Classic Roma type paste tomato, 5-8 oz, Excellent for canning, pastes, and sauces.
Laguna Red Hybrid	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	72	Medium	Determinate	HR: TMV, HR: F2, IR:St/L, IR: TYLCV	Globe-shaped  8-12 oz.,
Legend	Slicer	Red	Open-Pollinated	68	Large	Determinate	LB	4"-5"  Cold tolerant..
Little Margo Hybrid	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Small	Determinate	F1, V	6 oz. flattened shape
Marglobe	Salad	Red	Open-Pollinated	75	Medium	Determinate	Good disease resistance	First released in 1925,  it has 8-10 oz  globe-shaped fruit.
Mason Marvel. Ph.D	Beefsteak	Pink	Hybrid	81	Large	Indeterminate	LB	Introduced in 2020 by SESE]. Great flavor and few seeds. Developed for resistance to Late Blight.SeedsNSuch
Medford	Slicer	Red	Open-Pollinated	80	Medium	Determinate	F1, V	crack-resistant tomatoes.
Mortgage Lifter VFN	Beefsteak	Red	Hybrid	80	Very Large	Indeterminate	ab, asc, vw, fw1, rkn	Compared to "Mortgage Lifter" above, it has increased disease-resistance, more uniform fruit, ripening. Becomes red with Large, 10-14 oz. fruits, although slightly smaller than the original Mortgage Lifter. The plants are much more productive.  6-7 ft. tall plants bear until frost.Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Moskvich	Salad	Red	Open-Pollinated, Heirloom	60	Small	Indeterminate	CR	Deep red small fruits
Mountain Magic Hybrid	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	72	Small	Indeterminate	F2, V	supersweet, Campari-type tomato. round, 2 oz fruits
Mountain Merit	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	75	Small	Determinate	HR: F3/LB/TSWV/V, IR: AB/N	AAS Winner. Excellent resistance to Late Blight,
Orange Paruche	Cherry	Orange	Hybrid	67	Small	Semi-Determinate	F1, ToMV, TMV	Sweet and flavorful
Oregon Spring	Salad	Red	Open-Pollinated	70	Small	Determinate	V	Early variety 3-5 oz f Almost seedless which makes them great for ketchup and sauces.
Plum Crimson	Plum	Red	Hybrid	80	Medium	Determinate	F3, V	Determinate saladette.
Pomodoro Squisito	Paste	Red	Hybrid	72	Nedium	Indeterminate	HR: F1, ToMV, V, IR: TYLCV	San Marzano hybrid
Pozzano	Paste	Red	Hybrid	72	Small	Indeterminate	HR: F2/V/ToMV	San Marzano for  greenhouse.4-6 oz tomatoes.
Purple Zebra	Salad	Green-streaked, deep red	Hybrid	70	Medium	Indeterminate	LB, LM, ToMV, TSWV, TYLCV, V	skin, billiard-ball-sized , very disease resistant
Roma	Paste	Red	Heirloom	76	Small	Determinate	Moderate disease resistance	Red, pear-shaped fruits that are nice and meaty, with very few seeds. Well-known paste-type tomato, perfect for sauces, pastes and ketchup.
Roma VF	Paste	Red	Hybrid	76	Small	Determinate	F1, V, N, A, LB	Improved Roma, with better disease resistance. fruits that are nice and meaty, with very few seeds. Well-known paste-type tomato, perfect for sauces, pastes and ketchup.
Siletz	Slicer	Red		60		Determinate	F1, V	4" in size, almost seedless.
Skyway	Slicer	Red	Heirloom, Hybrid	78	Large	Determinate	F3, V, TSWV, N, TYLCV, ToANV	Large red,  ribbed, beefsteak-type tomatoes.
Sugar Plum Grape	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	75	Small	Indeterminate	F1	1 inch grape-shaped fruit
Sunray	Slicer	Yellow	Open-Pollinated	75	Large	Indeterminate	F1, V	Like Jubilee with strong Fusarium Wilt resistance.
Sunrise Sauce	Paste	Pale red	Hybrid	60	Small	Determinate	F1, V	Paste / Roma  3–4 oz. fruit
Sunsugar	Cherry	Orange-red	Hybrid	62	Small	Indeterminate	CR, IR: F1/TMV	½ oz fruits g.
Super Bush	Slicer	Red	Hybrid	70	Small	Determinate	disease-resistant	A good choice for growing in containers
Super Fantastic	Beefsteak	Red	Hybrid		Medium	Indeterminate	F1, V, CR	10 oz tomatoes, with Resistance to Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt Race 1
Sweet Million	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	65	Small	Indeterminate	F1, TMV	Super-sweet cherry, larger than Sweet 100.
Tomatoberry	Cherry	Red	Hybrid	55	Small	Indeterminate	F1, ToMV	High-yielding  with 1x1 inch. fruit
Verona	Plum	Red	Hybrid	67	Small	Indeterminate	HR: F2/V, IR: AB	Similar to Juliet, but better tasting 2 1/2 oz.
Viva Italia	Paste	Red	Open-Pollinated	75	Small	Indeterminate	F2, V, N, A, B	3-4 oz  red Roma tomatoes. Great for paste, sauce, salsa, tomato soup, and ketchup; and for canning and freezing.
Zucchello	Salad	Red	Hybrid	75	Small	Indeterminate	F1, V, N	plum-mini tomato,.

 

How to save money and grow better tomatoes

Start you own tomatoes from seed!  This year the Bonnie plants at Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart are selling for around $5 PER PLANT. That is INSANE! With my method you can grow your own for around 50- cents per plant!

You can also choose tastier and more disease resistant varieties.  IT is SO easy - when you know these tips and tricks. See this page

 

Tomato disease abbreviations

Disease Resistance Abbreviations
SC	Alternaria Stem Canker
EB	Early Blight (Alternaria solani)
AB	Early Blight (Alternaria solani)
CR	Crack Resistance
F1	Fusarium Wilt Race 1
F2	Fusarium Wilt Races 1 and 2
F3	Fusarium Wilt Races 0, 1, and 2
HR	High Resistance
MR	Medium Resistance
LB	Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans)
LM	Leaf Mold
N	Nematodes
St/L	Stemphylium (Gray Leaf Spot)
TMV	Tobacco Mosaic Virus
ToANV	Tomato Apex Necrotic Virus
ToMV	Tomato Mosaic Virus (Strains 0, 1, and 2)
TSWV	Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
TYLCV	Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
V	Verticillium Wilt

 

Tomato disease descriptions and what to do

See this page for Tomato diseases, their symptoms and what to do

 

References and more information

1. Tomato Diseases and Disorders in the Home Garden from Penn State Extension
2. Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden Rutgers Cooperative Extension 
3. Growing Tomatoes Univ. of Maryland Extension 
4. Organic Gardening from the NC Extension Gardener Handbook 
5. Vegetable Gardening: a Beginner’s Guide NCSU AG-12 
6. Growing Tomatoes in Containers by Penn State Extension 
7. Excluding and Repelling Problem Wildlife from the Garden U of Mass, Amherst 
8. Epsom Salts: Miracle, Myth, or Marketing? WSU Extension PDF
9. Soil Temperature Maps and interactive tools by location 
10. Watering the Vegetable Garden from Clemson 
11. Nematode Assay Forms and Information