Tomatoes

Heirloom Tomatoes

Black Krim – Indeterminate

Brandywine – Indeterminate

Cherokee Purple – Indeterminate

Jubilee – Indeterminate

Mr. Stripey – Indeterminate

Old German – Indeterminate

Orange Oxheart – Indeterminate

Yellow Pear – Indeterminate

Small Fruit Tomatoes

Red Grape – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: FNT

Roma – Determinate (Open Pollinated), Disease Resistance: VFNA

Sweet 100 – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VF

Medium Fruit Tomatoes

Early Girl – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VF

Health Kick – Determinate, Disease Resistance: VFFA

Jet Star – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VF

Pink Medium Fruit Tomato

Traveler 76 – Indeterminate

Large Fruit Tomatoes

Better Boy – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VFN

Celebrity – Determinate, Disease Resistance: VFFNT

Lemon Boy – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VFN

Parks Whopper – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VFFNT

Giant Beefsteak Tomato

Beefmaster – Indeterminate, Disease Resistance: VFNA

Determinate

As applied to tomatoes, determinate refers to the growing habit of plants that are bushy, whose fruit ripen over a 3 to 4 week period, and generally do not need staking.  Caging is usually recommended.

Indeterminate

Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow, set fruit, and ripen continuously until a frost arrives.  Also known as vining types, they require staking or other support.

Because tomatoes are susceptible to diseases, viruses and insects, some varieties have been bred or hybridized to be resistant to certain pests. Resistance to these pests is usually listed on the plant label using the following abbreviations:

V = Verticillium Wilt
F = Fusarium Wilt
FF = Fusarium Wilt race 1 and 2
N = Nematode
T = Tobacco Mosaic Virus
A = Alternaria (Early Blight)