Choosing Tomato Varieties for Your Region

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Cherry tomatoes and short-season varieties like “Early girl” will do well in just about any climate. With other tomatoes, you’ll have the best luck with varieties that have been developed to thrive in you climate. Here is a list of recommended varieties by region:

Red Tomato

North East

  • Pink Brandywine
  • Early cascade
  • Spring set
  • Cavalier
  • Marglobe

South East

  • Ozark pink
  • Jackpot
  • Manapal
  • Homestead
  • Santa Crus Kada
  • Floradade

Midwest

  • Early girl
  • Del oro
  • Big boy and Better boy
  • Jubilee
  • Yellow pear

Southwest

  • Pearson
  • Porter
  • Principe Borghese
  • Yellow Lollipop Cherry
  • Beef master

Northwest

  • Oregon spring
  • Stupice
  • Oregon pride
  • Kootenai
  • Peacevine

Alaksa

  • World’s earliest
  • Russian plum lemon
  • Siberian red

Greenhouse

  • Tigerella
  • Most English varieties
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Comments

Something is missing from this list... none of these climates describe the Sacramento, CA region. So for me this is not helpful at all. Briefly list some reasons why each variety is good for said region, then I could at least make an educated guess.

-- Contributed by: sky

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