A tomato question I almost dread to ask.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. My nominees

Main crop canning/processing tomato :Early Girl

Red sauce/plum type: any San Marzano type

Orange - Orange Oxheart.

Yellow- Taxi.

Green -- none

Purple -- Cherokee Purple

Black -- none

White -- none

Striped/Bicolor -- Striped German (massive fruit)

Cherry ---Sweet 100, Isis Candy, Chocolate Cherry.

We grow mostly big heirlooms (Brandywines,Prudens,Germans) but every year we try a few new varieties.

One really good variety we grow that doesn't fit into your categories is Principe Borghese. This is a smallish tomato used traditionally for sun drying. It produces massive amounts of fruit on one plant. Obviously it's a a good choice for drying or roasting but because of its intense flavor it's also great for making tomato paste. I don't make ketchup but I bet that it would be good for that use too.