Tomato 'Porter'

This tomato plant is a prolific producer even in the most intense summer heat! The fruit is beautiful and crack resistant making it very...Read More suitable for market. The flavor is rich and tomatoey, but it's not a sweet tomato.

This was my first year growing this variety. I picked it because it was pink. Glad I did because when all my other tomatoes were dying ...Read Morewith early blight this year, Porter was still going strong. Definitely gets a positive for that aspect. I was not impressed by the size though. The average is large golf ball size, wish they were a little bigger. Flavor was better than a hybrid but not as good as some of my favorite heirlooms. Definitely pumped out a ton of tomatoes per plant!

I'm in about the deepest, hottest, wettest South there is in the U.S., and this nice little tomato cranks 'em out year-round. It's fairl...Read Morey bullet proof. Not the most flavorful, but reliable, heat, rain(and neglect) tolerant and real productive. I'm going on toward 5 years of growing plants from cuttings (never planted a seed of it). Often the tomatoes are almost perfectly square, which is entertaining. Expect upwards of 400 large cherry or smallish plum tomatoes from one plant. great for drying.
Bug seem to ignore it, birds seem to love it.

This is a must have for those in hot, dry climates that want to grow an open-pollinated tomato. I had four plants loaded with tomatoes f...Read Morerom June through October. It set even when temperatures hovered around 100 degrees. These egg shaped tomatoes do not have the complex taste of most heirlooms, but it is far superior to any hybrid.

Oh, did I mention that these plants sprouted from a few seeds accidentally dropped in the garden in mid-March. Despite their poor start they were still vigorous and heavy producers.