The Amato Tomato, aka Nonna's Best

A Sicilian Heritage Signature Series favorite, the deep red heart-shaped "Amato Tomato" is low-acid, producing a tinge of sweetness, buoyed by an underlying essence of clove-spice. This tomato is perfect for slow-simmering pizza sauce. It has come to be known the world over as "Nonna's Best".

Orb of Paradise

My tomato variety would be called Orb of Paradise. A versatile tomato best enjoyed fresh picked and sliced with just a little salt on a peaceful summer evening.

Way Back When is Now Here!

There is something so special about a perfectly ripened heirloom tomato. I have decided that if I ever had to come up with a name for a cultivar, I would name it "Way Back When" ...
The tomato shown in the picture above was shot by photographer Victor Schrager who collaborated with author Amy Goldman to produce the book The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
Looks like a wonderful book. I'm sure I would want to eat the photographs!

If I Had to Name a Tomato...

I would call a small flavorful cherry tomato 'The Bombshell' because it would explode in your mouth.
I would call a tomato perfect for making sauce with 'The Ditalini Press' for obvious reasons.

Mini-Topic: Name That Fruit

After discovering an heirloom tomato named "Eva's Purple Ball", I was not only excited to tell my sister Eva about this plant, but I also couldn't wait to purchase seeds to plant next year! In addition, it got me thinking about a mini-topic for DitPress ...

If you had to name a tomato, what would you call it? Why do you choose that name?

*the tomato pictured here is an English variety, called "Tigerella"