Purple tomatoes are purple pigmented specialty tomato types. The tomatoes are available in many varieties and can be heirlooms, open-pollinated hybrids, or genetically engineered cultivars. Although purple in color, purple tomatoes are generally raised following the same methods as those applied to growing regular tomatoes. In addition, they have a variety of culinary applications and may have a slightly different flavor from regular red tomatoes, for example.
Lemon Boy tomato is a rounded lemon-yellow slicing tomato that has a mild flavor. It is a hybrid indeterminate fleshy tomato, with some disease resistance, that was developed in the United States. Lemon Boy is suitable for slicing and is used on sandwiches, in salads, and when making pasta among other delicious culinary applications.
Patio tomato refers to a tomato cultivar especially bred for suitability to grow in limited spaces such as hanging baskets and containers on patios and balconies. There are hundreds of patio tomato varieties of different colors and sizes. What is common among them is the short height and ability to grow in confined spaces. Patio tomatoes are easy to grow and often require minimal maintenance and care in order to be highly productive. Furthermore, some cultivars of patio tomatoes are bred with disease and pest resistance.
Tomato leaf curl is a common physiological and disease-related problem that affects tomato plant leaves. The most common symptom is the rolling up, twisting or curling of the tomato plant leaves. There are a variety of causes, some of which are harmless while others write off the affected plant. Depending on the cause, tomato leaf curl can be reversed or resolve itself, often within hours. Furthermore, determinate and indeterminate tomato vines tend to be impacted by leaf curl quite differently.
Celebrity tomato is a large globe-shaped tomato fruit which changes color from green to intense red when ripe. It is a popular all-purpose slicing tomato that is suitable for a variety of culinary recipe applications such as cooking, sauces, soups, salads, pastes, juicing, canning and making salsa. The tomato was developed in the U.S and is borne of a vigorously growing bushy determinate vine. Celebrity tomato is considered an easy to grow tomato which is ideal for first-time gardeners.