Sun Gold
Candy-Sweet TropicalPops like warm candy in the garden. Thin-skinned, almost apricot-like sweetness. Kids steal them faster than you can pick.
From jammy Sun Golds to meaty San Marzanos—our finder matches 500+ varieties to your kitchen, your climate, and your taste.
Pops like warm candy in the garden. Thin-skinned, almost apricot-like sweetness. Kids steal them faster than you can pick.
Dusky purple skin hides a complex, almost smoky interior. Rich and slightly acidic. The tomato sandwich tomato.
The gold standard for sauce. Dense, almost seedless flesh with concentrated sweetness that intensifies when cooked down.
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Sun Gold · Juliet · Sweet 100
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Explore these →“Brandywine — Complex, slightly smoky, almost wine-like. The skin is thin enough that it splits if you look at it wrong. Worth every second of the 80-day wait.”
Trial notes, 2023
“Sun Gold — Not a tomato, it's garden candy. First one ripe every year. We've never had a single fruit make it to the kitchen.”
Trial notes, 2024
“Green Zebra — That acidic pop when you slice it into a salad. Bright, almost citrus-forward. Pairs absurdly well with fresh mozzarella and basil.”
Trial notes, 2023
“Amish Paste — Meaty and dense with barely any seeds. Cooks down to a thick sauce in half the time of any slicing tomato. The workhorse.”
Trial notes, 2022
“Black Krim — Salty. Actually salty. Almost olive-like with a deep, earthy finish. Ugly as sin but tastes like the Black Sea coast it came from.”
Trial notes, 2024
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