Tomato Basics: Understanding the Different Types of Tomatoes
If you’re new to the world of tomato gardening, and a nursery worker blithely recommends over her shoulder that you select a determinate hybrid, you may feel even more helpless than you did before you asked the question.
There are five main types of tomatoes in terms of shape and size, and although there are more than a thousand different tomato varieties out there, they can all fit into one of these categories.
Standard globes are the everyday grocery-shop varieties that we’ve all grown up with. Their medium-sized slicers that make great salad ingredients and can also be used for cooking.
Another great category of tomatoes to consider are plum tomatoes. These ones are great to use to make a delicious tomato sauce, and are sometimes also referred to as processing tomatoes or paste tomatoes.