All varieties in this category are paste-type tomatoes, with different colors and tastes. Paste-type tomatoes contain less water than "normal" tomatoes and are perfect for tomato sauce, puree, cooking, etc. The fruits are very firm and meaty and not so watery if cooked. Normally paste-type tomatoes are around 5-10cm long and weigh around 40-70 grams each. But as with all tomatoes, a lot of variations occur. Read more about different types of tomatoes.
Unknown Variety 2023 – “Long Pink Pear” is a paste-type tomato, containing less water than “regular” tomatoes, perfect for cocking and sauces, etc. Produces elongated, pear-shaped fruits with a small nipple, around 60-80 grams each. Pale-pink fruits with some pale-green coloring on the necks. Meaty flesh with a sweet tomato flavor. The seeds of this variety were given to me as ‘Sinister Minister’, and clearly it is not. The unknown variety was a great variety though, so we decided to keep it! 75-80D. Indeterminate. 10seeds/pack
White Icicle, 'Sosulka Belaya', produces oval-elongated paste-type tomatoes, around 80 grams each. Ivory-white fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. Firm, meaty fruits with few seeds. Crack-resistant and keeps well after picking. This is described as an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato. Although all my plants grew to about 150cm and gave heavy yields all ripened during the same 10-day period. Perfect if you want to harvest all simultaneously for sauces or cooking. I did not prune at all, but staking or support is needed. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack
Wick’s Orange Paste produces oval-elongated paste-type tomatoes, around 50-80grams each. Pale-orange fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. Firm, meaty fruits with few seeds. Crack-resistant and keeps well after picking. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. Was first offered in the “Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook” by Al Anderson, Troy, Ohio. He got the seeds from Tom Wick, Covington, Oregon. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack
Yellow Banana is a bush variety growing up to 60-90cm in height. Produces elongated, bright yellow paste-type tomatoes around 7cm long. Very firm fruits with few seeds, looking like little bananas. Sweet tomato flavor, not too juicy. Paste-type tomatoes contain less water than "normal" tomatoes and are perfect for tomato sauce, puree, cooking, etc. The fruits are very firm and meaty and not so watery if cooked. Determinate. 75D. 10seeds/pack
Yellow Fire produces elongated paste-type tomatoes, around 100grams each. Bright-yellow-orange stiped fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. Firm, meaty fruits with few seeds. Crack-resistant and keeps well after picking. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. 75D. 10seeds/pack
Yellow Icicle is a paste-type tomato, containing less water than “regular” tomatoes, perfect for cocking and sauces, etc. Produces elongated fruits with a small nipple, around 70-110 grams each. Bright yellow fruits with yellow flesh. Sweet tomato flavor. From Ukraine. 75D. Regular leaf. Indeterminate. 10seeds/pack
Zolotaya Kanareika produces elongated paste-type tomatoes, around 60grams each. Beautiful, golden-yellow fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. Firm, meaty fruits with few seeds. Crack-resistant and keeps well after picking. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. 85D. 10seeds/pack
Zolotoy Potok, "Golden Stream", is a compact bush variety growing up to 50-70cm in height. Produces elongated, bright yellow paste-type tomatoes around 50-70 grams each. Very firm fruits with few seeds. Sweet tomato flavor, not too juicy. Paste-type tomatoes contain less water than "normal" tomatoes and are perfect for tomato sauce, puree, cooking, etc. The fruits are very firm and meaty and not so watery if cooked. Also does well in cooler weather. Determinate. 80D. 10seeds/pack