Tomato Varieties in Hillsborough, NJ
Hillsboro Farm Country Market offers a wide range of tomato varieties grown right here on our preserved farmland along Hillsborough Road, with heirlooms, beefsteaks, cherries, and plums picked fresh through the peak of summer.
From Beefsteak to Black Krim
We grow heirlooms like Brandywine, Ramapo, Green Zebra, German Stripe, Striped Cavarnelle, Mortgage Lifter, Black Krim, and Cherokee Purple, each with its own color, texture, and flavor. Alongside those sit classic beefsteak, greenhouse, and field tomatoes for slicing, sweet cherry tomatoes for snacking, meaty plum tomatoes for sauce, and tomatillos for salsa verde. Tomatoes are on our tables all season, but the real variety builds from early July through the end of September, with the widest selection in mid-August.
Everything is grown here on our farm and sold fresh. From mid-July through September, what's on the table reflects what ripened that morning.
Our Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes
Walk in during peak season, mid-August especially, and the heirloom table tells the story on its own. It's not one variety filling the space, it's stacks of different colors and shapes side by side, each one looking and tasting nothing like the one next to it. Slice them thick and eat them with nothing more than salt.
- Brandywine
- Ramapo
- Green Zebra
- German Stripe
- Striped Cavarnelle
- Mortgage Lifter
- Black Krim
- Cherokee Purple
Beefsteak, Greenhouse, and Field Tomatoes
When you need a thick, juicy slice for a sandwich or a burger, this is where you look. We grow these for size and reliability, the kind of tomato that holds up on a plate and doesn't get overshadowed by the heirlooms next to it.
- Beefsteak
- Greenhouse
- Field
Cherry Tomatoes
Pop one straight from the carton on your way back to the car, or toss a handful into a salad. Sweet, small, and low effort, these are the tomatoes people end up snacking on before they even get home.
- Cherry
Plum Tomatoes
Sauce, canning, anything that needs to cook down without turning watery, that's what plum tomatoes are for. Fewer seeds and denser flesh than a slicing tomato make the difference once they hit the pot.
- Plum
Tomatillos
Wrapped in a papery husk that splits open as it ripens, the tomatillo is technically a cousin of the tomato, not a variety of it. Once the fruit inside turns firm and pale green, it's ready for salsa verde and other green sauces.
- Tomatillos