25 Tomato Varieties that Do Well in Humidity, Heat, and are Resistant to Early Blight: I Have Grown All of These in My Garden

I have been growing tomatoes for over 25 years.  While I have down sized the numbers of varieties I now grow, I do recommend growing a couple different new varieties with each season and taking notes on the issues that appear on the plants. There have been years were I have grown 35 different varieties of cherry type, small, medium, and large fruited tomatoes. I really enjoy watching each variety grow and seeing it how is does with respect to Maryland's heat, humidity, and the fungal disease that always shows up, the main one is commonly called early blight. 

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Pruning, mulching, and spraying tomato plants is good practice for managing problems. It is also good practice to know the issues that come to your gardens and to look for disease resistant plant varieties as well and varieties that do better in your growing conditions, be it colder, extremally hot, or overly humid. Mixing in new tomato varieties to your garden, each year, allows you to test them out. Keep the ones that do well and discard the ones that don't manage the conditions and diseases that come to your garden.

Here is a list of tomatoes that do better in higher humidity, heat in the 90's at times, and against early blight. I have noted tomatoes from this list that I grew in the past and that 'Have Grown Well', and noted the varieties that are yearly 'Keepers' as they just did a bit better than the others. These plants still get yellow leaves and die off when their are drought periods and when temperatures stay elevated. They may get some leaf spots on leaves but respond quickly to antifungal sprays and continue growing. Varieties that have an asterisk do extremely well in my Maryland garden.

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Amish Paste
Fruit Size: Large (6 to 12 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Aunt Ruby's German Green
Fruit Size: Large (10-16 ounces)
Have Grown Well

*Arkansas Traveler
Fruit Size: Medium (4 to 8 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

Baxter's Bush Cherry
Fruit Size: Small (1-2 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Better Boy
Fruit size: Medium (8-10) ounces)
Have Grown Well

*Big Beef
Fruit Size: Large (10 to 12 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Celebrity
Fruit Size: Medium (6 to 8 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

Champion II
Fruit Size: Medium to Large (8 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Test Out New Tomato Varieties

Cherokee Purple
Fruit Size: Large (10 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

Costoluto Genovese
Fruit Size: Medium (4 to 6 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Delicious
Fruit Size: Large (10 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Early Girl 
Fruit size: Medium (6-8 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*German Johnson
Fruit Size: Large (10 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper  

Gladiator
Fruit size: Large (8-12 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Golden Jubilee
Fruit Size: Large (6 to 8 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

Hawaiian Pineapple
Fruit Size: Large (12-16 ounces)
Have Grown Well

*Homestead
Fruit Size: Medium (6 to 10 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Juliet
Fruit Size: Small (1-2 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Marglobe 
Fruit Size: Medium fruit (6-10 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

*Matt's Wild Cherry
Fruit Size:  Small (1 ounce)
Have Grown Well

Mr. Stripey
Fruit Size: Large (8 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Park's Whopper
Fruit Size: Large (10 to 16 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Polish Linguisa
Fruit Size: Medium (6-8 ounces)
Have Grown Well

*Porter
Fruit Size: Small to Medium (2 to 4 ounces)
Have Grown Well and Keeper

Principe Borghese
Fruit Size: Small (2 ounces)
Have Grown Well

Please note that fruit size can vary based on growing conditions and care, so the size ranges provided are approximations.  Additionally, there are many more disease-resistant tomato varieties available, and each may have its unique characteristics. When selecting tomatoes for your garden, consider factors such as your specific climate, growing conditions, common diseases, and taste preferences to find the varieties you will enjoy growing, sharing, and eating.

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