In some ways, grape tomatoes are the perfect size, because you can eat one or a handful at a time. Their texture often has a pleasant crunch and they often last longer in the pantry than other tomatoes. The taste of the red ones is often sweet, at least, and sometimes complex. I really want to be able to grow tasty, crunchy grape tomatoes of all different colors.

Towards that end, I grew many types of grape tomatoes in 2025, and in anticipation of there being some good varieties amongst them, made a number of crosses. Once I was able to evaluate the flavor and vigor during the whole season, I narrowed it down to the following 8 that I’m interested in following up with:

Elf Tears x Red Grape

Frosty Grape x Green Tiger

Frosty Grape x Lucky Tiger

Yellow Grape x Green Tiger

Frosty Grape x Medovaya kaplya

Medovaya kaplya x Yellow Grape

Red Grape x Medovaya kaplya

Medovaya kaplya x Lucky Tiger