Dwarf Stony Brook Heart Tomato

The fruits have good flavor but we like the orange stripes on red. An attractive fruit!

The tomatoes produced on this thick and vigorous plant are large, averaging a pound. They suffer from blossom end rot more than others, being a larger tomato. Despite losing many to chipmunks and blossom end rot, these are still my top producers. They do not taste great to me as they are too sweet and do not have enough umami or other characteristics for fresh eating. They tend to be drier, and get mealy. They have a really great use for sauce though, since they produce heavily, have minimal seeds, thin skin and can be used to add sweetness to balance a sauce. The only downside is that they will dilute the red color of a sauce slightlty. For processing, it may be worth adding if you want a tomato to add thickness and sweetness to a sauce For fresh eating, There are better-flavored hearts out there like lemon ice.

I've already written one review in July and wanted to update. I grew a stony brook in my greenhouse in zone 6a. This plant kept cranking out tomatoes all season long even when temperatures in the greenhouse have been in the upper 30's at night. I just picked my last one today on January 4th. The greenhouse dipped down below 32 degrees in the last couple of nights and they are now finished. The plants never got any type of blight and looked beautiful all season long. This is definitely on my list of must-plant tomatoes in the future. I can't wait to grow them again and try a couple of other dwarf varieties!

In 2023, I grew 24 varieties of tomato and this was in my top 2-3 of all of them. Beautiful, prolific, stored well, and great as a slicer or for sauce! Will always have a place in my garden. Plant size ranged from 3-5 feet tall, very manageable!

Well, one of my favorites, at least! DSBH grew well, maintained size, & produced well. Not one tomato cracked when all other varieties did. We had a cold, wet spring, so flea beetles were an enormous problem here, but this variety came thru that stressor & produced a ton of beautiful, heart-shaped tomatoes that were our favorite for BLTs. I'll definitely be planting again & again!

Well, one of my favorites, at least! DSBH grew well, maintained size, & produced well. Not one tomato cracked when all other varieties did. We had a cold, wet spring, so flea beetles were an enormous problem here, but this variety came thru that stressor & produced a ton of beautiful, heart-shaped tomatoes that were our favorite for BLTs. I'll definitely be planting again & again!

Well, one of my favorites, at least! DSBH grew well, maintained size, & produced well. Not one tomato cracked when all other varieties did. We had a cold, wet spring, so flea beetles were an enormous problem here, but this variety came thru that stressor & produced a ton of beautiful, heart-shaped tomatoes that were our favorite for BLTs. I'll definitely be planting again & again!

I interplant in various micro climates in my suburban property. I can't always give every plant their ideal conditions due to space and light restrictions. In less than perfect light Stoney Brook not only takes forever, but is susceptible to disease and doesn't produce much. In favorable conditions, Stoney Brook still takes forever, but produces fairly well. I do have to spend considerable time pruning diseased leaves even in this plant's happy place. The fruits are absolutely beautiful and very tasty. Excellent meaty texture for sauce and yummy flavor that's good for salads, etc. too. Skins are on the thicker side, but not a big deal.

I'm just now beginning to harvest these in mid July. The plant is gorgeous. While all my other plants are starting to get blight this one is perfect...not a flaw. The fruit is also very beautiful....a sweet heart shape. I haven't eaten one yet so that will be the final analysis. I will definitely grow these again!

DSBH appears to be susceptible to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl. My spring plants displayed all the symptoms - stunted growth, yellow leaves, flowers fell off the plants before they could be pollinated, etc. My garden is close to one of our cattle pastures, weeds in the pasture are the likely source of the virus. The San Marzano tomato plants next to DSBH were just fine. I am starting a fresh batch of DSBH seedlings for fall; hopefully these will stay healthy!

An outstanding variety. Beautiful strong plants. Among the first to produce. The tomatoes are beautifully stripped, large, and delicious! Winner in every way.

The lush potato leaf dwarf plants (immense lower leaves) stand out and provide shade for the heavy yield of really impressively sized smooth scarlet hearts, each painted with golden stripes. The flavor is really quite sauce-like - rich, with a touch of tartness, and with a meaty, juicy texture.