In the other days of Lycopersicon esculentum cultivation , tomatoes were yellow and orange . Breeding bought dwelling gardeners and commercial-grade growers today ’s familiar red tomato and finally pinkish , bicolor or striped , pitch-dark and blanched fruits . Some tomatoes are dark-green when full good , feature a strong smell , often spicy but tangy , and low-pitched acidity . The inside tend to be an almost neon green , or sometimes green and red , as with Ananas Noire . Green tomato varieties can be used as slicing or salad love apple to add together contrasting colors or to make salsa verde .

Aunt Ruby’s German Green

This turgid beefsteak can develop to over 1 lb . and traces its name to Ruby Arnold of Greeneville , Tennessee , according to Gary Ibsen ’s TomatoFest internet site . fruit have atomic number 10 - green flesh with a substantial , sweet flavor and mature 85 days after transplanting .

Green Grape

This tomato was bred by the Tater Mater Seed Co. by crossing Yellow Pear with Evergreen and has become popular with West Coast chefs for its looks and flavor . The 1 - column inch fruits ripen in 70 to 80 days .

Green Zebra

Another chef ’s dearie , Green Zebra matures in 75 day , produce a chartreuse fruit with attractive deep caustic lime - green stripe . The burnished green flesh is describe as perfumed with a sharp bite . Green Zebra acquire a good output of 3 oz . fruit .

Aunt Ruby’s German Cherry

This light-green cherry tomato , breed down from Aunt Ruby ’s German Green , produces 1 to 2 oz . fruit work like minuscule beefsteak tomato in 78 days . The productive plants may produce some red as well as fleeceable tomatoes , as this cultivar has not yet steady .

Ananas Noire or Black Pineapple

Pascal Moreau , a horticulturist from Belgium , modernize this prominent green yield , with yellow and purple emphasis . The flesh of the 1 ½ lb . fruit is bright unripe with deep ruddy streaks . Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds describes the flavour as sweet and smoky with a touch of citrus .

Cherokee Green

Heirloom tomato aggregator Craig LeHoullier developed Cherokee Green out of a lot of Cherokee Chocolate seeds . One plant gave him a cross that stay green when ripe . This cousin of Cherokee Purple yields 12 to 16 oz . beefsteak tomatoes , key by Gary Ibsen ’s TomatoFest website as amber dark-green with a yellowish chromaticity when ripe . yield maturate in 85 days and can be used in salads and on sandwiches as well as for pasta sauce .

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