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Tomatoes are one of the most versatile varieties of vegetables (or fruits, pick your clan) used almost routinely in most cuisines around the world including salads, sandwiches, for juices, sauces, or for salsas and ketchup and authentic Indian recipes. The tomatoes you plan to grow at home will largely depend on the way you plan to use the harvest. Some of the popular varieties of open-pollinated heirloom tomatoes are San Marzano, Paste Tomato or Plum Tomato, Cherry Tomato, Amish Paste, Yellow Pear, Rose, Black Krim, Cherokee Green, Cherokee Purple, and Nepal. The thick-walled plum tomatoes are especially popular on account of the fact that there is more flesh content than seed compartments. The sweet tanginess of the tomatoes is favoured by cooks for their chewy flesh and low water content. Cherry tomatoes, on the other hand, are an extremely flavourful variety that is often eaten raw in salads, pasta, and pizzas.