Among hybrids, 'Beefmaster Hybrid' is widely grown. This 1-pounder is resistant to common tomato diseases verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, and root knot nematodes. Plants bear fruit throughout the summer, though less at any one time than determinate types. Tomato plant grows to a certain height and then stops. Plants need less support, but only bear fruit for about a month.
Tomato plant grows larger than bush types, but smaller than true indeterminates.
Plants require staking. An open-pollinated variety that was introduced at least 50 years ago. Seeds of heirloom plants produce new plants with the same traits as the parent. The offspring of two different varieties of plants, generally having desirable traits from both of the original varieties. Replanting seeds from a hybrid fruit will generally yield a plant inferior to the original.