What are the best tomato varieties for canning? Maybe you know that you are going to be canning

tomato products this year and you are planning on selecting the varieties that are going to serve

that purpose the best. You can can any tomato. I mean, my mom did it for years and I don't know

that she ever did any other variety besides maybe a beefsteak.

I can't remember. So you can definitely can whatever tomato you want, but there are certain varieties

that are better suited for canning because they have a thicker flesh and a lot of times

people say that they are tasty when they get cooked down into sauces and

things like that. I haven't gotten too nuanced into the flavor myself yet, but I do know that

choosing a paste tomato has been head and shoulders the best decision for me when it comes to

canning my tomato products for so many

reasons. First, if I am processing tomato paste or tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce, the amount of time that a

tomato that's a paste tomato has to simmer down to get into that thickness is so much more reduced

compared to one that is very juicy.

Another thing is if I'm doing salsa or diced tomatoes or anything like that, having a paste

tomato with more fleshy firmness is so much easier to work with and you don't have all that

extra juices to have to work with when you're doing salsa. So that's another reason

that paste tomatoes work out really well in that area. I have to say I do continue to try

different varieties of paste tomatoes and I will be trying some new ones this year that I've

never tried before. But I will tell you the ones that for me have been tried and true

season after season as I have been canning my own tomato products for eight years and counting

now. Number one, romas always have a place in my garden. They are the most productive and dependable varieties in my climate, but I believe that

they're also pretty versatile in other climates as well. They are very dependable. They produce

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