Honey Drop
—also spelled Honeydrop—was developed at Crabapple Farm in Massachusetts. Rachel and Tevis Robertson-Goldberg selected offspring from a Sunsugar hybrid, aiming to preserve the sweet flavor in a variety from which one can collect their own seeds. The variety is listed in the Open Source Seed Initiative registry, where Tevis Robertson-Goldberg is listed as the breeder.
The plant is tall (indeterminate) and requires staking. It produces regular foliage and has vigorous growth, with abundant cluster formation throughout the season until the first frost. The first harvest begins about 65–70 days after transplanting the seedlings, making “
Honey Drop
” an early-season variety in its class.
The fruits are small, spherical cherry tomatoes weighing 15–20 g. Their color is unique: shades of honey-gold, salmon, and sometimes orange, often with a slight sheen. The flavor deserves special mention—intensely sweet and fruity, with a hint of grape, and exceptionally juicy. The flesh is tender, and the skin is thin but much less prone to cracking than in many other yellow cherry varieties.
Honey Drop
is a tomato that works perfectly in salads, as a snack, in Mediterranean dishes, and in colorful combinations of cherry tomatoes with red or dark varieties. In the garden, it delights the eye with its unusual color and abundant harvest, and in the kitchen—with its unique, “honey-like” flavor.
Compared to other varieties available at Pomidorlandia,
Honey Drop stands out for its clean, dessert-like flavor profile and consistent yield. Compared to the classic Sun Gold, it offers an equally sweet flavor, along with the ability to save seeds and greater resistance to cracking. When paired with red varieties such as
Sweet Aperitif Heirloom
or dark ones like
Black Cherry
,
Honey Drop
adds color diversity and flavor contrast to the collection.
The OSSI registry describes the intentionally preserved diversity of fruit shapes and shades, ranging from yellow through orange to peach tones. Minor color differences therefore do not necessarily indicate a variety misidentification.
