The Award-Winning Tomato Variety With A Tropical Flavor To Grow In Your Garden

We just can't help it — as gardeners, we are constantly on the lookout for new vegetable varieties to try in our raised beds or rows. We never know when we're going to find a new favorite cultivar, and with so many different types of tomatoes, each new growing season is an opportunity to discover a new flavor sensation. When you're ready to explore a fresh option for your own veggie patch, keep 'Sart Roloise' in mind — it's an award-winning tomato cultivar that is as tasty as it is beautiful, thanks to its tropical flavor.

'Sart Roloise' was chosen as the Tomato of the Year for 2026 by Tomatomania, and it has also been gaining fans on social media. This colorful beefsteak variety was developed in 2012 by Roland Boulanger in Belgium. He developed the delicious cultivar by crossing 'White Wonder' with 'Baby Blue,' resulting in a harvest that is a delight to behold and to feast upon. But beware — if you're intrigued enough to give 'Sart Roloise' a try, you may decide you've grown the best tomatoes ever in your garden.

Departing from the standard red types you will find in a supermarket, 'Sart Roloise' tomatoes are yellow with blueish purple to black streaks where the 10- to 20-ounce fruits are kissed by the sun. This award-winning variety is loved for its somewhat acidic, complex, and well-balanced flavor that includes sweet hints of fruity pineapple held within dense flesh. These vigorous, vining, indeterminate plants can grow to be up to 7 feet tall in the garden, so these tomatoes will need support to keep them happy and healthy.

As with other types of tomatoes, start the plants from seed indoors six to 10 weeks before your last spring frost, and harden the plants off before moving them to your raised beds, rows, or outdoor containers. Alternatively, you may be able to purchase seedlings from a nursery, plant sale, or farmer's market if you miss your window for starting seeds. 'Sart Roloise' starts to produce a harvest 85 to 90 days after transplanting. According to reviews, these may not be the easiest tomato plants to grow prior to transplanting, but most gardeners agree that the tropical-flavored harvest is well worth the effort.