By Krishna Ramanujan
Salads can get even more colorful with three varieties newly added to the “Galaxy Suite” of grape tomatoes, a snack-sized medley bred by a Cornell horticulturist.
“Green Nebula,” “Stargazer” and “Cosmic Pink” are currently available for preorder through High Mowing Organic Seeds, to be delivered in spring 2026 in time for planting.
“Gardeners always want something new, and the first thing they look for is tomatoes,” said Phillip Griffiths, associate professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science Horticulture Section at Cornell AgriTech in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, who has now bred a total of nine varieties for the Galaxy Suite.
Green Nebula, which turns translucent yellow-green when ripe, is a juicy, pear-shaped grape tomato. Stargazer, a pale bright orange, shaped between a pear and a grape, has a fruity flavor. And Cosmic Pink is a meaty, disease-resistant elongated pink grape tomato with a top-ranked flavor profile.
“One of the big benefits of this group is not only do they each look different, obviously having multiple different colors, but each one has a unique ancestry of multiple different heirloom types,” Griffiths said.
Source : cornell.edu