Patio Hybrid

• The University of Illinois Extension describes the Patio Hybrid tomato plant as "ideal for containers." It's a determinate plant, meaning it produces a single harvest of fruit. It's also a dwarf plant that grows to be about 24 inches high. The Patio Hybrid produces fruit that's about the size of a tennis ball and red in color. For best results, use a container that is at least 5 gallons in volume. It takes about 65 days for the Patio Hybrid to reach maturity.
  
  

Toy Boy

• The Toy Boy is a dwarf tomato plant that also thrives in containers. It produces small, cherry-sized red fruit. Toy Boy tomato plants usually grow between 12 and 18 inches high. The plant resists both fusarium and verticillium, two diseases that cause tomato plants to wilt and the leaves to turn yellow. The plant is an early variety, meaning it will produce fruit within 68 days. Since the Toy Boy is a hybrid plant, its fruit is sterile, so gardeners cannot save seeds from the fruit from one season to the next.
  
  

Whippersnapper

• The Whippersnapper tomato is another plant that produces cherry-sized fruit and does well in a container. Its fruit is pink, not red, though. The Whippersnapper is a determinate variety, not a dwarf and needs at least a 12-inch-deep container. You can try growing the plant in a hanging container or in an upside down planter, in which the plant is suspended so that its roots grow upward while the plant grows toward the ground.
  
  

Silvery Fir Tree

• The Silvery Fir Tree is a viable choice for a container if you want to stay away from hybrid varieties and want a tomato that's a little more interesting. Rutgers University Extension describes the foliage of the Silvery Fir Tree as "carrot-like." The plant earns its name from its leaves, which take on a slightly silvery hue. The fruit of the Silvery Fir Tree plant is large, about 3 inches wide or 5 ounces in weight. Since the plant is on the small side, it does well in a container.