I vote for the Long Keeper variety. I'm for anything long that has endurance.
Yes, they used to be called "love apples." Not sure why.
And, yes, Kendall, the rumor once was that tomatoes were poisonous and they are in the nightshade family. Naturopathic medicine folks often advise people with rheumatoid arthritis to avoid anything in the nightshade family, including tomatoes. (They make you stiff when you have sex - but in the wrong places.)