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barkeater · August 17, 2007

where-with-all, I put up about 100 quarts of sauce the last 2 seasons using a hand-crank strainer that eliminates seeds. I grew Opalka last year which was very productive but also very late. The point though is that there are big tomatoes I strain that give just as thick a sauce as any plum tomato, and also have very few seeds. Because of this, I don't bother with plums because they really aren't bred for fresh taste, and I want both.

Here is a list of what I remember as great big tomatoes for sauce:

Supersonic - most productive of all.
Pik Red
Campbells 1327
Wes
Kosovo
Anna Russian
Big Zac
Ramapo
German Red Strawberry- guessing here as I just cut my 1st.

From this list, note that Hearts and the Harris hybrids are prominent.

August 17, 2007	#8
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	where-with-all, I put up about 100 quarts of sauce the last 2 seasons using a hand-crank strainer that eliminates seeds. I grew Opalka last year which was very productive but also very late. The point though is that there are big tomatoes I strain that give just as thick a sauce as any plum tomato, and also have very few seeds. Because of this, I don't bother with plums because they really aren't bred for fresh taste, and I want both. Here is a list of what I remember as great big tomatoes for sauce: Supersonic - most productive of all. Pik Red Campbells 1327 Wes Kosovo Anna Russian Big Zac Ramapo German Red Strawberry- guessing here as I just cut my 1st. From this list, note that Hearts and the Harris hybrids are prominent.