Your desert island tomato

[Aussiemark]

You are stranded on a desert island, with perfect tomato growing conditions, and you can only have the seeds from 1 tomato.

What seeds do you bring and why?

I hope the answers of the many experience growers will help newer growers like myself in future selections. I find the top 10/20/30 lists get a bit daunting after 20 people post you have hundreds of varieties to think about.

Thanks

Mark

[icelord]

Black from Tula, it is the workhorse of my garden,good for anything and really a good looking tomato with some disease resistance...at least in my garden!
Icelord

[jungseed]

Mark, thanks - I always love those top tomato lists. You are right, I start listing the ones I want to try and when I get to 50 or 60 I get overwhelmed. Maybe this will help me also.

[rxkeith]

mine would have to be my great uncle steves italian plum.

the plant and the tomato look pretty similar to prue, but different flavor.
i consider it to be a multi use tomato. its good fresh, cooked or canned. meaty, but not dry like some paste varieties with a nice tomatoey flavor. gotta grow uncle steves.


keith

[Blueaussi]

Originally Posted by jungseed

Mark, thanks - I always love those top tomato lists. You are right, I start listing the ones I want to try and when I get to 50 or 60 I get overwhelmed. Maybe this will help me also.

See, I could never narrow it down to one, so I don't even try.

If I were stranded on a desert with ideal tomato growing conditions and only one variety I would rage against the cruel Fates, then totter off to sulk.

[mjc]

A not quite stable cross of some really good parents...that way in a few seasons, I'd have a whole bunch of different tomatoes to work with.

[Tormato]

We've been to the desert island, before.

www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=3410

Tormato

P.S. The only thing I'd do different is set sail to a second island having Brandywine Sudduth.

[pete]

Suddith's, The best I've ever eaten as long as you have good growing conditions!!
Is there a bread store for my tomato sandwich??


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OOPs, thats actually a cherokee purple

[mjc]

Originally Posted by pete

Is there a bread store for my tomato sandwich??

No...but you can have some wheat, seeds too...

[Blueaussi]

Originally Posted by mjc

A not quite stable cross of some really good parents...that way in a few seasons, I'd have a whole bunch of different tomatoes to work with.

Ooooohhhhh...good idea! I hadn't considered that.

[duajones]

I have to go with my original fave, Cherokee Purple

[geeboss]

Wonder what the results would have been had we to choose who would you want to be stranded on a deserted island with....a tomato, a pet, a human......hmmmm

Mule Team

[pete]

All this time I have been trying to be a stable parent and now proof that being an unstable parent may have advantages?? What parents, very unstable, would I need to have suddiths, sungold, cherokee purple, opalka, and NAR? Wheat seeds? Do we get to pick one animal companion to share the island with-- make sure the goat doesn't eat your tom plant!!

[geeboss]

na pete you need an animal to keep the damm squirrels away.

[kygreg]

I would like a red tomato with good taste, easy to grow, and high production thru out the growing season so I could eat all I want; so I think I would pick a good red cherry.