recommendations for strong acidic flavored tomatoes

[peppero]

my wife likes tomatoes with a strong acidic flavor. any suggestions?

[Worth1]

I have never grown it but someone suggested to me some time ago that Arkansas Traveler had that old time flavor.
They were from Arkansas, should be about the same in your area.
Worth

[cottonpicker]

I believe SIOUX is considered a "tart" tomato.

[recruiterg]

Aunt Gertie's Gold...any Green When Ripe tomato would fit the bill.

[Tormato]

Ditto on Aunt Gertie's Gold.

But, not all green when ripe tomatoes have bite, such as Green Giant.

Tormato

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by peppero

my wife likes tomatoes with a strong acidic flavor. any suggestions?

Since the pH of those tomato varieties tested to date is about the same it isn't acid that your wife likes. I prefer to use the words aggressive or strong and there are over 400 organic compounds that are involved in the tastes that different varieties have,

Taste is personal and subjective and preceptual so rarely will you see agreement on that score.

For instance, I've grown over 15 different green when ripes and not one has been tart, rather, sweet and spicy. And I love Aunt Gerie's Gold but don't see that one as being tart or agressive tasting either.

Here's a few of my suggestions. Almost any of the older commercial varieties you might consider:

Sioux, already mentioned
Valiant
New Yorker
Marion
Break O Day
Marglobe
Rutgers
Sandpoint
,,, to name a few

[peppero]

thank you for the quick responses. jon

[icelord]

You wont beat this, Jerrys german Giant, the aanswer to ANY Brandywine!!

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[piegirl]

My purple calabash from 08 were 'tart' to the point of spitting. This was such a shock as they were a fav at the 1st Midwest Tomato Fest - which is why I grew them - as Carolyn says - different locations, etc. Another girl brought some black calabash and they were equally tart. Piegirl

[AZRuss]

Aker's West Virginia
Break O' Day

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by piegirl

My purple calabash from 08 were 'tart' to the point of spitting

I grew them one year and didn't find them overly tart. Strong flavor, yes. Also very prolific. But iirc, they had enough of that black/purple tomato flavor to make them worth eating.

What I found tart -- and, for me, nearly a spitter -- was Silvery Fir Tree. It's a small, very pretty determinate. The foliage would fit right into a flower garden, delicate and ferny.

I grew Black Pearl (hybrid) one year and gave almost all of them away to someone who loved them -- too tart for me.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

I grew them one year and didn't find them overly tart. Strong flavor, yes. Also very prolific. But iirc, they had enough of that black/purple tomato flavor to make them worth eating.

What I found tart -- and, for me, nearly a spitter -- was Silvery Fir Tree. It's a small, very pretty determinate. The foliage would fit right into a flower garden, delicate and ferny.

I grew Black Pearl (hybrid) one year and gave almost all of them away to someone who loved them -- too tart for me.

I was going to put Silvery Fir Tree on my list above but decided to stick to the older commercial varieties.

But there's a really tart one called Tigerella, the original Mr. Stripey as it was called at the time. Not an heirloom, bred in England along with its sister varieties Tangella and Craigella, but you want tart, you want aggressive taste? Grow Tigerella.

It's a small red with gold jagged stripes, not a bicolor b'c there's no secondary color in the flesh, but the taste is really tart. Now aside from the fact that it split for me with the AM dew you've got to try that one, you really do.

[Worth1]

OK now I'm confused. to me there are tomatoes that are acidic, sweet, card board and tart.

Worth

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Worth1

OK now I'm confused. to me there are tomatoes that are acidic, sweet, card board and tart.

Worth

Not a problem Worth.

I can send you a small vial of HCL which will define what acid is all about.

I can send you a pound of sugar so you know what sweet is all about.

For that cardboard taste I can send you the box that my sinful treats came in from Dancing Deer in MA.

For tart I can send you a dozen lemons.

Why not take some sugar, some shreds of cardboard, the juice of two lemons and few drops of HCL and mix them all together and there you have it, the perfect tomato taste.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Not a problem Worth.

I can send you a small vial of HCL which will define what acid is all about.

I can send you a pound of sugar so you know what sweet is all about.

For that cardboard taste I can send you the box that my sinful treats came in from Dancing Deer in MA.

For tart I can send you a dozen lemons.

Why not take some sugar, some shreds of cardboard, the juice of two lemons and few drops of HCL and mix them all together and there you have it, the perfect tomato taste.

HCL is some amazing stuff I have used it around the place for a variety of things.

Now I find out I can make a tomato with it.

Who would have thought.

Lets see now, where are my rubber gloves, apron face shield and goggles?

Worth