Hitting our stride!

huntoften · July 18, 2010

Well, if my garden was a high powered racing machine, we'd be in third gear and ready too shift into 4th. Not quite overdrive yet, but the straightaway isn't far off!

Black cherry and Sungold

Table is getting full!

Cherokee Purple, Carbon, JD's Special C-Tex in the foreground...Martino's Roma in the background

dustdevil · July 18, 2010

Looks great. Time to get the canner in high gear.

Timmah! · July 19, 2010

And how are those handome fruit tasting for ya? How would you rate the flavor of the JD, Carbon, & CP so far?

huntoften · July 19, 2010

All three are far and above most any tomato you could ever eat.

CP wins the race for its texture...it is almost creamy like a piece of flan or maybe some thick cheesecake. Earthy and smoky taste...deep.

The Carbon is excellent as well...very juicy and a bit milder in flavor than CP.

JD's wins for being earlier than the other...flavor is up there close to CP, but a bit more watered down I thought.

Also in the pic of the blacks off to the right is an Aunt Ruby's German Green...that thing smacks you in the mouth with a bite of citrus and acid...I don't think I'll eat many of them plain, but they are fun to grow.

Timmah! · July 19, 2010

Good to know about the Aund Ruby's... Have you ever tried Grub's Mystery Green?

huntoften · July 19, 2010

This is the first GWR I've grown...I don't think I'll be trying a lot more of them. My lips are just now coming unpuckered!

Farmette · July 19, 2010

Grew Aunt Ruby GG last year and loved it. Maybe we left it on the vine a little longer or our taste buds are different. Used it in fresh salsa with red, pink and yellow gold tomatoes for a treat. YUM!

July 18, 2010	#1
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	Hitting our stride! Well, if my garden was a high powered racing machine, we'd be in third gear and ready too shift into 4th. Not quite overdrive yet, but the straightaway isn't far off! Black cherry and Sungold Table is getting full! Cherokee Purple, Carbon, JD's Special C-Tex in the foreground...Martino's Roma in the background __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

July 19, 2010	#4
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	All three are far and above most any tomato you could ever eat. CP wins the race for its texture...it is almost creamy like a piece of flan or maybe some thick cheesecake. Earthy and smoky taste...deep. The Carbon is excellent as well...very juicy and a bit milder in flavor than CP. JD's wins for being earlier than the other...flavor is up there close to CP, but a bit more watered down I thought. Also in the pic of the blacks off to the right is an Aunt Ruby's German Green...that thing smacks you in the mouth with a bite of citrus and acid...I don't think I'll eat many of them plain, but they are fun to grow. __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

July 19, 2010	#6
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	This is the first GWR I've grown...I don't think I'll be trying a lot more of them. My lips are just now coming unpuckered! __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

July 18, 2010	#2
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Looks great. Time to get the canner in high gear.

July 19, 2010	#3
Timmah! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a Posts: 754	And how are those handome fruit tasting for ya? How would you rate the flavor of the JD, Carbon, & CP so far?

July 19, 2010	#7
Farmette Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 985	Grew Aunt Ruby GG last year and loved it. Maybe we left it on the vine a little longer or our taste buds are different. Used it in fresh salsa with red, pink and yellow gold tomatoes for a treat. YUM!