opinions on Pink Sweet?

cleo88 · October 14, 2010

Hi,
I came into possession of some Pink Sweet seed by a very nice T'Viller, a bonus that I received unexpectedly. But as I read up on it, it sounds quite nice, perhaps nice enough to make the incredibly rigorous cut for my 2011 grow list (20 plants only). Does anyone have experience with this variety that they would like to share?

**carolyn137** · October 14, 2010

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Originally Posted by cleo88

Hi,
I came into possession of some Pink Sweet seed by a very nice T'Viller, a bonus that I received unexpectedly. But as I read up on it, it sounds quite nice, perhaps nice enough to make the incredibly rigorous cut for my 2011 grow list (20 plants only). Does anyone have experience with this variety that they would like to share?

Yes, I've grown it. The seeds were sent to Craig LeHoullier many years ago and the variety was unnamed. It was Craig who named it Pink Sweet and it's one of the varieties I listed in my book.

Late midseason, indet, RL, light pink globe shaped fruits close to a pound with excellent taste. The taste is not just sweet, it's richer than that.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Pink_Sweet

Tania also has a page for it and I see that her fruits were more like beefsteaks than the fruits I show in my book. My seeds were directly from Craig, so I don't know in the meantime if there's been some change in fruit shape and I'm too darn lazy to go back thru the older SSE Yearbooks right now to check on that. Tania also shows the current seed sources.

Well worth growing IMO.

cleo88 · October 15, 2010

I'll do it!

Thanks for answering, considering I posted this in the wrong place. In my defense, immediately before posting I had had a glass of wine while I was purusing "100 Heirloom Tomatoes" for the zillionth time, so that was a contributing factor.

beefyboy · December 15, 2010

I am growing pink sweet for the first time now in Southwest Fl. It is slower than most to flower here but is very healthy now. I will let you know on shape and flavor when grown here!

robbins · December 30, 2010

Grew it last year - loved it and would highly recommend it. Beautiful fruit, creamy and sweet. Unfortunately the deer worked them hard so I am not sure how productive they would have been.

camochef · December 30, 2010

cleo88,
I grew Pink Sweet for a number of years although they didn't make last years gardens, (too many tomatoes to grow all of my favorites).
The first year I grew them, they were incredible! Quite large, sweet and very tasty! They also produced quite heavily! That year our first frost came on Nov 1 and they were one of the few plants along with my Cowlick's to still be producing.
I continued to grow them for a couple more years among my favorites, sending seeds to other growers till I actually sent more then I should have and found myself without any more. They are still high on my list of favorites. Good Luck with them!
Camo

**carolyn137** · December 30, 2010

sending seeds to other growers till I actually sent more then I should have and found myself without any more. They are still high on my list of favorites. Good Luck with them!

****

Camo, one of my maxims in sending seeds to others is.....thou shalt NOT send ALL the seeds thou hast for ANY variety.

Right now I have a very rare variety, I get the impression from doing lots of background researching that I might be the only one with these seeds, which are from 1993. A professional hybridizer is very interestred in them and I'm sending him 35 seeds first, waiting until he gets them, then sending another 35 or 40 seeds and waiting until he gets them.

And thus I'll have maybe 15 to 20 seeds left, and I know Craig has maybe 5-10 seeds b'c this is a variety obtained from France in that huge trade we did in 1992 with Norbert, and we shared seeds. We meaning the following were contacted by Norbert; Bill Minkey, Craig L, Joe Bratka, and myself. Joe didn't want his and sent them to me, Craig sent me some that he got and wasn't interested in growing out any of the others, and Bill Minkey and I were the ones who SSE listed all we received and many of those are varieties became and still are, very popular varieties.

I don't even know why I'm keeping so few seeds of this variety since when trying to wake up old seeds as many seeds as you can get is the best, and that was certainly true with the varieties Box Car Willie, Mule Team, Red Barn and Great Divide, all varieties Joe Bratka found in a toolshed on his property, already named having been bred by his father.

Joe couldn't germinate them and sent them to me. I got lucky but still wonder what the other three might have been had I been able to germinate them as well.

camochef · December 30, 2010

[quote=carolyn137;192550]sending seeds to other growers till I actually sent more then I should have and found myself without any more. They are still high on my list of favorites. Good Luck with them!

****

[quote: Camo, one of my maxims in sending seeds to others is.....thou shalt NOT send ALL the seeds thou hast for ANY variety.

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Carolyn,
This is something I learned the hard way, especially after that big stray dog destroyed my stacks of paper plates full of dried seed this year.
I actually had to go begging for seed from some of those I had sent to in the past. Its a good thing I'm planning on cutting back so drasticly on the amount I'm planning on growing this year. I guess some things work out on their own.
Have a Happy and Healthy New Year ahead!
Camo

beefyboy · February 11, 2011

Pink sweet has turned out to be an excellent tomato for me! very sweet with a nice texture and good size. One more left on the counter to eat later today!

newatthiskat · February 11, 2011

I have found in my southern garden that pink sweet has been resistant to all the various pagues hat I get and it produces a very tasty tomato. Love it. In my top 10

beefyboy · February 14, 2011

My fruits are beefsteak type not resembling a globe at all. Flavor was so good with last fruit that I saved seed from it!

Tania · February 14, 2011

I`d say they are more globes than beefsteaks. My seed was from Neil Lockhart, who got it from Jeff Fleming. It is a great tomato, unfortunately I am out of seeds by now and need to re-grow it.

**carolyn137** · February 14, 2011

If you look at post #5 in this thread, I think that's it, I said that I got my seeds directly from Craig L who had received it unnamed and named it Pink Sweet.

The picture in my book shows mostly globe fruits and in the description I said light pink globes, some oblate, but I wouldn't call those few oblate ones beefsteak shaped.

An excellent variety that like so many has been overlooked. We had a thread here last year or the year before about folks wanting to grow the newest and latest and I'm thinking of all the wonderful varieties that I've grown since the mid-80's and most of them still in the SSE YEarbooks and lots of them now at commercial sites as well.

RinTinTin · February 14, 2011

This variety is in short supply this year. SSE has 6 members listing it, including TN JO M (Mariseeds), but she is not listing it @ her site this year, nor is Sandhill. Tania states "Sold out for 2011". TomatoFest is one of few listing it this year.

**carolyn137** · February 15, 2011

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Originally Posted by RinTinTin

This variety is in short supply this year. SSE has 6 members listing it, including TN JO M (Mariseeds), but she is not listing it @ her site this year, nor is Sandhill. Tania states "Sold out for 2011". TomatoFest is one of few listing it this year.

I just looked at the 2011 Sandhill catalog and on page 63 Pink Sweet is listed, organic seed, etc. with NO comment about not being available.

Is the information otherwise at the website?

October 14, 2010	#1
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	opinions on Pink Sweet? Hi, I came into possession of some Pink Sweet seed by a very nice T'Viller, a bonus that I received unexpectedly. But as I read up on it, it sounds quite nice, perhaps nice enough to make the incredibly rigorous cut for my 2011 grow list (20 plants only). Does anyone have experience with this variety that they would like to share?

December 30, 2010	#7
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	sending seeds to other growers till I actually sent more then I should have and found myself without any more. They are still high on my list of favorites. Good Luck with them! **** Camo, one of my maxims in sending seeds to others is.....thou shalt NOT send ALL the seeds thou hast for ANY variety. Right now I have a very rare variety, I get the impression from doing lots of background researching that I might be the only one with these seeds, which are from 1993. A professional hybridizer is very interestred in them and I'm sending him 35 seeds first, waiting until he gets them, then sending another 35 or 40 seeds and waiting until he gets them. And thus I'll have maybe 15 to 20 seeds left, and I know Craig has maybe 5-10 seeds b'c this is a variety obtained from France in that huge trade we did in 1992 with Norbert, and we shared seeds. We meaning the following were contacted by Norbert; Bill Minkey, Craig L, Joe Bratka, and myself. Joe didn't want his and sent them to me, Craig sent me some that he got and wasn't interested in growing out any of the others, and Bill Minkey and I were the ones who SSE listed all we received and many of those are varieties became and still are, very popular varieties. I don't even know why I'm keeping so few seeds of this variety since when trying to wake up old seeds as many seeds as you can get is the best, and that was certainly true with the varieties Box Car Willie, Mule Team, Red Barn and Great Divide, all varieties Joe Bratka found in a toolshed on his property, already named having been bred by his father. Joe couldn't germinate them and sent them to me. I got lucky but still wonder what the other three might have been had I been able to germinate them as well. __________________ Carolyn

February 11, 2011	#10
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	Reply I have found in my southern garden that pink sweet has been resistant to all the various pagues hat I get and it produces a very tasty tomato. Love it. In my top 10

February 14, 2011	#12
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	I`d say they are more globes than beefsteaks. My seed was from Neil Lockhart, who got it from Jeff Fleming. It is a great tomato, unfortunately I am out of seeds by now and need to re-grow it. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

February 14, 2011	#13
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	If you look at post #5 in this thread, I think that's it, I said that I got my seeds directly from Craig L who had received it unnamed and named it Pink Sweet. The picture in my book shows mostly globe fruits and in the description I said light pink globes, some oblate, but I wouldn't call those few oblate ones beefsteak shaped. An excellent variety that like so many has been overlooked. We had a thread here last year or the year before about folks wanting to grow the newest and latest and I'm thinking of all the wonderful varieties that I've grown since the mid-80's and most of them still in the SSE YEarbooks and lots of them now at commercial sites as well. __________________ Carolyn

October 15, 2010	#3
cleo88 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sharon, MA Zone 6 Posts: 225	I'll do it! Thanks for answering, considering I posted this in the wrong place. In my defense, immediately before posting I had had a glass of wine while I was purusing "100 Heirloom Tomatoes" for the zillionth time, so that was a contributing factor.

December 15, 2010	#4
beefyboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pt. Charlotte fl Posts: 330	I am growing pink sweet for the first time now in Southwest Fl. It is slower than most to flower here but is very healthy now. I will let you know on shape and flavor when grown here!

December 30, 2010	#5
robbins Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO Posts: 153	Grew it last year - loved it and would highly recommend it. Beautiful fruit, creamy and sweet. Unfortunately the deer worked them hard so I am not sure how productive they would have been.

December 30, 2010	#6
camochef Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Posts: 707	cleo88, I grew Pink Sweet for a number of years although they didn't make last years gardens, (too many tomatoes to grow all of my favorites). The first year I grew them, they were incredible! Quite large, sweet and very tasty! They also produced quite heavily! That year our first frost came on Nov 1 and they were one of the few plants along with my Cowlick's to still be producing. I continued to grow them for a couple more years among my favorites, sending seeds to other growers till I actually sent more then I should have and found myself without any more. They are still high on my list of favorites. Good Luck with them! Camo

February 14, 2011	#14
RinTinTin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 581	This variety is in short supply this year. SSE has 6 members listing it, including TN JO M (Mariseeds), but she is not listing it @ her site this year, nor is Sandhill. Tania states "Sold out for 2011". TomatoFest is one of few listing it this year.