Sweetie Pink/Pink Sweet

Jeannine Anne · August 24, 2011

Hi can someone tell me if these are the same tomato please.

I was looking online for Sweetie Pink..(not Sweetie the cherry) and found a reference to Pink Sweet..which sounded similar.

XX Jeannine

Tania · August 24, 2011

I believe they are different.

Sweetie Pink - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sweetie,_Pink, vended by Sandhill
Pink Sweet - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Pink_Sweet

barkeater · August 24, 2011

From Sandhill:

Sweetie: early, Ind, large, 1 pound plus, pink beefsteak type that continues to be the earliest pink beefsteak. (UNAVAILABLE FOR 2011.)

Jeannine,

I grew it a few years back and it was very early and big and pink and very productive. I found it to be a bit bland for my taste though. I haven't grown Pink Sweet.

This year I grew Red Siberian - which is pink - and prefer it to Sweetie. It is an even earlier beefsteak type with more flavor. The tomatoes are large with the biggest so far over 1.25#. It is semi-determinate and total yields look like they would probably be less than Sweetie by a third if grown side by side.

**carolyn137** · August 24, 2011

I'm confused but that isn't unique to the day.

This summer I'm growing the original red tiny variety called Sweetie and while I don't have any fruits yet Craig L does , from some leftover plants that he raised for me after I sent him the seeds, and all he said, I think, is that it wasn't as tiny as MExico Midget. I don't remember him saying anything about taste.

I hate it when names are so similar b/c of all the confusion it can cause. I would have thought that Pink Sweetie might have been a pink version of the original Sweetie, but no, it's a beefsteak variety.

Edited to add that Pink Sweet I've grown, seeds sent to me by Craig, see the history for this one at Tania's page for it, and I like it very much and pictured it in my book which you can now get for a couple of hundred dollars since it went out of print a few months ago. LOL

**nctomatoman** · August 24, 2011

The envelope with the seed said Wild Sweetie, Carolyn - so my feeling is that it is some sort of wild type - a Pimp. type perhaps? Flavor isn't bad - not as intense as Mexico Midget. I will save as much seed as I can - I think it is the type of plant that will take over things if given the chance!

**carolyn137** · August 24, 2011

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Originally Posted by nctomatoman

The envelope with the seed said Wild Sweetie, Carolyn - so my feeling is that it is some sort of wild type - a Pimp. type perhaps? Flavor isn't bad - not as intense as Mexico Midget. I will save as much seed as I can - I think it is the type of plant that will take over things if given the chance!

Could be Craig, I'll check it out b'c I know......

OK, got it, and I did ID it correctly as Wild Sweetie. My seeds from someone who lives near Amy Goldman who got both fruits and seeds from her, grew it, saved seeds and sent some to me. Amy lists it as a currant type in the YEarbook, she's the only lister in the 2011, and says the original source was Digger's in Australia.

**nctomatoman** · August 24, 2011

Ah - very interesting. So in the Matt's Wild Cherry/Mexico Midget type of tomato. That's what it looks like anyway.

here it is from the Diggers site

http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/produ...20Sweetie.aspx

Claims to be the world's smallest tomato...but Mexico Midget is smaller!

patty_b · August 24, 2011

I am growing "Pink Sweet", "Sweet Pink" and "Sweet Meat" all big pink beefsteaks..bringing
them in tomorrow. Sweet Pink and the Sweet Meat were both from an Amish Greenhouse.

Heritage · August 24, 2011

Jeannine,

I grew Pink Sweet this summer and it was the sweetest full-sized tomato I grew - as sweet as most cherries. I only got a few tomatoes off of the two plants I grew so I'm trying it as a fall crop (I just planted the seeds) to see if some of the sweetness holds into December. I'm hoping to find a tomato that tastes decent in the winter (unheated) greenhouse.

Steve

Jeannine Anne · August 25, 2011

Thank you Steve, it sounds just like what I am looking for for a friend XX Jeannine

patty_b · August 25, 2011

Sweet Meat comes in as the largest. Looking like blight is now here.......

raindrops27 · August 25, 2011

Patty b. Which is the sweetest, from what you grew?

patty_b · August 25, 2011

I just brought them in the AM.. looks like lots of tomatoes ready, all at the same time.

August 24, 2011	#1
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	Sweetie Pink/Pink Sweet Hi can someone tell me if these are the same tomato please. I was looking online for Sweetie Pink..(not Sweetie the cherry) and found a reference to Pink Sweet..which sounded similar. XX Jeannine

August 24, 2011	#2
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	I believe they are different. Sweetie Pink - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sweetie,_Pink, vended by Sandhill Pink Sweet - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Pink_Sweet __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase Last edited by Tania; August 24, 2011 at 01:43 PM.

August 24, 2011	#3
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	From Sandhill: Sweetie: early, Ind, large, 1 pound plus, pink beefsteak type that continues to be the earliest pink beefsteak. (UNAVAILABLE FOR 2011.) Jeannine, I grew it a few years back and it was very early and big and pink and very productive. I found it to be a bit bland for my taste though. I haven't grown Pink Sweet. This year I grew Red Siberian - which is pink - and prefer it to Sweetie. It is an even earlier beefsteak type with more flavor. The tomatoes are large with the biggest so far over 1.25#. It is semi-determinate and total yields look like they would probably be less than Sweetie by a third if grown side by side. __________________ barkeater

August 24, 2011	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I'm confused but that isn't unique to the day. This summer I'm growing the original red tiny variety called Sweetie and while I don't have any fruits yet Craig L does , from some leftover plants that he raised for me after I sent him the seeds, and all he said, I think, is that it wasn't as tiny as MExico Midget. I don't remember him saying anything about taste. I hate it when names are so similar b/c of all the confusion it can cause. I would have thought that Pink Sweetie might have been a pink version of the original Sweetie, but no, it's a beefsteak variety. Edited to add that Pink Sweet I've grown, seeds sent to me by Craig, see the history for this one at Tania's page for it, and I like it very much and pictured it in my book which you can now get for a couple of hundred dollars since it went out of print a few months ago. LOL __________________ Carolyn

August 24, 2011	#5
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	The envelope with the seed said Wild Sweetie, Carolyn - so my feeling is that it is some sort of wild type - a Pimp. type perhaps? Flavor isn't bad - not as intense as Mexico Midget. I will save as much seed as I can - I think it is the type of plant that will take over things if given the chance! __________________ Craig

August 24, 2011	#8
patty_b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 487	I am growing "Pink Sweet", "Sweet Pink" and "Sweet Meat" all big pink beefsteaks..bringing them in tomorrow. Sweet Pink and the Sweet Meat were both from an Amish Greenhouse.

August 24, 2011	#9
Heritage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,255	Jeannine, I grew Pink Sweet this summer and it was the sweetest full-sized tomato I grew - as sweet as most cherries. I only got a few tomatoes off of the two plants I grew so I'm trying it as a fall crop (I just planted the seeds) to see if some of the sweetness holds into December. I'm hoping to find a tomato that tastes decent in the winter (unheated) greenhouse. Steve

August 25, 2011	#10
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	Thank you Steve, it sounds just like what I am looking for for a friend XX Jeannine

August 25, 2011	#12
raindrops27 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: long island Posts: 327	Patty b. Which is the sweetest, from what you grew?