GWR Slicer opinions

[WhippoorwillG]

GWR Slicers - Any "better" than Aunt Ruby's German Green?

ARGG is a staple in my summer garden. I have converted and amazed a number of "if it ain't red it ain't a tomato" folks on ARGG. No matter the conditions, the sturdy plants do at least as well as most other varieties, even if the yield is sometimes suspect.

So, my question is, in your own personal experience, are there other GWRs that I must try? I know flavor is very subjective, but I still value the opinion.

I grew Dwarf Beryl Beauty this year, and was very unimpressed. The plant health and the yield were good, but they totally lacked the depth of flavor and personality that comes through in ARGG.

A couple others that I had considered are Green Giant and Absinthe, but would love to hear your favorites.

[shelleybean]

I really like Spears Tennessee Green. I have two plants this summer and they have been loaded with fruit. Very healthy and I've been so impressed with production. Flavor is very sweet with some good zip.

[TightenUp]

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w..._Mystery_Green

[WhippoorwillG]

Thank you for the recommendations. They will be added to next year's growout.

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[carolyn137]

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...Green_Tomatoes

The above from Tania's website and I could pick out MANY that are great slicers since GWRipes are my faves.

Aunt Ruby's Green was the first very large slicer type, I met the niece of Aunt Ruby when I was at SSE in IA one year, and it's still very good, but there are others I like better, of the large slicer kind.

A good SSE friend of mine who is also a member here and has grown thousands of varieties is very high on Delano Green Ripe, which I hope to be able to offer in my next seed offer.

He sent me seeds in a Xmas card this past Xmas, and also sent some to others as well.

He already SSE lists it.

Carolyn

Carolyn

[Lee]

Spear's Tennessee Green,
Green Giant,
Summertime Green (another Dwarf which is my favorite flavored of the dwarf GWRs)

Lee

[KarenO]

Hello all,

I am interested in this thread as I do not have much experience with GWR tomatoes. in the past the only GWR tomato I had grown was green zebra. This year I decided to try dwarf emerald giant which is a nice plant but bloomed quite late for me and is only setting fruit now which is going to be late in my area and I'll be lucky to get any ripe fruit before frost. My question for those of you experienced with GWR tomatoes, which ones have you found to be earliest? I have seed for absinthe, dwarf emerald giant, evergreen. summertime green, dwarf beryl beauty but I am quite prepared to get other seeds if someone can recommend the earliest large GWR that hopefully also has great flavor.
Thanks
KO

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Hello all,

I am interested in this thread as I do not have much experience with GWR tomatoes. in the past the only GWR tomato I had grown was green zebra. This year I decided to try dwarf emerald giant which is a nice plant but bloomed quite late for me and is only setting fruit now which is going to be late in my area and I'll be lucky to get any ripe fruit before frost. My question for those of you experienced with GWR tomatoes, which ones have you found to be earliest? I have seed for absinthe, dwarf emerald giant, evergreen. summertime green, dwarf beryl beauty but I am quite prepared to get other seeds if someone can recommend the earliest large GWR that hopefully also has great flavor.
Thanks
KO

Karen, I can give you a list of the larger slicers I like but cannot tell you which are the earliest b'c I don't keep track of that data.

I can say that most are early to late midseason, meaning, for me, roughly 65 to 80, most 70-80 days, and none over 80 days which for me is late season.

What gardening zone are you in in Alberta?

Many of them I grew many years ago and of course lots more recently, or were grown for me and that would mean roughly zone 5 for me and two others who do seed production for me, and NC for two others.

Finally, the GWRipes have been grown for seed production at many seed sites and have done well, and if you pick any one and check it out at Tania's website you can see what zone those folks grow tomatoes in.

I won't grow Green Zebra again, and it's not a large slicer anyway, but of the ones you've mentioned I have grown Evergreen and Summertime Green.

Carolyn

[KarenO]

Thank you Carolyn,
My garden is outside of Edmonton, Alberta in zone 3a. I guess I just need to try a few more after reading which ones are the earliest of the midseason ones on average. I read so much about them here and I am anxious to try them. I do have some nice tomatoes on a captain lucky that I am looking forward to although I know it isn't a GWR but rather a tricolor. Even in zone 3a I have no problem growing most midseason tomatoes so maybe it's just not been the right weather and location for my dwarf emerald giant. I'll try one in a pot on my deck next year as I do find that all of my tomatoes produce earlier there. my theory is they like the heat at the root zone rather than being in the cool ground early on.
Thanks
KarenO

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Thank you Carolyn,
My garden is outside of Edmonton, Alberta in zone 3a. I guess I just need to try a few more after reading which ones are the earliest of the midseason ones on average. I read so much about them here and I am anxious to try them. I do have some nice tomatoes on a captain lucky that I am looking forward to although I know it isn't a GWR but rather a tricolor. Even in zone 3a I have no problem growing most midseason tomatoes so maybe it's just not been the right weather and location for my dwarf emerald giant. I'll try one in a pot on my deck next year as I do find that all of my tomatoes produce earlier there. my theory is they like the heat at the root zone rather than being in the cool ground early on.
Thanks
KarenO

Karen, when you say reading which ones are the earliest I assume you mean at seed sites, perhaps at Tania's, perhaps even from others, but it's good to know that DTM's are sheer guesstimates.

I can look at a single variety in the SSE Yearbooks, one that has a lot of listings, and DTM's are all over the place, depending on the weather the year a variety was grown, where it was grown, how it was grown and so much more.

The variety known as Sophie's Choice came from Edmonton, as you probably know and here it is:

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/S...b=General_Info

So it must have grown there quite well and there are 11 seed sources for it which means it's become a very popular variety.

Carolyn

[salix]

Karen, I am probably in the same zone as you - I have found Grub's Mystery Green is very good, but the past two years Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (Malachite Box) has outperformed it. Fairly early and quite yummy! Am trying Boloto and Absinthe this year, will report later if you wish.

[KarenO]

great! I sure have been hearing a lot of good things about this one called Malachite box... sounds like something I need to try for next year. Thanks, I would like to hear how Absinthe does for you too. I am zone 3A near Edmonton.

KO

[SharonRossy]

I'm in zone 5b Montreal and growing Aunt Rubys German Green and hoping I'm going to have a chance to enjoy it. So I'd love to hear about absinthe too! Personally I never had luck with Green Zebra - lots of BER and I can't say I was crazy about the flavour. I'm growing in large containers also.

[BigVanVader]

Bump

Any reports back Salix...or others? I have Malachite Box and Absinthe plants ready to plant but only room for 1 GWR. Having trouble deciding since they both seem similar. Has anyone grown either in similar climate to mine (7b/8a cusp) ?

[Hunt-Grow-Cook]

Cherokee Green is one of my favorite tomatoes period. Not just of the GWR's. Taste and production were great for me last year.

This year I will also be adding:
Grub's mystery green
Malachite Box
Summertime Green
Esmerleda Gosolina

as well as:
Verde Claro
Michael Pollan