big FRUITY tomatoes

charline · April 27, 2015

please tell we which are the varieties that you would say are fruity. I love them so much. My favorite is Orange Russian 117. I eat it with some sugar on it and it is like an exotic fruit. You can even put it in a fruit salad and nobody will know that there is a tomato in it.
so what are others like this? must check my wish list for next year....

AZGardener · April 27, 2015

Wow- I haven't grown a fruity tomato that is sweet like you are saying? Following this thread for everyone's thoughts....

bower · April 27, 2015

Charline, Anna Russian tasted like watermelon to me.

The bicolours are fruity IMO, at least the ones I've grown, Oaxacan Jewel PL and Northern Lights, they are peachy tasting.

Zolotoy Zapas is a small orange fruit with taste like a hint of canteloupe!

The variety of tastes in tomatoes is simply amazing to me.

loeb · April 27, 2015

I had a Copia cross and it was quite fruity, looking more like a Copia parent, so probably Copia..

KarenO · April 27, 2015

Agree many of the bicolour varieties are sweet and `fruity. Oaxacan jewel, serendipity, pineapple,
The largest of those is pineapple.
KarenO

LindyAdele · April 27, 2015

I think this is a more common trait with the orange-yellow bicolour tomatoes, but some of it has to do with the climate and weather. A few years ago my favourite tasting was Copia - it was beautiful and fruity! But last year it was a spitter. Many people on this board also don't care for that tomato.
My most fruity last year was Striped German. It had dense silky flesh, which was sweet and fruity. It was almost like eating a peach to me! I'm growing again this year, and hoping for similar results. I am also trying Anna Russian and Orange Russian 117

Tracydr · April 27, 2015

Anyone ever notice that every single yellow fruit from any type of plant, be it tomatoes, peppers or watermelons tastes "citrusy" in the description of seed catalogs? Drives me crazy! I think it's a mental thing that people expect something of a certain color to taste a certain way. Every yellow vegetable cannot possibly taste citrusy!

**carolyn137** · April 27, 2015

Fruity tasting? No, of all the varieties I've ever grown I haven't found ONE that tastes like a fruit I know, be it the varieties Nectarine or Peach Blow Sutton, or Pineapple or anything else.

Had you said sweet tasting without the fruity taste I could handle that but even then what tastes sweet to me can turn out to be a spitter to someone else since there are so many variables involved with growing tomatoes and development of fruit tastes.

I want my tomatoes to taste like tomatoes, yes I know a huge range of tastes, but within that range I want tomatoey tasting tomatoes.

Carolyn

loeb · April 27, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Anyone ever notice that every single yellow fruit from any type of plant, be it tomatoes, peppers or watermelons tastes "citrusy" in the description of seed catalogs? Drives me crazy! I think it's a mental thing that people expect something of a certain color to taste a certain way. Every yellow vegetable cannot possibly taste citrusy!

Haha, yeah.. and I have seen description of white carrots saying it has tons of beta-carotene.. marketing.

Cole_Robbie · April 27, 2015

I grow a medium red Chinese slicer called Ten Hung Tan Chieh - a gift from a tviller a couple years ago. I would describe the flavor as light and citrus-like. It's very different than other red tomatoes.

NarnianGarden · April 28, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Anyone ever notice that every single yellow fruit from any type of plant, be it tomatoes, peppers or watermelons tastes "citrusy" in the description of seed catalogs? Drives me crazy! I think it's a mental thing that people expect something of a certain color to taste a certain way. Every yellow vegetable cannot possibly taste citrusy!

Azoychka is one of the tomatoes that certainly can taste citrus-y... I am growing several yellow varieties this year, but I certainly hope at least some of them are sweet instead of lemony!

I don't want only lemons.. I want to have pineapples, mangoes, bananas, melons and peaches!

charley · April 29, 2015

tigers paw is sweet- fruity but only plum size

charline · April 29, 2015

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Originally Posted by charley

tigers paw is sweet- fruity but only plum size

thank you, one for my wish list !

taboule · April 29, 2015

Sweet Ozark Orange (SOO) was the sweetest tom I grew last year.

charline · April 29, 2015

[QUOTE=taboule;468879]Sweet Ozark Orange (SOO) was the sweetest tom I grew last year.[/QUOTE

I have 3 plants of SOO growing and looking forward to try them!

April 27, 2015	#1
charline Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: France Posts: 688	big FRUITY tomatoes please tell we which are the varieties that you would say are fruity. I love them so much. My favorite is Orange Russian 117. I eat it with some sugar on it and it is like an exotic fruit. You can even put it in a fruit salad and nobody will know that there is a tomato in it. so what are others like this? must check my wish list for next year....

April 27, 2015	#2
AZGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Zone 9b Phoenix,AZ Posts: 390	Wow- I haven't grown a fruity tomato that is sweet like you are saying? Following this thread for everyone's thoughts.... __________________ Kelly from Phx, AZ Toes and Tomatoes on FB

April 27, 2015	#8
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Fruity tasting? No, of all the varieties I've ever grown I haven't found ONE that tastes like a fruit I know, be it the varieties Nectarine or Peach Blow Sutton, or Pineapple or anything else. Had you said sweet tasting without the fruity taste I could handle that but even then what tastes sweet to me can turn out to be a spitter to someone else since there are so many variables involved with growing tomatoes and development of fruit tastes. I want my tomatoes to taste like tomatoes, yes I know a huge range of tastes, but within that range I want tomatoey tasting tomatoes. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

April 29, 2015	#12
charley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: copperas cove TEXAS Posts: 637	tigers paw is sweet- fruity but only plum size __________________ Great minds discuss ideas;average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people

April 27, 2015	#3
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Charline, Anna Russian tasted like watermelon to me. The bicolours are fruity IMO, at least the ones I've grown, Oaxacan Jewel PL and Northern Lights, they are peachy tasting. Zolotoy Zapas is a small orange fruit with taste like a hint of canteloupe! The variety of tastes in tomatoes is simply amazing to me.

April 27, 2015	#4
loeb Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Poland Posts: 251	I had a Copia cross and it was quite fruity, looking more like a Copia parent, so probably Copia..

April 27, 2015	#5
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Agree many of the bicolour varieties are sweet and `fruity. Oaxacan jewel, serendipity, pineapple, The largest of those is pineapple. KarenO

April 27, 2015	#6
LindyAdele Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 323	I think this is a more common trait with the orange-yellow bicolour tomatoes, but some of it has to do with the climate and weather. A few years ago my favourite tasting was Copia - it was beautiful and fruity! But last year it was a spitter. Many people on this board also don't care for that tomato. My most fruity last year was Striped German. It had dense silky flesh, which was sweet and fruity. It was almost like eating a peach to me! I'm growing again this year, and hoping for similar results. I am also trying Anna Russian and Orange Russian 117

April 27, 2015	#7
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Anyone ever notice that every single yellow fruit from any type of plant, be it tomatoes, peppers or watermelons tastes "citrusy" in the description of seed catalogs? Drives me crazy! I think it's a mental thing that people expect something of a certain color to taste a certain way. Every yellow vegetable cannot possibly taste citrusy!

April 27, 2015	#10
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I grow a medium red Chinese slicer called Ten Hung Tan Chieh - a gift from a tviller a couple years ago. I would describe the flavor as light and citrus-like. It's very different than other red tomatoes.

April 29, 2015	#14
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	Sweet Ozark Orange (SOO) was the sweetest tom I grew last year.