What is your favorite yellow/orange heirloom tomato?

Gardenboy · August 21, 2015

Here in south FL our tomato season is under way. I'm not growing any yellow/orange varieties as of yet. Can you tell me your favorite yellow/orange tomato for taste and production? Any information would be helpful.

peebee · August 21, 2015

My fav in So. CA is KBX and/or Kellogg's Breakfast. Least fav is Yellow Pear. Wish I could report on Lemon Boy as it would have been new to me, but the plant I purchased succumbed to spider mites right away.

**carolyn137** · August 21, 2015

No way can I list just one favorite. And I won't list any cherries or bicolors either.

You asked about taste and production and they wouldn't be my faves if for me in my zone5 garden they didn't have great taste and production and all have been grown several times for seeds for my SSE listings and seed offers in the past.

I'm going alphabetically from Tania's Yellow/Orange ones, so I may miss some faves but much better than my having to tax my brain or find older data books/

So alphabetically, not necessarily in preference order/

Aunt Gertie's Gold
Brandywine Yellow ( Platfoot)
Earl of Edgecombe
Golden Queen
Jaune Flammee
Kellogg's Breakfast and PL variant KBX
Lillians Yellow Heirloom
Orange Minsk and the heart version
Tangella

Sure, there are many cherry sized ones I like but you didn't specify fruit size so I opted to go for larger sized ones b'c for me the best tasting OP heirloom ones are larger sized.

Carolyn

taboule · August 21, 2015

SOO
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...t=37999&page=5
soo-13#-21aug15.jpg

MissS · August 21, 2015

Limmony has a great fresh taste that I adore. Lemon Boy is pretty good too.

heirloomtomaguy · August 21, 2015

I am putting in my vote for Hillbilly West Virginia. Perfect for slicing and it makes the best sauce ever. Emmmm now i want spaghetti.

**carolyn137** · August 22, 2015

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

I am putting in my vote for Hillbilly West Virginia. Perfect for slicing and it makes the best sauce ever. Emmmm now i want spaghetti.

Methinks the proper name is Hillbilly, which was from W VA but not part of the name, and a typical bicolor at that.

I didn't list any bicolors at all, as I noted in my post above b'c I thought we were to list just varieties that were shades of yellow and shades of orange.

Oh well.

Carolyn

Gardeneer · August 21, 2015

I am puting my vote where my mouth is

I am growing 2 yel/golds (not counting cherry type) : (1) KB and (2) Azochka .

(1) KB has been a big disappointment. So far it has 3 or 4 green fruits.

(2) Azochka .
, on the other hand is the star in my garden, with the most fruits amongst the beefsteak type.

In the second image the yellow one is AZOCHKA

PhilaGardener · August 21, 2015

A favorite yellow this year was Brandywine, Yellow Platfoot:

(S.O.O. was another but already has a nomination)

peebee · August 21, 2015

Is there a difference between plain Lillian's Yellow & Lillian's Yellow Heirloom?
Has anyone grown this in So.CA? I've always wanted to try it.
Heirloomtomatoguy, is Hillbilly WV productive for you?

**carolyn137** · August 22, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by peebee

Is there a difference between plain Lillian's Yellow & Lillian's Yellow Heirloom?
Has anyone grown this in So.CA? I've always wanted to try it.
Heirloomtomatoguy, is Hillbilly WV productive for you?

The variety Lillian's Yellow Heirloom was first listed that way and that's the way its always been SSE listed from the get go.

I've never heard of just a Lillians Yellow, maybe someone somewhere didn't know how to spell heirloom.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki...ellow_Heirloom

Carolyn

Fusion_power · August 21, 2015

The range of colors vary from
Very pale yellow - Dr. Carolyn, usually classed as a white, but often produces very pale yellow fruit
pale yellow - Hughs is a classic superb pale yellow
light yellow - Manyel is a very good light yellow
bright yellow - Yoder's German Yellow is one of the best flavored tomatoes I grow
deep yellow - Brandywine Yellow, Platfoot qualifies as a very good deep yellow
light orange - Orangina is a good flavored tomato given I am the source
medium orange - Orange Strawberry is a very good flavored medium orange
deep orange - Orange Pear Shape is the best flavored orange tomato I've yet grown, sweetness to rival Sungold, candy like texture.

AdrianaG · August 22, 2015

I love Aunt Gerties Gold but it is a very light producer. Jaune Flammée is very productive. Lemon Boy is bland to me but my sister raved about it at dinner tonight for its sweetness. Also very productive.

dokutaaguriin · August 22, 2015

Casey's Pure Yellow....so sweet and juicy.

Jeff

IronPete · August 22, 2015

Lol, Jeff! I was going to say that one but I guess you'd know it a little better than I would, lol!

Pete

August 21, 2015	#1
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	What is your favorite yellow/orange heirloom tomato? Here in south FL our tomato season is under way. I'm not growing any yellow/orange varieties as of yet. Can you tell me your favorite yellow/orange tomato for taste and production? Any information would be helpful.

August 21, 2015	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	No way can I list just one favorite. And I won't list any cherries or bicolors either. You asked about taste and production and they wouldn't be my faves if for me in my zone5 garden they didn't have great taste and production and all have been grown several times for seeds for my SSE listings and seed offers in the past. I'm going alphabetically from Tania's Yellow/Orange ones, so I may miss some faves but much better than my having to tax my brain or find older data books/ So alphabetically, not necessarily in preference order/ Aunt Gertie's Gold Brandywine Yellow ( Platfoot) Earl of Edgecombe Golden Queen Jaune Flammee Kellogg's Breakfast and PL variant KBX Lillians Yellow Heirloom Orange Minsk and the heart version Tangella Sure, there are many cherry sized ones I like but you didn't specify fruit size so I opted to go for larger sized ones b'c for me the best tasting OP heirloom ones are larger sized. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

August 21, 2015	#5
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Limmony has a great fresh taste that I adore. Lemon Boy is pretty good too. __________________ ~ Patti ~

August 21, 2015	#6
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I am putting in my vote for Hillbilly West Virginia. Perfect for slicing and it makes the best sauce ever. Emmmm now i want spaghetti. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

August 22, 2015	#15
IronPete Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Posts: 302	Lol, Jeff! I was going to say that one but I guess you'd know it a little better than I would, lol! Pete __________________ Thanks; Iron Pete "We can agree to disagree."

August 21, 2015	#2
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	My fav in So. CA is KBX and/or Kellogg's Breakfast. Least fav is Yellow Pear. Wish I could report on Lemon Boy as it would have been new to me, but the plant I purchased succumbed to spider mites right away.

August 21, 2015	#4
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	SOO http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...t=37999&page=5 soo-13#-21aug15.jpg

August 21, 2015	#9
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	A favorite yellow this year was Brandywine, Yellow Platfoot: (S.O.O. was another but already has a nomination)

August 21, 2015	#12
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,251	The range of colors vary from Very pale yellow - Dr. Carolyn, usually classed as a white, but often produces very pale yellow fruit pale yellow - Hughs is a classic superb pale yellow light yellow - Manyel is a very good light yellow bright yellow - Yoder's German Yellow is one of the best flavored tomatoes I grow deep yellow - Brandywine Yellow, Platfoot qualifies as a very good deep yellow light orange - Orangina is a good flavored tomato given I am the source medium orange - Orange Strawberry is a very good flavored medium orange deep orange - Orange Pear Shape is the best flavored orange tomato I've yet grown, sweetness to rival Sungold, candy like texture.

August 22, 2015	#13
AdrianaG Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 153	I love Aunt Gerties Gold but it is a very light producer. Jaune Flammée is very productive. Lemon Boy is bland to me but my sister raved about it at dinner tonight for its sweetness. Also very productive.

August 22, 2015	#14
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	Casey's Pure Yellow....so sweet and juicy. Jeff