Chapman

[AKmark]

I have grown these for a few years, and it is tops for me in the red beefsteak category.
Does anyone grow a red beefsteak that they think is better? If so, how is the shape, etc? Tell me all about it?
Thanks, planning for next years markets.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by AKmark

I have grown these for a few years, and it is tops for me in the red beefsteak category.
Does anyone grow a red beefsteak that they think is better? If so, how is the shape, etc? Tell me all about it?
Thanks, planning for next years markets.

The history for Chapman is interesting,if you don't know it, look in the history section.

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

Without making a long list of red beefsteaks that I like I'll link to just one,which also has an interesting history.

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

If Lee Newman sees this thread he will name

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

Another one that we got from Norbert in France in that huge trade back in 1992.

Carolyn

[Cole_Robbie]

Chapman was great, excellent yield and attractive fruit. 100 Pudov has a nice aggressive bite to its flavor if you like that. If we can bend the terms of your question to include at least red-fleshed pinks, Bradley had top-notch flavor for me. I also like Jazz a lot.

Surprise of the year for me was some seed I got from a non-tville swap labelled "Russian," pictured below. The two fruit in the pic grew in a weed patch. The black spots are dead leaves stuck to them. I think they would be much more attractive if cared for properly. The fruit were huge, and there were several, but the plant was small. It would have done fine on just a stake. Flavor was excellent. I would guess it has Russian commercial breeding in its background, based on the way it grows, but that is of course just a guess.

[Ricky Shaw]

Chapman's my favorite red so far, excellent taste and a picture perfect large tomato with zero catfacing. Next year I'll try to start them a little earlier, they were my latest tom to ripen.

[AKmark]

Thanks for the input. I have not tried a couple of those Cole suggested, they do sound interesting.

I also like Delicious, Aker's WV is good too, I also like Magnum, it's a teeny bit milder though. This year I tried Yuvel, and it passed, was meaty and good, huge perfect fruit. I saved some seed to try it again in 2017.
I have noticed that Chapman, as well as Aker's, does not like as much fert as most other varieties, the vines bully if you use to much, and it reduces production.
Keep, em coming, I really appreciate it, I have new GH's to fill next year.