Has anyone grown Arkansas Traveller?

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by sergeant69

black cherry tomatos? don't push it tomato-boy. I have high blood pressure.

If you ever try one you will never go back to a regular cherry tomato.

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/Black-H...s/products/62/

Worth

[sergeant69]

Originally Posted by Poverty Knob

I too was suspicious of any tomato that wasn't "round & red", until last year. I tried 30 Black Krim, 15 Green Zebra and 12 Black Cherry. I was amazed!! This year I am doubling the amount and trying a few new to me. The Black Krim was at it's best when our summer heat hit. I grow in hoophouses. (dont know if that made any difference)
J.L.

that's a cool pic. is it working rig or just for pleasure?
is that an oxymoron? JUST for PLEASURE?

[Anthony_Toronto]

Hey lets not get too aggressive, if anything will scare someone off different tomatoes its green zebra, black cherry, or maybe paul robeson, at least out of the varieties that I have tried those can tend to have some 'unique' flavours at times. Can't go wrong with a good ole cherokee purple.

[Poverty Knob]

Originally Posted by sergeant69

that's a cool pic. is it working rig or just for pleasure?
is that an oxymoron? JUST for PLEASURE?

Thanks. That is me mowing, very late hay, 5 years ago, with Brownie and Spook. We were truely working but it is alot of fun too.
Although after several weeks sitting on a mowing machine or a hay rake I am really ready to do something different! We use between 40 and 50 ton af hay a year, so it is a decent size undertaking.
J.L.

[sergeant69]

maybe you could buy brownie and spook a tractor for xmas?

[Poverty Knob]

Originally Posted by sergeant69

maybe you could buy brownie and spook a tractor for xmas?

Nah. I know how to start a team on a cold morning. Me and tractors never have gotten along!

J.L.

[sergeant69]

Originally Posted by Poverty Knob

Nah. I know how to start a team on a cold morning. Me and tractors never have gotten along!

J.L.

watch it! you'll have PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals on ur case for that.

[parah]

Originally Posted by sergeant69

I have 6 Ark Trav seedlings I am babying as I hear they are good hot weather plants. will see. growing indeterminate plants thru the summer is almost impossible in these here parts. soon as I find one that will i'm gonna stick w/it..

How are the the seedlings doing and why did you choose 6 Arkansas Traveler seedlings?

I am curious about the practical garden difference between Arkansas Traveler and Burgundy Traveler. Burgundy Traveler is supposed to have better disease tolerance and flavor and a darker color, but I have not grown them side by side to compare.

Since you are choosing plants for heat tolerance, have you compared Arkansas Traveler with Super Sioux or Costoluto Genovese?

[Gardeneer]

SO , WAAH HAAPEN ??

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by sergeant69

first of all, what they sell in grocery stores aren't tomatos, they're ababinations (sp).
do these chocolate things taste more like tomatos or tootsi rolls?

Both taste good. Now if they only made coffee tasting tomatoes, I would be really happy.

[parah]

Originally Posted by Starlight

Both taste good. Now if they only made coffee tasting tomatoes, I would be really happy.

That is a good idea!

I stole your idea

and stuck in the discussion about The Next Big Thing in the Tomato World

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...t=35679&page=4

[lrussillo]

Looks like the Ark I grew last year--healthy, productive, but didn't like the taste. Ozark Pink was good, after I gave it a dose of sea salt and potassium, but mild. I am growing it again this year, just to see how another seed does. I like to give them a chance.