Goose Creek

Gerald51 · September 12, 2010

This is my first year to grow Goose Creek and I had very good luck with it.

It just kept putting on copious amounts of small to medium sized tomatoes.

I don't recall any splitting either and it was pretty disease resistant.

It was slow to ripen for the size of the tomato it produced.

It was a lot slower to ripen than JetStar, but it tasted better to me.

The taste was just a tad too sweet for my liking, but I'm sure most people would prefer tomatoes sweeter than I do anyway.

It's definitely worth growing again.

Is it a pink tomato or a red tomato?

It looks pinkish deep red to me.

Gerald

sprtsguy76 · September 14, 2010

I got my seeds from Raybo, and what you describe is pretty much how I would describe it. I would only add that after that initial sweetness there is a nice BITE to GC! It seems there is a pink and a red out there but what I got from Raybo is pink.

Damon

JoAnne · September 14, 2010

My Goose Creek (also from Raybo - thanks!) is definitely pink. It has been absolutely fabulous this year and my DH's favorite. It was however, slow to ripen, and slow to grow out of the BER stage.

TZ-OH6 · September 14, 2010

My first one ripened in 70 days, which was middle of the road in a year with many varieties ripening early, possibly from a short heat wave. Intensely sweet with enough tangyness to balance.
Producton was good.

Deep dark pink, can look red, (clear epidermis).

Tomatoes almost never live up to their hype for me, but this one did. If you don't like sweet tomatoes you would be dissapointed though.

BigdaddyJ · September 14, 2010

Mine were pink too and in the 3 to 6 oz range. Not juicy at all. Average taste. Late maturing for such a smallish variety.

habitat_gardener · November 25, 2010

I was browsing GardenRant.com and came across a paragraph about Goose Creek! The seeds came from Jimmy Williams, who's co-authored a new book about vegetable gardening, From Seed to Skillet.

"Their great-great grandmother had carried the seeds of a great tomato, dubbed ‘Goosecreek,’ to South Carolina on a slave ship in her apron pocket."

September 12, 2010	#1
Gerald51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Germantown, TN Posts: 104	Goose Creek This is my first year to grow Goose Creek and I had very good luck with it. It just kept putting on copious amounts of small to medium sized tomatoes. I don't recall any splitting either and it was pretty disease resistant. It was slow to ripen for the size of the tomato it produced. It was a lot slower to ripen than JetStar, but it tasted better to me. The taste was just a tad too sweet for my liking, but I'm sure most people would prefer tomatoes sweeter than I do anyway. It's definitely worth growing again. Is it a pink tomato or a red tomato? It looks pinkish deep red to me. Gerald Last edited by Gerald51; September 12, 2010 at 09:26 PM. Reason: typo

September 14, 2010	#5
BigdaddyJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zone7 Delaware Posts: 399	Mine were pink too and in the 3 to 6 oz range. Not juicy at all. Average taste. Late maturing for such a smallish variety. __________________ Farmer at Heart

September 14, 2010	#2
sprtsguy76 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Clara CA Posts: 1,125	I got my seeds from Raybo, and what you describe is pretty much how I would describe it. I would only add that after that initial sweetness there is a nice BITE to GC! It seems there is a pink and a red out there but what I got from Raybo is pink. Damon

September 14, 2010	#3
JoAnne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 69	My Goose Creek (also from Raybo - thanks!) is definitely pink. It has been absolutely fabulous this year and my DH's favorite. It was however, slow to ripen, and slow to grow out of the BER stage.

September 14, 2010	#4
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 848	My first one ripened in 70 days, which was middle of the road in a year with many varieties ripening early, possibly from a short heat wave. Intensely sweet with enough tangyness to balance. Producton was good. Deep dark pink, can look red, (clear epidermis). Tomatoes almost never live up to their hype for me, but this one did. If you don't like sweet tomatoes you would be dissapointed though.

November 25, 2010	#6
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	I was browsing GardenRant.com and came across a paragraph about Goose Creek! The seeds came from Jimmy Williams, who's co-authored a new book about vegetable gardening, From Seed to Skillet. "Their great-great grandmother had carried the seeds of a great tomato, dubbed ‘Goosecreek,’ to South Carolina on a slave ship in her apron pocket."