Taste only!!

[Alpinejs]

I love lists. I love when people post their planting lists. I love top ten lists.
Now, to feed my addiction to lists, I would like to see some lists of your
top five tastiest tomatoes. Not caring about color, size disease resistance,
productivity, or any criteria other than taste. Which five, in which order
taste the best to you. I will post my five but have a strong feeling that the
majority will have different views and I will concede that I am certain that one
year from now, my list will likely be different from now. So, here goes in the
order of my preference.

Brandywine Sudduth
Cherokee Green
Kosovo
Momotaro
Marianna's Peace

I could have said the best 20, but I like to frustrate myself and others and
force us all to narrow it down. Remember.......taste only is the criteria.

[habitat_gardener]

ok, I'll play!

Croatia Joanna YMCA
Pruden's Purple
Sicilian
Purple Brandy (Marizol Bratka)
Tobolsk

(=my top 3 from this year and my top 2 from last year)

[rnewste]

Alpine,

Others have started a "Top 10" list before and from recollection, when 50 people replied, you got 51 different answers.

Everyone's taste palate is quite different. Having said all that, here are my personal Top 5:

Goose Creek
Momotaro
MarNar (Soren's cross between Marianna's Peace and N.A.R.)
Dona
Indian Stripe

Raybo

[Alpinejs]

rnewste....I like you choices in that I am growing most of them now.

habitat...I don't like your list in that I am unfamiliar with most and that
means digging through catalogs again after already saying
"'nuff's enough!"

[muck4doo]

I grew about 15 varieties this past year, and bar none it was Ferris Wheel that was the best. I can't believe this variety isn't more popular. Maybe just too many others that are similar? Large, and a wonderful blend of tangy and sweet. It wasn't very prolific though. Got about 10 fruit. They were all around 12-16 oz.

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by Alpinejs

habitat...I don't like your list in that I am unfamiliar with most and that means digging through catalogs again after already saying "'nuff's enough!"

Two of them aren't in any catalog -- Croatia Joanna YMCA and Sicilian are local heirlooms I got at seedling sale to benefit the Sequoia YMCA in Redwood City. Sicilian sounds like a generic name, but the sign said it came from Pat Infantino (my notes say MG--family seed which may mean Pat I. is a master gardener and/or it came from Pat I.'s family via an MG connection).

For background, see the cover story in
http://www.spectrummagazine.net/pdfs...rumArchive.pdf
as well as
www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17720835
and also google maska pellegrini garden

The others are listed in Tatiana's Tomatobase.

[tam91]

Captain Lucky
Black Krim
Earl's Faux
KBX
Maiden's Gold

Lots of others that were very good, but to pick favorites, most new to me in 2011.

[cloz]

Brandywine Sudduth
Granny's Heart
Stump of the World
Paul Robeson
Sungold F1

[Alpinejs]

Whoopie!!

Tam91....I am already growing 3 of your 5 favorites.

Cloz.....I am growing 4 of your 5 favorites.

Sounds like I am in for some lip smackin' good tasting.

[tam91]

I like some of Cloz's as well - but you only allowed me 5

I hope they all turn out well for you.

[Blk_Vegan]

This past season my five best for taste were:

Brandywine(Cowlicks)
Terhune
JD's Special C-Tex
Amazon Chocolate
County Agent

[tam91]

Oh yes, I forgot Terhune. That one was terrific too (haven't grown the others yet)

[k3vin]

Sungold F1
Isis Candy
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Anna Russian
Costoluto Genovese (when cooked)

[ContainerTed]

My "real" list would be well over 200, but each year I make a list from memory that I will grow the next year and it is always based on how good something tastes. So, here's the top five on this year's growing list.

African Queen
Mr. Stripey (large bi-color)
Maiden's Gold
Tommy Toe (Red)
Sara's Galapagos

My DW also has her list:

Ponderosa Red
Toedebusch Pink
Red Barn
Brandy Boy
Strawberry Margarita

[Alpinejs]

I was doing good with 4/5 on most lists being already planted, but Container Ted and wife
spoiled that again. Back to Tania's website and the seed catalogs. Looks like I will have
to build yet another floating dock in Canada. Is there no end to wonderful varieties? Oh well, doing all this research will keep me out of the bars. lol