Welcome input on my stash for 2014 (and 2013 list)

[camochef]

Originally Posted by b54red

Carbon was my most productive tomato last fall and the tastiest of the fall season.

Camo, I'm hoping to finally get to taste Barlow Jap. After two seasons with fusarium killing it before it could get any grown fruit I have a grafted plant that has a nice fruit set and so far no fusarium signs.

Bill

Bill,
I certainly hope the grafting works successfully for you and that you get to enjoy some soon. I was really impressed with the grafting success I saw last year on German Johnson-Benton Strain.

Efisakov,
I quit growing Carbon a few years back, With garden size reduction, I had to eliminate it and others that weren't as good as DDR, Bear Creek or Amazon Chocolate. Then too I also let Blackmaster fall from regular growing list, and that one was much better than most. I hope that Carbon continues to be a favorite in your garden.

Those growing Mr Stripey and finding it to be a spitter.
First off, there are two different Mr. Stripey. One is a small not overly impressive tomato. The second, which I'm more familiar with is a large bi-color that I found quite impressive the first time I tasted one from a friends garden. So impressed that the following season I bought a half dozen of them. They were YECH!
I later discovered that my friend didn't water his garden at all. I withheld water from my Mr. Stripey's, to find a definite improvement in taste for the remainder of the year. That said...I no longer grow Mr.Stripeys anyway, but try withholding water to improve their taste.
Enjoy
Camo

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by KathyDC

Hello everyone,

First let me say a blanket thanks for all the things I've learned here on Tomatoville in the short time I've been reading and posting!

I'm going through my tomato seed stash trying to get it a little better organized, and thought I'd post my list here, considering that any of them could be potentials for growing next year. I've never grown any of them and many of them I know next to nothing about (I have some research to do...)

I'd welcome any thoughts on the varieties, especially your experiences with them. Any of them must-grows? Any must-not-grows? Thanks!

Stash:

Italian Market
Sunset's Red Horizon
Siberian Red
Cherokee Purple
Jubilee Golden Yellow
Black Seaman
Amish Paste
Black From Tula
Belmonte
Tropic
Togo Trifele
Fireball
Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red
Pink Ruffled
Daniels RL
Tommy Toe
Early Annie
Druzba
Opalka
Porter Improved
Guernsey Island
Mr. Stripey
Rio Grande
Berkeley Tie Dye
Chapman
Azoychka
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Thessaloniki
Red Brandywine (Landis Valley)
Rutgers
Pocomoke
Brandywine (Sudduth)
Seek No Further Love Apple
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Black Krim
Purple Calabash
Wisconsin 55
Abraham Lincoln
Money Maker
Oregon Spring
Marglobe
Matina
Glacier
Glamour
Djena Lee's Golden Girl
Joe Lauerer
White Queen
Lemonboy
Silver Fir
Japanese Trifele
Carbon
Big Boy
Riesentraube
German Johnson
Rebecca Sebastian's Bull Bag
Granny Cantrell
Vinson Watts
Gruschovka
Gardener's Delight
Taxi
Giant Belgium
Cuostralee
Cuore di Bue
Omar Lebanese
Marian
Coyote



2013 growing:
Captain Lucky
Sweet Scarlet Dwarf F7 (dwarf project)
Dingwall Scotty
Aunt Lou's Underground Railroad
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye
Valencia
Creole
Tiny Tim
Sprite
Greek Domata
Grandma Viney's Yellow and Pink
New Big Dwarf
Barlow Jap

Kathy

cherokee purple- productive and fantastic. last year was my first year growing and its back for round 2

mr stripey- bi color, not productive for me. grew to 2 stems next to 2 other varieties grow identically and both of the others were earlier and more productive. taste was ok but nothing special. will not grow again

lemon boy- fantastic tomato. neighbor grew and it was awesome. now that you reminded me i'm mad at myself for not getting seed for this season. its going to be on my grow list next year

Guernsey Island- good tasting and good production with great colors. not growing salad size tomatoes this season but this would be one i would go back to. plant was thin and unimpressive looking but it produced!

Purple Calabash- not a spitter for me. some say it is. awesome production but tends to crack with too much water.

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by camochef

Efisakov,
I quit growing Carbon a few years back, With garden size reduction, I had to eliminate it and others that weren't as good as DDR, Bear Creek or Amazon Chocolate. Then too I also let Blackmaster fall from regular growing list, and that one was much better than most. I hope that Carbon continues to be a favorite in your garden.
Camo

Camo, I am growing again
2 Carbone
1 Amazon Chocolate
2 CP
1 Bl. Tula
1 Bl. Krim
1 Bl. Brandywine

and

for the first time:
2 Bl. Master for the first time
2 Dana's Dusky Rose
2 Indian Stripe
2 JD's Special C-Tex
2 Gary O Sena
2 COWLICK BRANDYWINE
2 Purple Dog Creek


and few more, like BARLOW JAP, Brad’s Black Heart, KBX, Omar L.,Red Barn ...
they all sounded so good
many thanks to you, Maria from Ka, Carolyn37, Heritage, and others
for sharing your favorite toms and creating a must try list for many. I love it.

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by TightenUp

cherokee purple- productive and fantastic. last year was my first year growing and its back for round 2
Purple Calabash- not a spitter for me. some say it is. awesome production but tends to crack with too much water.

I agree, plus my Purple Calabash tomatoes were on a smaller size.

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by efisakov

I agree, plus my Purple Calabash tomatoes were on a smaller size.

yes, not very big at all

[discrepancy]

I have tried zero of the toms you're growing this year. D:

Cherokee Purple - Prolific, tasty and sturdy! Everything you could ever ask for in a tomato.
Opalka - Delicious and prolific as heck. Prone to blossom-end rot, even in self-watering containers. Mine fell to disease fairly early in the season, too.
Brandywine (Sudduth's) - I have grown this twice, and Red Brandywine twice. I got maybe six tomatoes between them all. You might have better luck than I, but I will not grow either strain again.
Cuostralee - Absolutely delicious. I hear it's not a great producer though.
Coyote - Prolific little beast. Produces currant-sized sweet white tomatoes. Yum!

[Tormato]

Kathy,

I probably should have sent you a note along with the seed packs in the swap. Your #1 request, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, is my favorite striped tomato, of the few I've tried. The reason is that it is the sweetest of the striped tomatoes I've tried. Berkeley Tie Dye will probably be more to your liking.

Others (non-sweet) that I like are Aunt Gertie's Gold, and my favorite non-sweet variety Seek-No-Further Love Apple. Since I sent seeds of SNFLA to about 200 people for this year, I expect some feedback on what other gardeners think of it.

Gary

[KathyDC]

Gary, no need to have gone through that extra trouble on my account. And though I personally don't like super sweet tomatoes, my other half does - so it wouldn't matter much in this case. I am growing for both ends of the spectrum

I'll likely be trying SNFLA next year. I am a sucker for a variety with a fun name!

I'm also still very curious about T4 - it's growing like gangbusters right now. Would you like me to save you any seed for an F5 growout?

Kathy

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by KathyDC

Gary, no need to have gone through that extra trouble on my account. And though I personally don't like super sweet tomatoes, my other half does - so it wouldn't matter much in this case. I am growing for both ends of the spectrum

I'll likely be trying SNFLA next year. I am a sucker for a variety with a fun name!

I'm also still very curious about T4 - it's growing like gangbusters right now. Would you like me to save you any seed for an F5 growout?

Kathy

T4 is a stable tomato. I have no idea about what (F?) generation it is.
Wait until you get a ripe tomato before you decide if you're going to save seeds. Just remember, the fruit is supposed to look the way it does.

Gary

[dice]

Rio Grande is one I have been growing every year
since the first year that I grew it. (I keep trying to cross it
with something earlier, but the styles in the flowers are so thin
that using it for the female parent is annoyingly difficult.
The flowers in some cherry tomatoes are like that, too.
I need to go the other way and use it for the pollen source.)

It is a sweet flavored paste, robust plant, good producer.
Heidi has comparably good flavor to my palate and is maybe
a week earlier, but the Rio Grande fruit are twice the size
of the Heidi fruit.

[nancyruhl]

On your list of potentials, the ones I have grown that I did not invite back are Sunset Red Horizon, Fireball, and White Queen. Also, while I love Aunt Gerties Gold, in my growing zone, she just comes in too late and I have similar varieties that come in earlier and are more productive. I also liked and won't grow again Aunt Vineys Yellow and Pink. Very mild and has to been eaten very quickly after ripening. The bicolor I was blown away with last season was Hawaiian Pineapple and that will be on the always grow list for me. I am trying several new ones this year in that category. I also really liked Rebecca Sebastians but I have so many marvelous heart varieties, I had to make some cuts there.

On my always grow list are Amish Paste, Black Krim, Coyote, Cuostralee, Djena Lee, Druzba, Granny Cantrells, New Big Dwarf, and Opalka. They have all performed well for me and proven they are worth the spaces they grow in. Coyote are a pain to pick, but they have a truly unique flavor I love (and some folks here do not). New Big Dwarf give you a lot of great tomatoes in a compact plant. Since I can my tomatoes, I need to grow the paste varieties. The 2 I included (Amish Paste and Opalka) are great for fresh eating also.

I am growing Captain Lucky this season, also, and have grown and enjoyed Aunt Lous UNRR, Barlow Jap, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye. I hope you will also enjoy them this season.

[KathyDC]

Thank you Nancy, sounds like you have experienced quite a lot of the ones on my list! It's crazy that I don't even have a ripe tomato yet from this year, and am already looking ahead to next year.

[remy]

I didn't read the other comments as I didn't want them to affect my opinions.

Cherokee Purple - much loved, but I like Carbon better, just a personal thing
Belmonte - I really like this one
Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red - tasted at CHOPTAG a few years ago and we all though it was horrible
Druzba -really like this one
Opalka - to me it is ok
Guernsey Island - very pretty, strong tasting
Rio Grande -good for canning
Berkeley Tie Dye - liked a lot
Chapman -very good red especially for cool weather
Azoychka - always early, strong tasting
Aunt Gertie's Gold - late, but taste is excellent
Red Brandywine (Landis Valley) -grew awhile ago, wasn't too crazy about it. If I remember correctly, I actually liked them cooked over fresh.
Silver Fir (Tree) - early and zippy
Carbon - I love this one