Well, we've nearly tasted them all. Flavor ratings - this season

[nctomatoman]

I am going to list the varieties by score - out of 10 points: (and note that we've not yet tasted Big Sandy, Big Willie, Striped Sweetheart, Yellow Ponderosa, Nebraska Wedding, Cosmonaut Volkov Red, Stump of the World, Maiden's Gold, Cherokee Chocolate, Cherokee Purple, Tondino, Curley Kaley, and the dwarfs Green striped Beauty, Sunny Ivory, Chocolate lightning, Wherokowhai, Lucky Swirl, or TastyWine)

Indeterminate tomatoes of the year: Lillian's Yellow, Dester Amish, Green Giant, Brandywine
Dwarf tomatoes of the year: Sweet Scarlet Dwarf, Summertime Gold, Dwarf Blazing Beauty, Adelaide Festival

9/10: Cherokee Green, Lillian's Yellow, Dester Amish, Polish, Brandywine, Green Giant, Sungold

8.5/10: Don's Double Delight, Sweet Scarlet Dwarf (dwarf)

8/10: Lucky Cross, Abraham Lincoln (USDA), Aunt Ruby's Green, Nepal, Burgundy Traveler, Arkansas Traveler, Green/pink Striped Beauty (dwarf), yellow/pink striped Beauty (dwarf), Summer Sunrise (dwarf), Cheerful F1 (dwarf), Summertime Gold (dwarf), Boronia F6 (dwarf), Dwarf Sweet Sue (dwarf), Perth Pride (dwarf), Dwarf Blazing Beauty (dwarf), Dwarf Beryl Beauty (dwarf), Loxton Lad (dwarf), Beauty with purple and green stripes (dwarf), Tidy striped (dwarf), Adelaide Festival (dwarf), Dwarf Jade Beauty (dwarf), Fred's Tie Dye (dwarf), Rosella Crimson (dwarf)

7.5: Anna Russian, JD Special C Tex, Little Lucky, Mexico Midget, Hege's German Pink, Selwin Yellow, Strawberry Margarita, Reinhard's Chocolate Heart, Regina's Yellow, Great White, Black from Tula, Druzba, Tiger Tom, Dwarf Kelly Green (dwarf), Dainty F1 (dwarf), Loaves and Fishes (dwarf), Dwarf Russian Swirl (dwarf), Sleeping Lady (dwarf), Tasmanian Pink (dwarf), Uluru Ochre (dwarf), Dwarf Wild Fred (dwarf), Dwarf Caitydid (dwarf)

7: Giant Syrian, Dana's Dusky Rose, Green Grape, Green Doctors, Speckled Roman, Kellogg's Breakfast, Blush, Green Zebra Cherry, Maglia Rose, Chocolate Champion (dwarf), Pesty Bicolor (dwarf), Loxton Lass (dwarf), Barossa Moon (dwarf), Dwarf Rosella Giant (dwarf), Bendigo Dawn (dwarf), Iditarod Red (dwarf), Neil Lockhart (dwarf), Dwarf Pink Passion (dwarf), Mallee Rose (dwarf),Yukon Quest (dwarf), Dwarf Arctic Rose (dwarf)

6.5: Amana Orange, Dwarf Golden Heart (dwarf), Bridge Mikes, Nelson's Golden Giant, Reinhart's Green Heart, Dwarf Scarlet Heart (dwarf), Dwarf Purple Heart (dwarf), Bendigo Rose (dwarf), Leesha (dwarf)

6: German Johnson potato leaf, Virginia Sweets, Taps, Teddy smooth, Yellow Bell, Dwarf Lemon Ice (dwarf), Grizzly red (dwarf), Harmony F1 (dwarf), Sarandipity (dwarf), Patrina pepperina (dwarf)

5.5: German Johnson regular leaf, Cour di Bui

5: Piennolo, Costoluto Genovese, Hillbilly, Sorrento

4: Torre Canne

Clearly we've had a good year flavor-wise - perhaps the heat/dry concentrated the flavors, but it is also the varieties we chose. I am amazed at how much we don't like German Johnson - you can put it next to Brandywine or Dester Amish or Polish - you have four large pink tomatoes, three of them knock your socks off, the other is just bland and has a funky, musty off flavor - both the regular and potato leaf "versions".

And here it is the most popular heirloom in North Carolina - go figure!