German Cascade

kay · July 18, 2010

I wanted to reach out to the forum here to see if anybody else had ever heard of this variety?

Two years ago I came across this variety at a Seedy Saturday, being sold by a local seed company. The gentleman who sold it to me it was a variety his mom had been growing for at least 50 years, so I gave them a whorl.

Absolutely delicious tomato, bright red, nothing overly exciting to look at, about 2" in diameter and perfectly round fruit. But this was the kicker - it had an earthiness that I've only ever tasted in a black variety. Kind of peaty. My partner said he thought it tasted like dirty socks, absolutely hated it. I loved it (totally didn't get the dirty sock flavour).

Here's a few photos:
Ripe fruit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56797736@N00/4002327812
Unripe on the vine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56797736@N00/3799175254

Does it ring any bells for anybody? My internet searching has been absolutely fruitless (sorry, couldn't help it

). I'm wondering if it's just a mislabelled variety perhaps?

July 18, 2010	#1
kay Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: B.C., Canada Posts: 8	German Cascade I wanted to reach out to the forum here to see if anybody else had ever heard of this variety? Two years ago I came across this variety at a Seedy Saturday, being sold by a local seed company. The gentleman who sold it to me it was a variety his mom had been growing for at least 50 years, so I gave them a whorl. Absolutely delicious tomato, bright red, nothing overly exciting to look at, about 2" in diameter and perfectly round fruit. But this was the kicker - it had an earthiness that I've only ever tasted in a black variety. Kind of peaty. My partner said he thought it tasted like dirty socks, absolutely hated it. I loved it (totally didn't get the dirty sock flavour). Here's a few photos: Ripe fruit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56797736@N00/4002327812 Unripe on the vine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56797736@N00/3799175254 Does it ring any bells for anybody? My internet searching has been absolutely fruitless (sorry, couldn't help it ). I'm wondering if it's just a mislabelled variety perhaps?