What's ripe in PNW (late July-early Aug update)

Tania · August 11, 2010

I have not posted here for a while - my tomato 'patch' keeps me busy at this time of the year. However, it is time for a PNW update.

So what has been producing steadily on my tomato patch since mid July?

Sibirskiy Skorospelyi (http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/S...iy_Skorospelyi)
Yamal
Titan
Anmore Dewdrop
Maskotka
Mano
Sophie's Choice
Sungold F1

Which one is a taste winner? I can't quite tell, as all of the above have been great. I love Sibirskiy Skorospelyi, Sophie's Choice, Yamal, Mano, and Anmore Dewdrop. All these are loaded with flavorful fruit, and give me enough ripe tomatoes to use in daily salads in the last two weeks. Sungold is great as usual, but not very productive for me this year, not sure why.

Yamal and Sibirskiy Skor. look and taste very similar. I wonder if these are related? (although they were bred by different Russian breeders)

Just starting to produce:

Coyote
Dwarf Stone
Marina B
Green Sausage
Sofia
Plovdivski Export
Cuban Black
Black Altai
Black Mavr
Orange Santa
Orange Russian, Doukhobors
Azoychka
Solguld
Fidelio

Disappointments so far:
- Fritz Ackerman from deerpark produced offtype fruit - large red and heart shaped. Needless to say, it was RL - but I think we all concluded that the original PL version of this tomato no longer exists. I have not tasted it yet, but it was the first to produce ripe large tomato (after Fidelio)

- Green Pearl appeared to be red tomato, very similar to Bloody Butcher or Matina. I was expecting green fruited variety, based on the name, so it was a disappointment, but it is certainly a very early and productive variety. My seed source did not have any details about this tomato, and only sent me three seeds.

- Bijskij Zeltyi - lots of flowers but no fruit set. Very disappointing given the fact I have been hunting for true seeds for 3 years, and finally got 2 seeds from Germany (originally from Bohl) that should be true to type. But no fruit yet!!!

- Lucky Cross - no fruit set yet.

- Yasha Yugoslavian - only 1 fruit on 4 plants. Very shy producer this year.

It would be great to hear from other PNWers on how the things are in their tomato patches!

Tania

August 11, 2010	#1
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	What's ripe in PNW (late July-early Aug update) I have not posted here for a while - my tomato 'patch' keeps me busy at this time of the year. However, it is time for a PNW update. So what has been producing steadily on my tomato patch since mid July? Sibirskiy Skorospelyi (http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/S...iy_Skorospelyi) Yamal Titan Anmore Dewdrop Maskotka Mano Sophie's Choice Sungold F1 Which one is a taste winner? I can't quite tell, as all of the above have been great. I love Sibirskiy Skorospelyi, Sophie's Choice, Yamal, Mano, and Anmore Dewdrop. All these are loaded with flavorful fruit, and give me enough ripe tomatoes to use in daily salads in the last two weeks. Sungold is great as usual, but not very productive for me this year, not sure why. Yamal and Sibirskiy Skor. look and taste very similar. I wonder if these are related? (although they were bred by different Russian breeders) Just starting to produce: Coyote Dwarf Stone Marina B Green Sausage Sofia Plovdivski Export Cuban Black Black Altai Black Mavr Orange Santa Orange Russian, Doukhobors Azoychka Solguld Fidelio Disappointments so far: - Fritz Ackerman from deerpark produced offtype fruit - large red and heart shaped. Needless to say, it was RL - but I think we all concluded that the original PL version of this tomato no longer exists. I have not tasted it yet, but it was the first to produce ripe large tomato (after Fidelio) - Green Pearl appeared to be red tomato, very similar to Bloody Butcher or Matina. I was expecting green fruited variety, based on the name, so it was a disappointment, but it is certainly a very early and productive variety. My seed source did not have any details about this tomato, and only sent me three seeds. - Bijskij Zeltyi - lots of flowers but no fruit set. Very disappointing given the fact I have been hunting for true seeds for 3 years, and finally got 2 seeds from Germany (originally from Bohl) that should be true to type. But no fruit yet!!! - Lucky Cross - no fruit set yet. - Yasha Yugoslavian - only 1 fruit on 4 plants. Very shy producer this year. It would be great to hear from other PNWers on how the things are in their tomato patches! Tania __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase