New "Improved" Sungold?

[travis]

From Johnny's Seed newsletter:

"After the introduction of Sun Gold, breeders, including Sun Gold's (SG's) breeder, introduced versions that were less prone to cracking, probably 15 - 20 varieties to date. None of them tastes as good as SG. Our position is to not carry a new one unless it tastes as good, because we know that practical market gardeners would masquerade the new, more crack-resistant but less flavorful version as 'Sun Gold' in the market, which would eventually damage the reputation of SG, thus ruining a good thing."

This may explain something ...

I've said in a couple of threads that I wasn't as impressed with Sungold as all the hype had me built up for.

The Sungolds I'm growing are small, taste okay, are super sweet but not intensely fruity or "tomatoey" and are virtually crack free. I mean less than say 2% have been cracked or blemished in any way.

I got my seeds from a packet at a local nursery packaged by Northrup King.

Who knows?

PV