Earliest to Bear GREAT Heirlooms

greggf · November 14, 2006

What are the earliest-to-produce, truly GREAT-tasting heirlooms?

I'm not talking super-earlies, like Kimberly. I'm not talking plain OP's like Stupice. I mean TASTE, not an early-season compromise, yet still early enough to make them possible in cooler climates. I mean heirlooms that you could live with as your only heirlooms all season long.

I'll toss out Anna Russian and Pruden's Purple as two that people seem to repeatedly toss out as ones that are superior to the Stupices of the world, but are still no later than mid-season.

I know that what ripens early-ish or mid-ish in your climate may not ripen early-ish or mid-ish in mine or any other, etc. But play along.

The catalogs are starting to come, so I have to make my lists. And I'm very unhappy that Brandywine Sudduth has ripened properly only one season out of many. This is the year to find a replacement or six! 8)

=gregg=

November 14, 2006	#1
greggf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boonville, NY Posts: 419	Earliest to Bear GREAT Heirlooms What are the earliest-to-produce, truly GREAT-tasting heirlooms? I'm not talking super-earlies, like Kimberly. I'm not talking plain OP's like Stupice. I mean TASTE, not an early-season compromise, yet still early enough to make them possible in cooler climates. I mean heirlooms that you could live with as your only heirlooms all season long. I'll toss out Anna Russian and Pruden's Purple as two that people seem to repeatedly toss out as ones that are superior to the Stupices of the world, but are still no later than mid-season. I know that what ripens early-ish or mid-ish in your climate may not ripen early-ish or mid-ish in mine or any other, etc. But play along. The catalogs are starting to come, so I have to make my lists. And I'm very unhappy that Brandywine Sudduth has ripened properly only one season out of many. This is the year to find a replacement or six! 8) =gregg=