Disappointing Heirlooms?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by beeman

Update on my tasteless Greenhouse Toms.
Of the two photos attached, the lefthand Tom is supposed to be a Cherokee Purple, righthand a Paul Robeson.
To my untrained eye they both look the same? what do you think?
As to taste, a slight improvement, but nothing exciting, almost store bought. So unless someone can suggest what's going on I think it's back to Hybrids, for me.

Left picture stems are up, right picture stems are down, so no way to make comparisons, and on the right picture one looks red and one looks pink, at least to me.

Have you checked epidermis colors?

What was the source of your seeds?

I've grown thousands of varieties, OP, some heirloom, some not, and my share of hybrids, and I've concluded that the best of the heirlooms are far better than the best of the hybrids.

Just wondering why you would go back to hybrids, from which many of us started from, me included, based on the ID/comparison of just two varieties, especially since there are way over, well let me get thelink,

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...Black_Tomatoes

400 plus so called black tomatoes.

Again, maybe the seed source is the problem ?

Carolyn