Lillian's Yellow

teyger · January 11, 2020

Let's talk about Lillian's Yellow. I find it shocking that I rarely see mention of it on this forum. I am curious if most here haven't tried it, or tried it but didn't like it. The flavor is so fantastic to me! I rarely have any extra to give away because I just can't stop eating them! I know taste is subjective from person to person, but I generally agree with this forum's consensus on the most popular great tasting tomatoes. That's why I don't get how I never see people mentioning LY here.

I generally don't care for the taste of yellow tomatoes. The others I have tried just haven't been that great. I haven't come close to trying every yellow there is, but of all the yellows that I have tried, LY is just different... in a very good way. The flavor is just phenomenal. I don't even know how to describe the flavor. Maybe it's just too different from what most people consider "tomato flavor"?

The con's to LY for me is:

lower yield than most of other tomatoes I grow

it's very susceptible to splitting

does not handle the heat well

one of the latest to mature (90 DTM)

BUT... the great flavor BY FAR exceeds all of the cons to growing it!

So which is it? Haven't tried it, or didn't like it?

January 11, 2020	#1
teyger Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana Posts: 21	Lillian's Yellow Let's talk about Lillian's Yellow. I find it shocking that I rarely see mention of it on this forum. I am curious if most here haven't tried it, or tried it but didn't like it. The flavor is so fantastic to me! I rarely have any extra to give away because I just can't stop eating them! I know taste is subjective from person to person, but I generally agree with this forum's consensus on the most popular great tasting tomatoes. That's why I don't get how I never see people mentioning LY here. I generally don't care for the taste of yellow tomatoes. The others I have tried just haven't been that great. I haven't come close to trying every yellow there is, but of all the yellows that I have tried, LY is just different... in a very good way. The flavor is just phenomenal. I don't even know how to describe the flavor. Maybe it's just too different from what most people consider "tomato flavor"? The con's to LY for me is: lower yield than most of other tomatoes I grow it's very susceptible to splitting does not handle the heat well one of the latest to mature (90 DTM) BUT... the great flavor BY FAR exceeds all of the cons to growing it! So which is it? Haven't tried it, or didn't like it?