Favorite tomatoes!

[hornstrider]

Ted also...........I would also like to try Camo's "Cowlicks BW" next year. Where can I get seeds?....Thanks

[NarnianGarden]

I'm glad to see that several people like Black Krim, my fave too - although not the only fave.
Tarasenko Rozevyii is one contestant, so are some others

Best Cherry: Sweet Million F1 (red), Ambrosia bronze (orange)
Best Green: Green Zebra
Best Huge: how huge? Fishlake Oxheart was quite large, so has been Orange Strawberry
Best early: Golden Nugget
Best Black: BK, or the French version Noire de crimee, or Black Seaman
Best Orange: Orange Banana, Orange Strawberry
Best yellow: Azoychka'
Best Potato leaf: Black Pear, Soldacki

[hornstrider]

NarnianGarden .............I am growing Black Krim this year also. I tried it several years ago, and I was not impressed.....but I believe it was a strange tomato year that year, and I wanted to give it another try in a different spot.

[remy]

Originally Posted by remy

1. Best tasting tomato- Stump of the World
2. Best cherry tomato- Remy Rouge or Sungold
3. Best green when ripe tomato- I love them all! {Humph}
4. Best huge tomato- I don't grow for huge so it is hard for me to say.
5. Best early tomato- Sophie's Choice
6. Best black tomato- Carbon
7. Best heart shaped tomato- Kosovo
8. Best sauce tomato- no favorite, there are many I like {Santa Maria}
9. Best potato leafed tomato- Prudens Purple or Eckert Polish
10. Best bi colored tomato- Lucky Cross though it is late! {Little Lucky is a bit earlier}
11. Best Orange colored tomato - still looking for one I love {Orange Minsk and Earl of Edgecombe}
12 Best Yellow - Pork Chop
13 Best White - Fantome Du Laos

This is an old thread! I still stand by Stump of the World as the best. Hilde and I once had a taste testing and of great flavored beefsteaks including a couple Brandywine types and Stump, and we still concurred that Stump was the best.
I also amended my list with the { } symbols.
Remy

[Gardeneer]

This is much better than asking " What is your (single) favorite Tomato ? "

Now let me see what ARE mine :

1. Best tasting tomato : Cherokee Purple
2. Best cherry tomato : Riesentraube (to be)
3. Best green when ripe tomato : Ananas Noire
4. Best huge tomato : ...none ...
5. Best early tomato. Siletz
6. Best black tomato : Black From Tula
7. Best heart shaped tomato My own Brown Heart
8. Best sauce tomato : ---- none -----
9. Best potato leafed tomato .... none -----
10. Best bi colored tomato ---- Ananas Noire ( it is both GWR and multi color )

I have to mention that the search goes on

Sey

[Yak54]

Originally Posted by remy

This is an old thread! I still stand by Stump of the World as the best. Hilde and I once had a taste testing and of great flavored beefsteaks including a couple Brandywine types and Stump, and we still concurred that Stump was the best.
I also amended my list with the { } symbols.
Remy

I agree with Remy. I grow Stump every year along with Cowlic's Brandywine, and think they are wonderful.

[AlittleSalt]

This is the first time I've seen this thread. I'll edit/answer later today after I finish some yard work.

[ContainerTed]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

Ted also...........I would also like to try Camo's "Cowlicks BW" next year. Where can I get seeds?....Thanks

My seed is directly from Camochef. I'm growing it this year and will have seed available after harvest time this year. I've grown it about every other year since Mike and I did a trade some years back. He really did find a good one. It truly IS more productive than BW's normally are.

[BigVanVader]

I'll let you know in a few years

[camochef]

It's been quite a few years since I posted a reply to this thread, as a matter of fact, its been a few years since I posted on this site.
When I received this notice I was surprised by some of my answers. Opinions have changed drastically the past 5 years or so.

To answer today:

1. Best tasting tomato - Earl's Faux, German Johnson-Benton strain, Rebel Yell, Not Purple Strawberry, Brandywine-Glicks, Bear Creek, Cherokee Purple, and more.
2. Best cherry tomato -no longer grow cherry or grape tomatoes.

3. Best green when ripe tomato - no longer grown.

4. Best huge tomato-Cherokee Purple\McKinley.

5. Best early tomato-Dana's Dusky Rose.

6. Best black tomato - Barlow's Best Black!\Cherokee Purple

7. Best heart shaped tomato -no longer grown.

8. Best sauce tomato - Cowlick Brandywine\Cherokee Purple mix.

9. Best potato leafed tomato -Brandywine-Glicks

10. Best bi colored tomato-No longer grown.

This thread started about Stump of the World, a tomato I no longer grow. It was a good sized, tasty tomato but year after year it had problems being one of the first to get Septoria, and it was a continuing problem, that I couldn't get under control. Therefore it was eliminated.
This year will see a major change in my gardening habits. Instead of growing hundreds of tomatoes as I have for so many years...I'm planting a Bakers Dozen of my very favorite tomatoes. They are:
Barlow's Best Black
Cherokee Purple
Not Purple Strawberry
Bear Creek
Earl's Faux
Brandywine-Glick's
Cowlick's Brandywine
Rebel Yell
McKinley
German Johnson-Benton Str.
Barlow Jap
Red Brandywine
Dana's Dusky Rose

Believe me, it was quite difficult to get down to such a small amount, but it seems to be working out. Besides, this year I'm concentrating on growing beans. I just finished planting over 1000 beans after falling in love with Rattlesnake beans last year and wondering what other beans I might have missed over the years. So I planted over 80 varieties this season to try.

Peas are growing well, as are cabbages, beets, spinach and other greens. Hope to get tomatoes out soon, ( they spend days outside when the winds die and the rains let up). If it warms up, cucumbers, squash, zucchini and other warm weather crops are waiting to go.

Good Luck and enjoy!
Camo

[hornstrider]

Ted.........I'll make you a trade.........Cowlick BW seeds for a Tomatoville t-shirt............someone had posted a thread on here several months ago wanting to know why we couldn't have a Tomatoville t-shirt. I posted I could do that, but would need permission from the folke's here at Tomatoville. It seems that they were not interested so I dropped the idea. But I wanted a t-shirt for myself so during the off season I made a couple of shirts for personal use. I have a few left over.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...psvebhtnni.jpg

Camo.........I hope you don't mind me quoting you. I have read your posts, and I know you know know what you are talking about. In fact I chose SOTW to grow this year from your comment I quoted............I want to say thank you!!

[AlittleSalt]

1. Best tasting tomato - Cherokee Purple
2. Best cherry tomato - Medovaya Kaplya
3. Best green when ripe tomato - None
4. Best huge tomato - haven't eaten one yet
5. Best early tomato - Sungold
6. Best black tomato - Black Krim
7. Best heart shaped tomato - Not growing them yet
8. Best sauce tomato - Porter
9. Best potato leafed tomato - Growing some now
10. Best bi colored tomato - N/A

[ContainerTed]

Originally Posted by hornstrider

Ted.........I'll make you a trade.........Cowlick BW seeds for a Tomatoville t-shirt............someone had posted a thread on here several months ago wanting to know why we couldn't have a Tomatoville t-shirt. I posted I could do that, but would need permission from the folke's here at Tomatoville. It seems that they were not interested so I dropped the idea. But I wanted a t-shirt for myself so during the off season I made a couple of shirts for personal use. I have a few left over.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...psvebhtnni.jpg

Camo.........I hope you don't mind me quoting you. I have read your posts, and I know you know know what you are talking about. In fact I chose SOTW to grow this year from your comment I quoted............I want to say thank you!!

I'd be a fool not to take you up on that deal. I take an XL or a XXL for loose and breezy. The seed I have now is 3 years old. Do you want that or would you wait for fresh seed later this summer? Let me know and we can exchange addresses by PM. I think I'll include some extra surprises you may like.

Let me know

[hornstrider]

Ted I have a XL, and a XXXL (my size).....they are a different color.........they are a khaki color darker than the one I linked. I will upload it and link it in a little while. My e-mail address is: info@psgtee.com........send me an e-mail w/ your address, and I will respond w/ mine

[hornstrider]

Ted.............upload took awhile..

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...psc0magtnt.jpg