What was your 1st tomato this year?

[Redbaron]

It's official, Sungold F1 this year. Wasn't the first to set fruit, but was the first to ripen.

[Chapinz8]

1st - Bear Claw
2nd - Sungold
3rd - Indian Stripe
4th - Big Beef

[mysidx]

Unfortunately, my season is winding down. It has been the craziest season, plants that did well last year hardly produced anything and most tomatoes on all plants seemed to ripen at the same time. All that's left, are some County Agents
BW Croatia
Indian Stripe
JD Special
and Desters

[ChrisK]

Snow White
Sungold
Marizol Purple

[emcd124]

In my Z5 garden I've just gotten my first fruit set, still nothing ripe. But Cherokee Purple was first to set, beating even the cherries.

[Rideau Rambler]

First to set...Indigo Rose and Snow White.

[COMPOSTER]

Originally Posted by KathyDC

I feel your pain! I'm in the same boat. Nothing ripe yet, not even cherries. Though, yesterday I spotted a Sprite fruit that is definitely starting to change color, so hopefully soon.

I got irrationally excited when I saw it; my other half thinks I'm nuts.

I tell you though, this tomato growing thing requires some extreme patience. To see all those green fruit just hanging there, getting bigger and bigger... but you just can't quite eat them yet!

The pain may continue for a while. One of my early varieties is Bloody Butcher and is supposed to be potato leaf but is regular leaf instead. Whatever it is, there is no way the marble size fruits are going to be anywhere close to the maturity date of Bloody Butcher. Well I better start counting on my Sungold as that seems to be ripening first for a lot of folks.

[nancyruhl]

Matina, though that was started much earlier than the rest of my tomatoes because I am so impatient. Actually, when we were in Florida, a stray tomato seed came up in one of the planters. I saved the plant, and it bore many small brownish red currant sized tomatoes. We have been eating them for 3 months already. I put the plant in ground a few weeks ago, and it is growning like crazy.

Sunday, we picked our first Tasmanian Chocolate, which was a real surprise for me. Boy, was that yummy.

[DonnaMarieNJ]

Greyghost, how did you get a Stump to ripen so quickly??!! It is one of my faves! Please tell!!

Donna

[NickD]

I just picked a Dwarf Arctic Rose today. Our last frost date here is May 21st, but I put this plant out in a 5 gallon SIP at the middle of April, and hauled it into the garage at night. My first ripe tomato came at the beginning of August last year, so this is progress!

I thought it tasted fantastic, fairly sweet, although my opinion might be slightly skewed by the lack of good tomatoes for the last 9 months! Weighed in at 8.55 oz.

Nick

[dpurdy]

I picked three 4th of July hybrids today along with one Marglobe. It looks as though some of my Rutgers will be coming in by the weekend.
dpurdy

[bbjm]

Sungold
Silvery Fir Tree
Kimberly
Black Cherry
then Matt's Wild Cherry

[dfollett]

Silvery Fir Tree
Sophie's Choice
Siberian
Abe Lincoln
Early Girl - in that order

[berkeleyluddite]

1) Early Girl Bush 2) Viscitaion Valley 3) Sun Gold...

[efisakov]

Today it was Black Brandywine. It is not a tomato for me unless it is a BLACK tomato.