Opinions on TSWV resistant varieties wanted..

[gssgarden]

I need to change things up this year becuase of the lovely TSWV that so affectionatly took a hanful of plants last year so I'm going to try two or three TSWV resistant tomatoes.
Any suggestions?

I've read about Bolseno, Top Gun, and BHN444 on the web but was wondering if anyone tried these in the past and liked them. Or which was closest to an OP taste. I'd like to find couple Ind. ones if I could.

Thanks,

Greg

[ContainerTed]

If you end up with a Hybrid, then by all means make it Talladega. I grew it this year and was surprised by a really fantastic taste. I also tried Mountain Fresh and even my wife (who has fussy taste buds) liked it. Both had a taste that if you were blindfolded, would have led you to believe it was Ponderosa or Rutgers - sweet, acid, firm. Both will return to my Bucket Farm next year.

[dice]

Siegers Seed Co. has several TSWV tolerant varieties listed.
They are a commercial quantity dealer ($100 minimum order),
but their list gives you some more varieties to watch for.

http://www.siegers.com/shop/kind.asp?kind_id=TM7

Totally Tomatoes has Talladega in home gardener sized
packets.

[natural]

Greg,

I have grown Bolseno and BHN444. Don't waste your time on BHN444. It was very firm and bland for me.

I grew Bolseno this year. It was much better. Listed as a "European type" tomato, it met my expectations for flavor. It was very productive and had a nice acidic taste. Not bad for a hybrid.

This most notable aspect was that it was the last variety to go down to diseases in my garden.

Bill

[travis]

Bolseno, an Italian type indeterminate from Johnny's Selected Seed, is monster productive and nearly indestructible. It got just a bit of septoria but nothing else, and produced huge quanties of tart red canners.

Another indeterminate, Sophya from Totally Tomatoes, was a larger fruited slicer also very productive. But the tomatoes, while excellent quality and far less seedy, were not as tasty as Bolseno.

Top Gun from Twilley is a great determinate with extra large and heavy globes having a decent tomato flavor and excellent interior structure.

[amideutch]

Here is what PapaVic had to say about this new variety that just came out. Ami

Last winter a representative of Rogers-Sygenta sent me a generous package of Mountain Glory seeds. This is a new Mountain Spring type with extra disease resistance including tomato spot wilt virus resistance.
I sent out seeds to several people, some in North Texas and some in the Carolinas, who experience TSWV infestation. They reported back great results ... determinate plants yielding up to 50 extra large tomatoes per. The plants I grew gave extra large tomatoes with great color, weight and conformity. They had enough zip to enjoy on a sandwich or in a salad. I think it's a good variety.
Today, I got the 2009 Stokes catalog and found Mountain Glory offered on page 51 for 3.25 a pack of 40 seeds. Stokes also offers the seeds in large lots for market growers. I think this is a great tomato for folks with TSWV problems.