Let's See (revisit) Your Top 20 for Taste

[cottonpicker]

Over the past several years, my favorites so far are:
Earl's Faux
Stump of the World
Cowlick Brandywine
Anna Russian
Sun Gold, hyb.
Eva Purple Ball
Kellogg's Breakfast.

[clara]

Irakische Herzförmige
Pervaya Lyubov
Ildi
Aurantiacum
Grimpante x Brandywine
Black Pear (it looks like Reinhard Kraft's pic, but not as other pics of this variety)
Hundreds and Thousands
Champagne Cherry
Hawaiian Cherry Orange
Whippersnapper
Philovita
Airyleaf
Lambada
Kardinal
and some others...
clara

[PNW_D]

Clara,

I see you've grown Grimpante x Brandywine - could you please elaborate a wee bit on results? I've had seed for Brandywine x Grimpante F2 for some time now and every year it comes up as a possible grow out, only to be dropped for yet another new to me varieity too hard to resist

And to keep this post to topic - four favourites of mine that come immediately to mind for taste are:

Aunt Ginny's Purple
Lucky Cross
Aunt Gerties Gold
Levino


others will follow as I go through my notes deciding what to grow next year

p.s.: re Black Pear - Russian Black Pear pic attached - I found this one different from the Japanese Trifele Black grown by me the year before - better taste

[RJ_Hythloday]

I'm not sure what I brought in last night. It's a plant that was marked green zebra. I think I may have mixed up cherokee chocolate. Brick red w/ dark green shoulders, very acidic. Any ways I love what ever it is.

[tjg911]

So far I have only found 10 tomatoes that I consider to be the best.

The best 3 are Prue, Wes and Sun Gold in that order. Wes is so good there is very little difference between Prue and Wes but I like Prue just a little more.

After those top 3 in no particular order are Cherokee Purple, Aunt Gertie’s Gold, Dr. Lyle, Grandfather Ashlock, Kosovo, Stump of the World and Earl's Faux.

I will try Spudakee and if I can get seed for JD's Special C-Tex I'm hoping to add 2 more to my favorites list next season.

Tom

[scottfsmith]

This year Prue, Stump of the World, and Mariannas Peace were tops. Too bad Prue quit early on me and Mariannas Peace had such low productivity. Carbon and JD's C-Tex were also very good, very similar, and very productive. I grew Goose Creek, Wes and Gary'O Sena for the first time and all were good but not top.

Scott

[clara]

PNW,
you shouldn't drop Grimpante x Brandywine any longer!!! Huge plant! It is/was very prolific with round pink fruits, bigger than a golf-ball, but smaller than a tennis-ball. Till now no disease and still producing although most of the other varieties are dying. We like the taste: not too sweet, but sweet, not acid, well balanced. It will be re-grown. Hope that helps for the moment as I am a bit in a hurry; tomorrow I'll leave with my students for a one-week-trip to Rome, Italy (by coach, sigh, sigh, 20 hours...) clara

[newatthiskat]

I have only been doing this for a few years now so my list of grown out is not as extensive as others. Then This year I had alot of plants but it was very rainy and then too hot so flavor could have been better.
Black Krim
Brandywine Suddeth
Pink Sweet
Cherokee Purple
Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
Brads Black Heart
Wes
Pineapple
Tom's Yellow Wonder
Atkinson
Rutgers
Costal Pride Orange
Black-(tested at Veggie babe's house)
Well I am sure there are more but just can't think right now
will edit when I come up with more
Kat

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by PNW_D

Clara,

I see you've grown Grimpante x Brandywine - could you please elaborate a wee bit on results? I've had seed for Brandywine x Grimpante F2 for some time now and every year it comes up as a possible grow out, only to be dropped for yet another new to me varieity too hard to resist

And to keep this post to topic - four favourites of mine that come immediately to mind for taste are:

Aunt Ginny's Purple
Lucky Cross
Aunt Gerties Gold
Levino


others will follow as I go through my notes deciding what to grow next year

p.s.: re Black Pear - Russian Black Pear pic attached - I found this one different from the Japanese Trifele Black grown by me the year before - better taste

For me, there's Auny Ginny's Purple and 19 others in a top twenty.

And to get the thread back off-topic...

Denise,

The Grimpante x Brandywine F1 that I trialed produced small pink bags of gell and seeds, not alot of flesh. The oodles of F2 seed haven't been tried here, either.

Gary

[b54red]

Huge amounts of rain, worms, and disease this year.
Small Fry (great cherry and massive production over a long season)
Paul Robeson
Brandy Boy
Marianna's Peace

[camochef]

My favorites for this year are listed in the posting 2009 tomato rankings in this forum, but forever favorites they vary a little, couldn't cut it to 20 though.

Pinks:
Cowlick Brandywine
Brandywine-Glicks
Sandul Moldovan
Lillian Maciejewski's Poland Pink
Barlow Jap
Rose
Limbaugh's Legacy Potato Top
Dora
Brandywine-Sudduth's
Golden Queen (yes mine were pink)

Blacks:
Amazon Chocolate
JD's Special C-Tex
Dana's Dusky Rose
Shannon's South African mystery black
Black Master
Swisher Sweet
Black Krim
Russian Rose

Reds:
Tarrasenko6
Mrs Benson
Preacher Joe
Gigantesque
Richardson
Red Brandywine
Boxcar Willie

Yellow:
Kellogg's Breakfast
Porkchop
Summer Cider
Dr Wyches Yellow
Lillian's Yellow heirloom