Another hybrids choice

[duajones]

Jet Star was fantastic the first year I grew it, subpar performance and tastewise the following two years. Go figure again

[b54red]

Originally Posted by Blueaussi

Mayax68, you don't say what diseases were a problem for you. What I was fighting would determine what hybrids I would grow. I always grow at least one TSWV resistant tomato after losing my entire crop to it in 2002. ( So far for me, Amelia is the most productive, but Bella Rosa is the best tasting.)

I've heard good things about Amelia but only the catalog blurb on Bella Rosa. What are they like? Are they determinate or ind? Will either set fruit good in high temps?

[dice]

Jetstar was bland for me this year, despite probably the
sunniest, warmest summer in decades up here. Supersonic
and Goliath both had more flavor. Supersonic was later
ripening, Goliath about the same.

[Blueaussi]

Originally Posted by b54red

I've heard good things about Amelia but only the catalog blurb on Bella Rosa. What are they like? Are they determinate or ind? Will either set fruit good in high temps?

Bella Rosa isn't as bullet proof as Amelia, but it tastes better. It's determinate with reasonable production of red, medium-sized tomatoes. Amelia is more productive and has better disease resistance, but sometimes the tomatoes are on the mealy side, and they just don't have that wonderful tomato perfume. Both produce well in the heat, and Amelia gets bushier than Bella Rosa.

I tried Top Gun, too, but it succumbed very, very quickly to early blight, so I've not grown it again.