Tomato varieties you plan to drop for 2013

[stonysoilseeds]

my tomatoes have finally started coming in except for a few varieties and imalready planning which ones willreturnand which ones were dissappointments,, the varieties not making a return visit for my next yr are black cherry, rose de berne,apelsin which was totally wiped out by blight,kellog breakfast,tiffen mennonite, and old german.. i havent seen one fruit from these varieties..which ones will be your spitters for 2013?

[RobinB]

I will not be growing Blonde Boar again -- it's like sucking on a lemon! Almost all of what I've got this year, including those that were new to me, have been fantastic. It's been a very good year. It's only been the last two or three weeks when I've had too many tomatoes. Such a wonderful feeling! We've been cooking, canning, freezing, and sharing our good fortune!

[Medbury Gardens]

Its a shame that rose de berne got blight stonysoilseeds,ive found it a very tasty tomato and has good yield,well worth growing

[stonysoilseeds]

hi medbury i did grow rose de berne last yr and it was a beautiful tomato and plant as well i guess im just using this forum to vent my anger at the ones that let me down but i have a soft heart so will probably give rose de berne another shot lol

[Alpinejs]

All the cherries will get the axe except Sungold or Sunsugar for the grandkids.
It was not a good growing year here, so I will still follow Carolyn's advice to
always give them a 2nd chance. (Pineapple scored on it's 3rd try). Overall, I
am not excited about much that aren't good sized slicers but still enjoy trying them all. As an early only, Red Siberian will be back.

My current frame of mind is to grow many of my tried and true favorites instead of 70 different varieties. However, knowing me (and I do since I have lived with me for 75 yrsl now), by the time
that I have spent the winter on these boards listening to raves, I will again
have close to 70 new ones.
My Calif. garden will consist of Sudduth, KBX, Indian Stripe, Kosovo, Mariana's
Peace, Earls Faux, Rebel Yell, Brandywine from Croatia, Gary O'Sena, Lucky
Cross, Terhune, Cherokee Green and Purple, Aunt Ruby's German Green,
Spudakee, BW Yellow, and Omar's Lebonese.. Also 9 dwarfs of
New Big Dwarf, Emerald Giant and Beryl.

BTW, I would appreciate any PMs on your first choice paste tomato and any
great paste recipes. A new experiment for next summers growings.

[PA_Julia]

White Queen.

Beautiful looking white fruit. Bland, watery taste even after cutting water to the plants way back for over a month.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by PA_Julia

White Queen.

Beautiful looking white fruit. Bland, watery taste even after cutting water to the plants way back for over a month.

And someone tell me the name of a great tasting so called white. I've grown lots of ivory/pale yellow ones, but White Queen, introduced in 1941 in the Earl May catalog, has been the whitest and best tasting one I've grown to date, of the large so called whites.

So who can suggest a GREAT tasting white b'c to me most of them are as bland as can be. I am growing Fantom du Laos this season, but doubt I'll get fruits here at home but hope that the person doing the seed production for this one does get some seeds. And that b'c this Fantom one came to me from someone who has grown lots and lots of varieties and her tastes and mine seem to be in sync most of the time.

[halleone]

German Johnson, JD's Special C-Tex, Wes, Black Cherry, and Tommy Toe. The first two were nice tomatoes, but not as good as others that were grown. And this has been a good year for tomatoes, for me.

I am limited to no more than 10 varieties per year, so a tomato has to be really good to get invited back. One more season of trialing and then it will be just favorites that get planted, although I imagine I will have enough of those to have to grow them out on alternate years.

[tam91]

I'm not going to grow many cherries - and strangely, they didn't do that well for me this year (the big tomatoes did). I think the grounds was a little too fertile, they grew like crazy but didn't produce that much fruit. My favorite Black Cherry will always be back. Vince P1, unfortunately, definitely not, I didn't care for it. I do like Blush.

Might drop Orange Minsk - it was good, I just preferred KBX and Maiden's Gold.

Gary 'O Sena - not super productive. Big tomatoes, but milder than the other black. I'll keep Cherokee Purple and Black Krim. Indian Stripe PL - it was SO productive! JD's Special C-Tex - undecided. It's fine, just might like to try some other ones.

Dutchman - again, it was fine, just didn't blow me away.

I liked all the others - I'll just have to see how much space I have, and if there are many new ones that I want to try.

[stonysoilseeds]

i will always hold on to stupice it must likemy soil.. i grow some other early varieties from russia and they un fortunatley had blight but stupice is a;ways dependable for me.. it does nothave the great tasteof some of the larger ones like cherokee purple but i find it agood all purpose tomato and very heavy yielder

[FarmerShawn]

"Vince P1, unfortunately, definitely not, I didn't care for it. "

I will mention this in my report to Carolyn when I have the time, but I made a discovery about the Vince P1 she sent me. When they look ripe, with a red bottom, they are bland to awful in taste - almost a rotten tomato aftertaste, but just before that, when they still look a bit green, they are stupendous! I like them much better even than the black cherry, flavorwise. Mine did have an incredible tendency to split, though. I'm going to try some next year in my greenhouse, to see if I can combat that.

Shawn

[Cole_Robbie]

Mr Stripey, Container's Choice, Patio f1, Tiny Tim, Lizzano, Goliath, the non-platfoot yellow brandywine, "bush" early girl, black cherry, the seeds by design red brandywine, red alert, early treat, early doll, and black brandywine.

I also bought a packet of seed that said "heirloom color mix" but didn't even list the varieties that they included in the mix. That was dumb, because when I liked a tomato, I didn't know what it was so I could grow it again....d'oh!

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by stonysoilseeds

my tomatoes have finally started coming in except for a few varieties and imalready planning which ones willreturnand which ones were dissappointments,, the varieties not making a return visit for my next yr are black cherry, rose de berne,apelsin which was totally wiped out by blight,kellog breakfast,tiffen mennonite, and old german.. i havent seen one fruit from these varieties..which ones will be your spitters for 2013?

i grew kelloggs breakfast this year and while it was on the late side it came on strong the past 2-3 weeks and its one of my fav tomatoes. i will grow kbx along side next season

brandywine pink(livingston seed company) and brandywine from croatia will both not make it back next year


i'm axing black cherry, husky cherry, sweet 100 and supersweet 100. sungold f1 is the only return cherry. i'm currently searching for a new red one.

mr.stripey gets a thumbs down as well

cher purple, brandywine X NAR F4, kelloggs breakfast, sungold f1, and purple calabsh are all getting replanted along with about 10 new to me varieties which i dont have set in stone yet

[bbjm]

Black Cherry is so interesting to me. It seems like it is universally productive, but people either love or hate the flavor. I'm going to grow it (assuming I get my garden spot next Spring) just to see what camp I fall in.

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by bbjm

Black Cherry is so interesting to me. It seems like it is universally productive, but people either love or hate the flavor. I'm going to grow it (assuming I get my garden spot next Spring) just to see what camp I fall in.

i put this plant in late(bought from HD after another plant died). it never grew, it never produced well, and what i got i disliked. my neighbor grew chocolate cherry which i thought was better

i also grew a black cherry(another from HD) in a second garden which produced as well as any cherry i've ever seen. it still has so many tomatoes i cant eat them all(and dont want to).

its great to give away though. i hear the- is that a tomato???? comment because not many people know about the purple/black varieties. friends and family love them which is why i will always have a purple/black variety in the garden. they also work great in a salad with red/purple/yellow/orange/black cherries for color contrast. remember a part dining is visual and the color contrast really appeals to people.