Red Barn

Sodak · September 9, 2015

30 oz Red Barn

MissS · September 9, 2015

Nice looking mater that you have there.

AKmark · September 10, 2015

How's the taste of those? I have been interested in trying that one.

guruofgardens · September 10, 2015

Nice! Mine are just starting to ripen so I can't wait to taste.

ginger2778 · September 10, 2015

I found it to be an incredibly productive and vigorous plant, with not sweet, but fairly rich tomatoey flavor. Great canner too. Worth a grow.
My preference is for sweeter and acid balanced.
That is a beautiful large one.

b54red · September 10, 2015

It did great for me this year. Largest producer by weight of fruit. Only drawback to RB variety is it is very prone to EB.

Bill

**carolyn137** · September 10, 2015

Of all the ones that Joe Bratka's father bred, such as:

Box Car Willie
Mule Team
Great Divide
Lady Luck
Pasture
Red Barn

Red Barn has always been my favorite. None of them are what I'd call sweet, just a wonderful complex old fashioned kind of taste, at least for me who has grown all of them many times for SSE requests and seed offers here and there in the past.

Carolyn

guruofgardens · September 13, 2015

A big thank you to Carolyn for suggesting Red Barn. I was lucky enough to obtain the seeds in Tormato's Seed Swap and grew 2 plants. The tomatoes just started to ripen last week with weights between 20 and 28 oz. It's not too sweet but very flavorful. It's on my list for next year.

September 9, 2015	#2
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Nice looking mater that you have there. __________________ ~ Patti ~

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Of all the ones that Joe Bratka's father bred, such as: Box Car Willie Mule Team Great Divide Lady Luck Pasture Red Barn Red Barn has always been my favorite. None of them are what I'd call sweet, just a wonderful complex old fashioned kind of taste, at least for me who has grown all of them many times for SSE requests and seed offers here and there in the past. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	How's the taste of those? I have been interested in trying that one.

September 10, 2015	#4
guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	Nice! Mine are just starting to ripen so I can't wait to taste.

September 10, 2015	#5
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I found it to be an incredibly productive and vigorous plant, with not sweet, but fairly rich tomatoey flavor. Great canner too. Worth a grow. My preference is for sweeter and acid balanced. That is a beautiful large one.

September 10, 2015	#6
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	It did great for me this year. Largest producer by weight of fruit. Only drawback to RB variety is it is very prone to EB. Bill

September 13, 2015	#8
guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	A big thank you to Carolyn for suggesting Red Barn. I was lucky enough to obtain the seeds in Tormato's Seed Swap and grew 2 plants. The tomatoes just started to ripen last week with weights between 20 and 28 oz. It's not too sweet but very flavorful. It's on my list for next year.