2017 tentative grow list

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Shule1,
Nice list. I went through it and realized that I have just grown/growing 8 of those in your list. ( 4 this year, 4 in the past). Not bad.

Napa Giant is pretty much Mortgage Lifter. It's a selection of it for large size. So, maybe 5 this year.

I'm excited to hear about your Esterina F2. Did you grow the F1 last year? How many F2 plants are you going for?

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by shule1

Napa Giant is pretty much Mortgage Lifter. It's a selection of it for large size. So, maybe 5 this year.

I'm excited to hear about your Esterina F2. Did you grow the F1 last year? How many F2 plants are you going for?

All right then , I am growing 5 of those this year.

On Esterina, I bought the F1 tomatoes from the farmers market, last summer and saved seeds.
This year I am growing Sun Gold , Black Cherry and Esterina , all cherry size. SG already has few pea size fruits. Silvery Fir Tree has almost golf ball size tomatoes. That to me means "EARLY". Out of about 15 varieties sown on Jan 19, those are the only ones with tomatoes.

[Cole_Robbie]

Interesting experiment, hopefully Esterina is not as difficult to stabilize as Sungold.

[Spartanburg123]

OK, after some last minute additions and deletions, I have 22 plants in the ground, and 4 in pots. The varieties I am growing are:

Dotson's Lebanese Heart (Dutch seed)- 3
Dotson's Lebanese Heart (Original seed)-1
Brutus- 1
Not Chocolate Stripes- 1
Olive Hill- 1
Barlow's Best Black- 1
Sgt. Pepper's- 2
Terhune- 1
DLH PL?- 1
Stick- 2
Rebel Yell- 4
Girl Girl's Weird Thing- 2
Faelan's First Snow
Not Purple Strawberry- 1
Early Girl- 2
Post Office Spoonful- 1
Black Vernissage- 1
German Johnson Benton Strain- 1

[cecilsgarden1958]

Originally Posted by Spartanburg123

OK, after some last minute additions and deletions, I have 22 plants in the ground, and 4 in pots. The varieties I am growing are:

Dotson's Lebanese Heart (Dutch seed)- 3
Dotson's Lebanese Heart (Original seed)-1
Brutus- 1
Not Chocolate Stripes- 1
Olive Hill- 1
Barlow's Best Black- 1
Sgt. Pepper's- 2
Terhune- 1
DLH PL?- 1
Stick- 2
Rebel Yell- 4
Girl Girl's Weird Thing- 2
Faelan's First Snow
Not Purple Strawberry- 1
Early Girl- 2
Post Office Spoonful- 1
Black Vernissage- 1
German Johnson Benton Strain- 1

I have always been a fan of German Johnson, What is German Johnson Benton Strain???

Four of my tomato varieties began germinating, today. I guess I better move to that seedling thread for pictures. Anyway, the three that have germinated so far are all from saved seeds: Green Pear, Girl Girl's Weird Thing, Napa Giant, and Oroma.

[sjamesNorway]

Originally Posted by cecilsgarden1958

I have always been a fan of German Johnson, What is German Johnson Benton Strain???

I thought someone would have answered this question, as "Benton's" has been discussed a lot here. Here's a thread: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=43427
Here's the origin: http://www.danasgardenplace.com/beef...mato_pink.html

Steve

[Gardeneer]

I think it is just an isolation of a strain.
A lot of heirlooms have more than one strain.