Tentative Grow lists for Spring 2018

[Jonnyhat]

Sweet Scarlet (Dwarf)
Kookaburra Cackle (Dwarf)
Blazing Beauty (Dwarf)
Tasmanian Chocolate (Dwarf)
Jochalos (Micro Dwarf)
Orange hat (Micro Dwarf)
Lieven Free
Legend
Box Car Willie
Sgt. Peppers
Mrs's S's Famous Strawberry
Bacon, Lettuce and This
Orange Russian 117
Mega Marv
Grightmire's Pride
Brutus
Paul Roberson
Michaela's Pink Oxheart
Mayo's Delight
Herman's Yellow
Brandywine from Croatia
Beauty King
Rutgers Select
Thessaloniki
Arkansas Traveler
Work Release
Grungy in the Sky
10 Fingers of Naples
Brads atomic Grape
Sungold
Sun Sugar
Delicious
Pink Princess
Spudleaf 117
Fish Lake Oxheart
Gloria
EM Champion

Add:

Raspberry Giant
Aunt Ginny's Purple
Black from Tula
Casey Pure Yellow
Phil's Fantastic
Rozovyi Myod
Cherokee Purple
Sherry Wells Sweetest
Black Krim

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Well, "lastminuteitis" has struck again. I was privileged to get some Spanish hanging varieties and will be growing 5 of them out this year:

Colgar Alacon
Ramallet des Figueral
Ramallet Ibiza Blanca
Flor de Artana
Ramallet San Llorens

Nan

Nan, I've just been in touch with Ilex/Paco in Spain, and listed your Ramalett ones for him, and I thought I was right when I told him I thought those were all de colgars, and here's how he replied.

(Ramallet is the name used in Mallorca for "de colgar" tomatoes. They have over 200 varieties in the island.)

So not rare at all.

Do you know what's different about de Colgar varieties? When there was no refrigeration available, they were developed over 100's of years to be harvested when green and hung on rafters where it was cool to let them slowly ripen.

I wouldn't say they are tasty, but they sure are interesting, that's for sure, as part of the tomato history of mainly Spain and also Italy.

Ones I've grown are

Colgar Papuo
100 en Pom LL-51

And I think one more I can't remember right now.

Some in Spain and Italy still grow them and do , not just b/c their ancestors did, but probably that's part of it, since they say they taste better if spread on hard bread with olive oil.

Carolyn

[seaeagle]

Revised List, Final I think

1-Earl's Faux x 2
2-Eva Purple Ball x 2
3-Cherokee Green x 2
4-Arkansas Traveler x 2
5-Dester x 1
6-Margaret Curtin x 1
7-Danko x 2
8-Cherokee Purple x 1
9-Indian Zebra x 2
10-Happy x 2
11-Heartbreaker x 1

[imp]

Not as many as some, but should be enough for me to enjoy fresh, and to can and also share.

Orange Russian #117
Omar's Lebanese
Neves Azorean Red
JD's Special C Tex
Black Krim
Wes
Kosovo
Reif Red Heart
Noire De Crimee
Dora
Sungold
Anna Russian
Daniels
Liz Birt
Lucky Cross
Aunt Ruby German Green
Danial Burson
Ron's Carbon Copy
Ildi

[wingman]

Brandywine Red
Brandywine Sudduth
Stump of the World
Mortgage Lifter
Box Car Willie
Livingston's Favorite
Atlantic Prize
Vinson Watts
Sweet Baby Girl
Iva's Red Berry
Rutgers

[Nan_PA_6b]

That's great, Wingman! Have you planted out yet?

Nan

[KayJay]

Feuerwerk
Brandywine
Burpee Supersteak
Cherokee Purple
Yellow Pear
Red Robin
"Mystery Orange"
"Kashi"

The mystery orange is from a seed exchange. The person with whom I traded got it as an oddball in a packet that was supposed to be Orange Wellington. It turned out potato-leafed and she said it was tastier; she grows it every year.

The Kashi tomato is from a packet handed out by Kashi, purveyors of cereal and granola. It's simply labeled, "tomato." Hey, I got nothin' to lose.