TERHUNE

Gardenboy · March 30, 2020

Picked some Terhune tomatoes this morning. Thanks to MeckTom for sending me the seeds. First year growing this variety. It is a "midseason" tomato with potato leaf. Plant is very productive. Fruit is rosy pink when full ripe. It is not a good keeper. It tends to get soft very fast and mussy. Best to eat when picked firm and rosy pink. Has good balance of tomato flavor...more mild to sweet taste than acidic. Had a few leaf yellowing but nothing serious. Will save seeds for next season. I think the plant would do much better in cooler climate.

PaulF · March 30, 2020

Grow it here and love Terhune.

kath · March 30, 2020

My favorite pink beefsteak!

Gardenboy · March 30, 2020

You MUST try Caspian Pink! It is much better than Terhune.

Just my opinion.

mecktom · March 30, 2020

I agree with you Douglas!

kath · March 30, 2020

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardenboy

You MUST try Caspian Pink! It is much better than Terhune.

Just my opinion.

Tried it- definitely not better here.

JRinPA · April 24, 2020

I have 4 blocks of Terhune, we'll see how it does. I'm only 30 mi or so from Kath. How is this pronounced? TUR HOON ?

Wi-sunflower · April 24, 2020

The reason it may do better up north is because it was found on an old homestead near Minneapolis. I believe I was 1 of the first to have seeds from darwinslair who found it. The following year he gave it to Carolyn for her seed offer. It was named after the family of the homestead. TomatoBase has the full story.

Carol

JRinPA · April 24, 2020

Okay, read that, thanks. Similar/possibly Pink Brandywine? Brandywine doesn't usually set well for me (always tried it in backyard CRW cages), and ends up with a lot of shoulder rot/waste. Taste great but low production for me, and I consider Brandywine about as local as it gets. But if the seedlings are strong I will probably plant a few. Last Brandywine try was probably 2016.

Carol, are you growing Terhune this year? Is it a regular for you?

Father'sDaughter · April 25, 2020

I grew it for 2-3 years and it never did well and flavor did not impress me. The seeds I got were from one of Carolyn's offers. And yes, they were named for the couple that bought the home where they were found.

The story is that the old woman who owned the house never got to harvest her last crop and there were still tomatoes hanging on the vines in the yard when it went on the house went on the market. The real estate agent picked one, saved the seeds and grew it out, then named it after the buyers.

Wi-sunflower · April 26, 2020

I've grown it several times and it does decent for me. Not this year tho as I have to rotate what gets grown depending on what I need for new seed.

If you have problems with Brandywine, have you ever tried 1 of the named Brandywines ?? Personally the no name Brandywines do terrible for me. But when I tried Sudduth, it was like nite and day. So now I only grow 1 of the named Brandywines.

Carol

PaulF · April 26, 2020

[QUOTE=Wi-sunflower;755488

If you have problems with Brandywine, have you ever tried 1 of the named Brandywines ?? Personally the no name Brandywines do terrible for me. But when I tried Sudduth, it was like nite and day. So now I only grow 1 of the named Brandywines.

Carol[/QUOTE]
My first attempt at Brandywine was from seeds purchased from the late Chuck Wyatt and it was Sudduth. He also sent me a few seeds of Joyce's strain. I was so new to growing from seed I could not tell the difference, but both did very well for me. I agree that the "no name" Brandies are not worth the effort. Terhune must be in the Brandywine family somehow.

ddsack · April 26, 2020

I think my original Brandywine Sudduth seeds came from Carol, and I have had good luck with them, even though they ripen closer to the end of the season here. I also like similar pink potato leafed like Terhune, Earl's Faux, Tiffen Mennonite, and Rebel Yell.

JRinPA · April 26, 2020

Well...I guess the BW seed I have always used was saved originally from a Bonnie plant. I tried a BW Sudduth from a swap seed pack, maybe 2-3 years back, but they didn't germinate.

Hopefully these Terhune come up and do well. I passed along some of these seeds over the winter, someone out west wanted to try them as well.

Gardenboy · April 27, 2020

I have PLENTY of Terhune tomato seeds if anyone would like to try them.

March 30, 2020	#2
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,295	Grow it here and love Terhune. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

April 26, 2020	#12
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,295	[QUOTE=Wi-sunflower;755488 If you have problems with Brandywine, have you ever tried 1 of the named Brandywines ?? Personally the no name Brandywines do terrible for me. But when I tried Sudduth, it was like nite and day. So now I only grow 1 of the named Brandywines. Carol[/QUOTE] My first attempt at Brandywine was from seeds purchased from the late Chuck Wyatt and it was Sudduth. He also sent me a few seeds of Joyce's strain. I was so new to growing from seed I could not tell the difference, but both did very well for me. I agree that the "no name" Brandies are not worth the effort. Terhune must be in the Brandywine family somehow. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

April 26, 2020	#13
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	I think my original Brandywine Sudduth seeds came from Carol, and I have had good luck with them, even though they ripen closer to the end of the season here. I also like similar pink potato leafed like Terhune, Earl's Faux, Tiffen Mennonite, and Rebel Yell. __________________ Dee **************

March 30, 2020	#3
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	My favorite pink beefsteak!

March 30, 2020	#4
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	You MUST try Caspian Pink! It is much better than Terhune. Just my opinion.

March 30, 2020	#5
mecktom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 342	I agree with you Douglas!

April 24, 2020	#7
JRinPA Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SE PA Posts: 972	I have 4 blocks of Terhune, we'll see how it does. I'm only 30 mi or so from Kath. How is this pronounced? TUR HOON ?

April 24, 2020	#8
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	The reason it may do better up north is because it was found on an old homestead near Minneapolis. I believe I was 1 of the first to have seeds from darwinslair who found it. The following year he gave it to Carolyn for her seed offer. It was named after the family of the homestead. TomatoBase has the full story. Carol

April 25, 2020	#10
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I grew it for 2-3 years and it never did well and flavor did not impress me. The seeds I got were from one of Carolyn's offers. And yes, they were named for the couple that bought the home where they were found. The story is that the old woman who owned the house never got to harvest her last crop and there were still tomatoes hanging on the vines in the yard when it went on the house went on the market. The real estate agent picked one, saved the seeds and grew it out, then named it after the buyers.

April 27, 2020	#15
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	I have PLENTY of Terhune tomato seeds if anyone would like to try them.