One Tomato To Live By ! - Page 4

Douglas14 · April 11, 2008

I'm so happy I have both Opalka and Cuostralee growing this year LOL.

kimpossible · April 11, 2008

Well, this is almost an impossible question. I have so many favourites, and for so many reasons. However, if I were to pick an unconventional choice, because I loved the flavour, the productivity, the beauty of it, I would pick Green Zebra!!

cdntomato · April 12, 2008

I'm like almost everyone else here...only one variety??? Please let me die before that. In fact, I've come to believe that the main reason I'm being given yet another kick at this can is so that I can grow even MORE varieties at the same time and dehybridize faves like Better Boy. But that said, if I suddenly were limited to only 1 container and no land at all........ Barcaroli. My brother's best friend's father is an Italian tomato-lover/grower and chef extraordinaire and will only grow this one that he brought from Italy years ago (a tom which we've all agreed to name after Luciano's family because the original Italian name is lost in time). He, the father, gave my brother 5 fruits to share with me. Big, fat-bottomed Italian fruits along the lines of Provenzano and Sicilian Saucer, 2 other Italo-Canucks. So lovely fresh, so unbelievably devine in sauce. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Sigh.

Jennifer, seeding up yet another flat of 72 varieties this am

tache · April 14, 2008

What a hard choice. I guess I would have to say Earl's Faux. Not very modest of Earl to pick his own but If I had developed it I would do the same. In fact I would vote for it several times till the ballot box was stuffed.

It is really fun to read this thread and now I will have to start looking for Eva Purple Ball.

Vince · April 15, 2008

Impossible. Especially when tomatoes are plentiful in late summer. That is when one can really appreciate their subtle differences in flavor. Cheers, hope you find the one.

Vince

Tormato · April 15, 2008

Aunt Ginny's Purple

Tormato

jwr6404 · April 15, 2008

If I consider Taste alone then Neve's Azorean Red is my favorite. when productivity and taste are taken into consideration then Perfect Purple aka Pale Perfect Purple would be my best.

tomakers · April 16, 2008

If I had to choose an OP it would be Earl's Faux, but this is only based on 1 year's experience on my part. It MAY taste better than Supersonic, but it is close.
If I were choosing ANY tomato I would say Supersonic which I have grown almost every year since it was introduced. IMHO it is a great tomato and has NEVER failed me.
JMO,
Tom

**carolyn137** · April 16, 2008

I've read this thread with interest and has been said by others, no way I can name just one variety.

With over 2000 varieties grown I still can't, and why not?

Because maybe the best one I've grown hasn't yet been grown , that's why.

For instance, this summer I'm ( Freda is, who now does all my gardening since I'm not allowed out there with my walker these days) growing at least 10 and maybe more new ones, meaning new to all except the persons I got the seeds from. And to me that's exciting and maybe one of those will become my best new one.

So a best one for me can change every season depending on what I'm growing as compared to what I've grown in the past.

hunter · April 16, 2008

Based on last year's performance, Sylvan Guame and brandywine Sudduth's both get multiple spots in the garden.

Wait, that's two varieties! Narrowing down to one is harder than it looks.

April 11, 2008	#47
kimpossible Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Z5b SW Ont Canada Posts: 767	Well, this is almost an impossible question. I have so many favourites, and for so many reasons. However, if I were to pick an unconventional choice, because I loved the flavour, the productivity, the beauty of it, I would pick Green Zebra!! __________________ *So Many Tomatoes ... So Little Time*

April 12, 2008	#48
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	I'm like almost everyone else here...only one variety??? Please let me die before that. In fact, I've come to believe that the main reason I'm being given yet another kick at this can is so that I can grow even MORE varieties at the same time and dehybridize faves like Better Boy. But that said, if I suddenly were limited to only 1 container and no land at all........ Barcaroli. My brother's best friend's father is an Italian tomato-lover/grower and chef extraordinaire and will only grow this one that he brought from Italy years ago (a tom which we've all agreed to name after Luciano's family because the original Italian name is lost in time). He, the father, gave my brother 5 fruits to share with me. Big, fat-bottomed Italian fruits along the lines of Provenzano and Sicilian Saucer, 2 other Italo-Canucks. So lovely fresh, so unbelievably devine in sauce. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Sigh. Jennifer, seeding up yet another flat of 72 varieties this am __________________ There is no sincerer love than the love of food. -George Bernard Shaw

April 15, 2008	#50
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Impossible. Especially when tomatoes are plentiful in late summer. That is when one can really appreciate their subtle differences in flavor. Cheers, hope you find the one. Vince __________________ Vince

April 15, 2008	#52
jwr6404 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: University Place, WA Posts: 481	If I consider Taste alone then Neve's Azorean Red is my favorite. when productivity and taste are taken into consideration then Perfect Purple aka Pale Perfect Purple would be my best. __________________ Jim

April 16, 2008	#53
tomakers Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cranberry Country, SE MA - zone 6? Posts: 353	If I had to choose an OP it would be Earl's Faux, but this is only based on 1 year's experience on my part. It MAY taste better than Supersonic, but it is close. If I were choosing ANY tomato I would say Supersonic which I have grown almost every year since it was introduced. IMHO it is a great tomato and has NEVER failed me. JMO, Tom __________________ I never met a fish I didn't like.

April 11, 2008	#46
Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	I'm so happy I have both Opalka and Cuostralee growing this year LOL.

April 14, 2008	#49
tache Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 52	What a hard choice. I guess I would have to say Earl's Faux. Not very modest of Earl to pick his own but If I had developed it I would do the same. In fact I would vote for it several times till the ballot box was stuffed. It is really fun to read this thread and now I will have to start looking for Eva Purple Ball.

April 15, 2008	#51
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Aunt Ginny's Purple Tormato

April 16, 2008	#54
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I've read this thread with interest and has been said by others, no way I can name just one variety. With over 2000 varieties grown I still can't, and why not? Because maybe the best one I've grown hasn't yet been grown , that's why. For instance, this summer I'm ( Freda is, who now does all my gardening since I'm not allowed out there with my walker these days) growing at least 10 and maybe more new ones, meaning new to all except the persons I got the seeds from. And to me that's exciting and maybe one of those will become my best new one. So a best one for me can change every season depending on what I'm growing as compared to what I've grown in the past. __________________ Carolyn

April 16, 2008	#55
hunter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 213	Based on last year's performance, Sylvan Guame and brandywine Sudduth's both get multiple spots in the garden. Wait, that's two varieties! Narrowing down to one is harder than it looks.