Summer Harvest - here they come - Page 18

Grub · January 23, 2007

Thanks for YOUR reports too.

I'm not game to sign off on anything yet, as in best of the season, because of our late sumer and the fact many are only now coming into their prime.

But I hate to say: Cherokee Purple this fourth consecutive season is really doing it for me. And to think I was becoming blase about it.

In the world of new ones, hmmm, Stump, Missouri Love Apple (yet another great pink), and for texture, juiciness and flavour, Prue, But I have to tell you, even in an indifferent season, GMG PL is just outstanding. An $80 bottle of wine. I, no we, say this having lined up plenty...

BTW: Thanks for growing GMG PL and saving seeds and, please, do keep doing that for a while to lock it in. I'm doing same here.

Last but not least, some nice Sneezy F2s here with big sweetness are really pleasant and different tasting from anything else I'm growing, as per the Green Giant melon sweetness.

Earl · January 23, 2007

Looks like Mrs. Grub has impeccable taste in picking her best tasting tomato. :-)

Nice to know there's more women in the world like my wife, since we're just men, it would be sad to think I had the only one like her.

Grub · January 24, 2007

Thanks Earl.

Not only did I call Kosovo a red when it's clearly a pink but I underrated this excellent tomato. Here is the revised version now that they are coming through...

Kosovo: Big incredibly dense meaty pink (edited) hearts on a compact RL plant. Good production in this first year. Flavour is excellent, a tad tomatoey, and quite sweet. Really moreish. I’m giving it a 8pts for taste plus 0.5pts for its meatiness. (Wes is milder this year but Prue is better and surpasses Kosovo. Kalman’s Hungarian Pink is maybe slightly better than Kosovo in taste, but Kosovo has bigger fruits). Excellent tomato and coming back.

Suze · January 24, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grub

Kosovo: Big incredibly dense meaty pink (edited) hearts on a compact RL plant. Good production in this first year. Flavour is excellent, a tad tomatoey, and quite sweet. Really moreish. I’m giving it a 8pts for taste plus 0.5pts for its meatiness. (Wes is milder this year but Prue and is better than. Kalman’s Hungarian Pink is maybe slightly better than Kosovo in taste, but Kosovo has bigger fruits). Excellent tomato and coming back.

You're my taste twin, you know. I completely agree with you in your assessments of the above.

How's Oleyar's German?

Grub · January 25, 2007

Incredible Suze. I think we might be twins....

How's Oleyars German?

I was typing one handed right at this very moment because I had a slize of toasted Italian bread with slice Oleyar's German in the other hand. True!

We just at the first Oleyar's German between us. Fruit was over 1lb. This is the first fruit so if it's any indication it's an excellent tomato...

Oleyar's German: Tall RL plant, very vigorous, with a heavy yield of impressive bright-red oxheart tomatoes of outstanding size. Juicy, with not too much gap in the seed cavity, filling out to complete meatiness in the wider cross sections. More sweet than tomatoey, but balanced. Very very agreeable. For comparison, much like Wes, not as good as Prue or Kalman's or Kosovo. But given the yield and size of the fruit, very impressive tomato. Flavour 7.5/10 + 0.5pts for yield. I recommend it.

Grub · January 29, 2007

We have to keep this on the front page...

Another day another tray...

Some interesting ones in there including a really big Brandywine Sudduth — eat your heart out — and an even bigger superb Grandpa Charlie — sensational — and the biggest of any of my Sneezy F2 fruits. The yellow from a PL tree-type plant of 4ft has a lovely amber blush and weighed 427 grams or 15.25oz... that's almost 1lb!!!!!! Craig, PP, is that a job well done?

**Lee** · January 29, 2007

A 4' PL dwarf plant that puts out yellow/amber 1 pound fruits?!?!

Yeah, I'd say that's a job well done! Great find. This will
definitely be one to select and stabalize for.
And by growing it here in NC, we'll test it for disease tolerance as well!

Lee

Tomstrees · January 29, 2007

Good growing Grub !
All that hard work paying off ~
Keep those mouthwatering photos coming!

Enjoy ~

Tom

Grub · January 31, 2007

Thanks Tom,

Had my first Brandywine Sudduth of this season... still No. 1. There's a taste in there I just love. Shame about production, again.

Had some Indian Stripes. Wouldn't be able to tell them apart from my Cherokee Purples, but for the smaller and more irregular size of the fruit. Great taste!

Tom's Yellow Wonder isn't too far away...

Tom,
Do they develop an amber blush or not?

Tomstrees · January 31, 2007

Grub:
Had my first Brandywine Sudduth

Re:
So you have the "real deal" -
So it is fussy in your weather... I'm giving it a center spot in my garden - wonder if it will like the "e-coast" ~

Grub:
Had some Indian Stripes.

Re:
I've never tried them - though I have heard they are the same as CP; but not if they are irregular shape / smaller -interesting -

Grub:
Tom's Yellow Wonder isn't too far away...
Tom,
Do they develop an amber blush or not?

Re:
Did you get chins, globes, or hearts? Or all three on one plant ? Maybe I don't wait long enough but I've not had a "blush" ... Bully has - do you have color yet ?
Do you have a blush?
Sorry for all the questions: got another 2 inches of snow lat night ... lol ~ I need spring !

~ Tom

2005 TYW:

2006TYW:

Mantis · January 31, 2007

Where's the wax LOL

Grub · January 31, 2007

Tom,
B.Sudduth always takes a long time here and, due to heat and humidity, it's none too productive. But flavourwise, it's the bomb, benchmark.

No colour on TYW yet, fruits are varied in shape, mainly oblates I think. News soonish.

Mantis · February 2, 2007

Heres todays harvest. 3 Big Jims , a couple of hybrid peppers 3 Portuguese Monsters and 3 Grumpy5 F2's(tentative name of Rum Ball) at the top.

Expecting 36 deg C here today and 40 for the next two days yikes.

**mdvpc** · February 2, 2007

Its not summer for me, but here is my harvest today.

Mantis · February 2, 2007

The power of the greenhouse eh Michael. Great harvest for winter. I am planning on doing the same here. I have a new crop in the greenhouse that are about 6inches high

January 29, 2007	#262
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	A 4' PL dwarf plant that puts out yellow/amber 1 pound fruits?!?! Yeah, I'd say that's a job well done! Great find. This will definitely be one to select and stabalize for. And by growing it here in NC, we'll test it for disease tolerance as well! Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

January 29, 2007	#263
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Good growing Grub ! All that hard work paying off ~ Keep those mouthwatering photos coming! Enjoy ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

January 31, 2007	#265
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Grub: Had my first Brandywine Sudduth Re: So you have the "real deal" - So it is fussy in your weather... I'm giving it a center spot in my garden - wonder if it will like the "e-coast" ~ Grub: Had some Indian Stripes. Re: I've never tried them - though I have heard they are the same as CP; but not if they are irregular shape / smaller -interesting - Grub: Tom's Yellow Wonder isn't too far away... Tom, Do they develop an amber blush or not? Re: Did you get chins, globes, or hearts? Or all three on one plant ? Maybe I don't wait long enough but I've not had a "blush" ... Bully has - do you have color yet ? Do you have a blush? Sorry for all the questions: got another 2 inches of snow lat night ... lol ~ I need spring ! ~ Tom 2005 TYW: 2006TYW: __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

February 2, 2007	#269
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Its not summer for me, but here is my harvest today. __________________ Michael

January 23, 2007	#256
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Thanks for YOUR reports too. I'm not game to sign off on anything yet, as in best of the season, because of our late sumer and the fact many are only now coming into their prime. But I hate to say: Cherokee Purple this fourth consecutive season is really doing it for me. And to think I was becoming blase about it. In the world of new ones, hmmm, Stump, Missouri Love Apple (yet another great pink), and for texture, juiciness and flavour, Prue, But I have to tell you, even in an indifferent season, GMG PL is just outstanding. An $80 bottle of wine. I, no we, say this having lined up plenty... BTW: Thanks for growing GMG PL and saving seeds and, please, do keep doing that for a while to lock it in. I'm doing same here. Last but not least, some nice Sneezy F2s here with big sweetness are really pleasant and different tasting from anything else I'm growing, as per the Green Giant melon sweetness.

January 23, 2007	#257
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Looks like Mrs. Grub has impeccable taste in picking her best tasting tomato. :-) Nice to know there's more women in the world like my wife, since we're just men, it would be sad to think I had the only one like her.

January 24, 2007	#258
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Thanks Earl. Not only did I call Kosovo a red when it's clearly a pink but I underrated this excellent tomato. Here is the revised version now that they are coming through... Kosovo: Big incredibly dense meaty pink (edited) hearts on a compact RL plant. Good production in this first year. Flavour is excellent, a tad tomatoey, and quite sweet. Really moreish. I’m giving it a 8pts for taste plus 0.5pts for its meatiness. (Wes is milder this year but Prue is better and surpasses Kosovo. Kalman’s Hungarian Pink is maybe slightly better than Kosovo in taste, but Kosovo has bigger fruits). Excellent tomato and coming back.

January 25, 2007	#260
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Incredible Suze. I think we might be twins.... How's Oleyars German? I was typing one handed right at this very moment because I had a slize of toasted Italian bread with slice Oleyar's German in the other hand. True! We just at the first Oleyar's German between us. Fruit was over 1lb. This is the first fruit so if it's any indication it's an excellent tomato... Oleyar's German: Tall RL plant, very vigorous, with a heavy yield of impressive bright-red oxheart tomatoes of outstanding size. Juicy, with not too much gap in the seed cavity, filling out to complete meatiness in the wider cross sections. More sweet than tomatoey, but balanced. Very very agreeable. For comparison, much like Wes, not as good as Prue or Kalman's or Kosovo. But given the yield and size of the fruit, very impressive tomato. Flavour 7.5/10 + 0.5pts for yield. I recommend it.

January 29, 2007	#261
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	We have to keep this on the front page... Another day another tray... Some interesting ones in there including a really big Brandywine Sudduth — eat your heart out — and an even bigger superb Grandpa Charlie — sensational — and the biggest of any of my Sneezy F2 fruits. The yellow from a PL tree-type plant of 4ft has a lovely amber blush and weighed 427 grams or 15.25oz... that's almost 1lb!!!!!! Craig, PP, is that a job well done?

January 31, 2007	#264
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Thanks Tom, Had my first Brandywine Sudduth of this season... still No. 1. There's a taste in there I just love. Shame about production, again. Had some Indian Stripes. Wouldn't be able to tell them apart from my Cherokee Purples, but for the smaller and more irregular size of the fruit. Great taste! Tom's Yellow Wonder isn't too far away... Tom, Do they develop an amber blush or not?

January 31, 2007	#266
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	Where's the wax LOL

January 31, 2007	#267
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Tom, B.Sudduth always takes a long time here and, due to heat and humidity, it's none too productive. But flavourwise, it's the bomb, benchmark. No colour on TYW yet, fruits are varied in shape, mainly oblates I think. News soonish.

February 2, 2007	#268
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	Heres todays harvest. 3 Big Jims , a couple of hybrid peppers 3 Portuguese Monsters and 3 Grumpy5 F2's(tentative name of Rum Ball) at the top. Expecting 36 deg C here today and 40 for the next two days yikes.

February 2, 2007	#270
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	The power of the greenhouse eh Michael. Great harvest for winter. I am planning on doing the same here. I have a new crop in the greenhouse that are about 6inches high