Just tasted first Faux - Page 2

gardengalrn · July 29, 2006

Earl's Faux remains my favorite for the second year growing it. I will have plenty of seed if you want some, Vince. Just email me at gardengalrn@bellsouth.net. I have some ready now.

Vince · July 30, 2006

Coronabarb and gardengalrn,
thanks so much for your generous offers. I wish I had some interesting seed to give you all in exchange, but I don't have anything really exotic. I am going to save seed from one particular BW plant I had because if was a prolific producer even in relatively high temps(90-95), and it tasted great. Well when I grow it out next year I'll see if its offspring have similar characteristics. Thanks again both of you.

Vince

Doris · July 30, 2006

I had a large EF and steak for lunch today. Absolutely delicious............the EF, I mean, of course. The steak was good too. Very excellent tomato.

Regards.........Doris, NJ

**nctomatoman** · July 30, 2006

It is an excellent tasting tomato....and I have a feeling that is may be Brandywine (size, color, flavor, internal structure very very similar).

bully · July 31, 2006

It"s been my experience That EF is a tad smaller than Brandywine Sudduth on average. I don't have the experience to compare it to every known strain of Pink Brandywine. But I have grown it next to Bwine sud for 3 years. I have found EF to be slightly smaller, more regular in shape, the plant appears to be scarcer in foliage with longer branches and the big leaves at the end of a branch are never as big as BWS.
For me the flavor of BWS is just marginally better but the production is less on average.

I'm lucky I can grow 60+ plants but if I couldn't I would struggle with having fewer 9.9 tomatoes or more 9.4 tomatoes.

July 29, 2006	#16
gardengalrn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas, zone 5 Posts: 524	Earl's Faux remains my favorite for the second year growing it. I will have plenty of seed if you want some, Vince. Just email me at gardengalrn@bellsouth.net. I have some ready now. __________________ ~Lori "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln

July 30, 2006	#17
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	EF Seed Coronabarb and gardengalrn, thanks so much for your generous offers. I wish I had some interesting seed to give you all in exchange, but I don't have anything really exotic. I am going to save seed from one particular BW plant I had because if was a prolific producer even in relatively high temps(90-95), and it tasted great. Well when I grow it out next year I'll see if its offspring have similar characteristics. Thanks again both of you. Vince __________________ Vince

July 30, 2006	#19
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	It is an excellent tasting tomato....and I have a feeling that is may be Brandywine (size, color, flavor, internal structure very very similar). __________________ Craig

July 30, 2006	#18
Doris Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NJ Shore Posts: 189	I had a large EF and steak for lunch today. Absolutely delicious............the EF, I mean, of course. The steak was good too. Very excellent tomato. Regards.........Doris, NJ

July 31, 2006	#20
bully Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.E. MI Posts: 794	It"s been my experience That EF is a tad smaller than Brandywine Sudduth on average. I don't have the experience to compare it to every known strain of Pink Brandywine. But I have grown it next to Bwine sud for 3 years. I have found EF to be slightly smaller, more regular in shape, the plant appears to be scarcer in foliage with longer branches and the big leaves at the end of a branch are never as big as BWS. For me the flavor of BWS is just marginally better but the production is less on average. I'm lucky I can grow 60+ plants but if I couldn't I would struggle with having fewer 9.9 tomatoes or more 9.4 tomatoes.