your 3 favorite tomatoes to date - Page 2

deerhunter · March 30, 2012

austrailian red oxheart, pink oxheart, red brandywine. gonna have to try that cherokee purple that everybodys choosen.

Boutique Tomatoes · March 30, 2012

1. Aunt Ginny's Purple - If only it was more productive for me here!
2. Polish Linguisa - My wife, who doesn't even pretend to understand my obsession requests this one every year for the thick juice I use to make my winter vegetable soup. I doubt she would recognize the names of 99% of what I've grown the past few years, but this one she remembers.
3. Wisconsin 55 - A solid reliable main crop producer for the climate here.

puttgirl · March 30, 2012

I love polish linguisa, too

afrance30 · March 30, 2012

Wow, just three?

Ok, I'll try...

Cherokee Purple
Gold Medal
Kentucky Beefsteak

... and about 30 more varieties

but I'll leave it at that

stonysoilseeds · March 30, 2012

thank you for all your replies i know its difficult to choose only 3 i have problems myslef with that choice ,, but i didnt mean not to grow the others that would be prohibitive for me as well as each one has its merits ...

stonysoilseeds · March 30, 2012

i would have to add my 4th as stupice for dependability and earliness 5th as rose de berne for its shiny penny look and 6th as sungold f1 for its luscioncness and great snacking tomato as im speaking to all the other plants see this is where the addictiveness is proven you just cant narrow the varieties down without addig more im by far guilty of that lol

huntoften · March 30, 2012

Brandywine Sudduth
Cherokee Purple
KBX

Those have been mainstays in my garden for the past 4 years now...can't imagine not having them. Sudduth gets an entire bed filled with them. Cowlick's will be joining it this year to taste compare...let the mater battle begin!

stonysoilseeds · March 30, 2012

huntoften i couldnt imaigne not growing cherokee purple or sudduth pink brandywine either i grew 24 cherokees last year and they were my very first row.. i had some concentric cracking by the stem end but i told my customers at the market that it gave them a designer look lol

chalstonsc · March 30, 2012

Should be interesting to see if any of the newly released dwarves make this list....I've got a bunch of new dwarves budding now and am looking forward to seeing how they stack up

Tracydr · March 30, 2012

Whee do you get the dwarf seeds? I'm very interested in trying some the dwarfs for the fall/winter, as I can move containers or easily cover my plants when I have freeze warnings. I'd love to buy some seeds for this fall.

Douglas14 · March 30, 2012

I'm sorry I have to go with top 4/5
Red Brandywine
Marianna's Peace
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Sungold/Sunsugar.....not sure which I like better, as I've never grown them both in the same season.

Alpinejs · March 31, 2012

Brandywine Sudduth
Cherokee Green
Marianna's Peace

And, if you allow hybrids, Momotaro ranks right in there.

marietta · March 31, 2012

Black From Tula, Kosovo, Cherokee Purple

sprtsguy76 · March 31, 2012

Cant do it!
But my favs from last year were

Green Giant
Orange Starwberry
Goose Creek

Damon

tgplp · March 31, 2012

That's hard for me, but I haven't grown as many tomato varieties as most people here, so I can't imagine how hard it is for everyone else!

I can't just have three, so here are some of my favorites from last year:

(Sorry they are mostly cherries; hard to ripen larger fruits here in washington)
Sungold (duh)
Chocolate Cherry
Green Zebra
Supersweet 100

Taryn

March 30, 2012	#22
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	Brandywine Sudduth Cherokee Purple KBX Those have been mainstays in my garden for the past 4 years now...can't imagine not having them. Sudduth gets an entire bed filled with them. Cowlick's will be joining it this year to taste compare...let the mater battle begin! __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

March 30, 2012	#16
deerhunter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: hopkinton ma. Posts: 70	austrailian red oxheart, pink oxheart, red brandywine. gonna have to try that cherokee purple that everybodys choosen.

March 30, 2012	#17
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	1. Aunt Ginny's Purple - If only it was more productive for me here! 2. Polish Linguisa - My wife, who doesn't even pretend to understand my obsession requests this one every year for the thick juice I use to make my winter vegetable soup. I doubt she would recognize the names of 99% of what I've grown the past few years, but this one she remembers. 3. Wisconsin 55 - A solid reliable main crop producer for the climate here.

March 30, 2012	#18
puttgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW PA Posts: 281	I love polish linguisa, too

March 30, 2012	#19
afrance30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 212	Wow, just three? Ok, I'll try... Cherokee Purple Gold Medal Kentucky Beefsteak ... and about 30 more varieties but I'll leave it at that

March 30, 2012	#20
stonysoilseeds Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: cincinnatus, new york Posts: 341	thank you for all your replies i know its difficult to choose only 3 i have problems myslef with that choice ,, but i didnt mean not to grow the others that would be prohibitive for me as well as each one has its merits ...

March 30, 2012	#24
chalstonsc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: sc Posts: 339	Should be interesting to see if any of the newly released dwarves make this list....I've got a bunch of new dwarves budding now and am looking forward to seeing how they stack up

March 30, 2012	#25
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Whee do you get the dwarf seeds? I'm very interested in trying some the dwarfs for the fall/winter, as I can move containers or easily cover my plants when I have freeze warnings. I'd love to buy some seeds for this fall.

March 30, 2012	#26
Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	I'm sorry I have to go with top 4/5 Red Brandywine Marianna's Peace Aunt Gertie's Gold Sungold/Sunsugar.....not sure which I like better, as I've never grown them both in the same season.

March 31, 2012	#27
Alpinejs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alpine, Calif. in winter. Sandpoint Lake, Ont. Canada summers Posts: 850	Brandywine Sudduth Cherokee Green Marianna's Peace And, if you allow hybrids, Momotaro ranks right in there.

March 31, 2012	#28
marietta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: michigan Posts: 1	Black From Tula, Kosovo, Cherokee Purple

March 31, 2012	#29
sprtsguy76 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Clara CA Posts: 1,125	Cant do it! But my favs from last year were Green Giant Orange Starwberry Goose Creek Damon

March 31, 2012	#30
tgplp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pacific North West, zone 8a Posts: 510	That's hard for me, but I haven't grown as many tomato varieties as most people here, so I can't imagine how hard it is for everyone else! I can't just have three, so here are some of my favorites from last year: (Sorry they are mostly cherries; hard to ripen larger fruits here in washington) Sungold (duh) Chocolate Cherry Green Zebra Supersweet 100 Taryn