WISHING for THE PERFECT TOMATO

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Here's one:http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/t...html#breakoday

Heritage Harvest and Solana seeds are both Canadian companies, and one of them does not ship to the US, I think it's Solana but does anyone remember which of the two doesn't ship to the US?

I started growing Break o Day back in the 90's have also grown Marglobe and I think the former is an excellent variety

Carolyn

[ABlindHog]

Thanks Ginger, I checked Heritage Harvests site and found that as Carolyn thought they do not ship to the US so the search goes on.

Carolyn, turns out Solana might ship here but they don't list Break O Day, thanks for your help.

Mike

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by ABlindHog

Thanks Ginger, I checked Heritage Harvests site and found that as Carolyn thought they do not ship to the US so the search goes on.

Carolyn, turns out Solana might ship here but they don't list Break O Day, thanks for your help.

Mike

Why don't you go to the WANTED seed subforum here and ask if anyone has any seeds.

I know I've got some somewhere but they are so old they are collecting Social Security.

Carolyn

[ABlindHog]

Great Idea Carolyn, I did exactly that.

Mike

[ginger2778]

This company is in Kansas. A pack of seeds is $2. I got their name off of tania's site under seed availability for Break O Day.
http://www.skyfiregardenseeds.com/#Red%20tomatoes

[ABlindHog]

Thanks Ginger
I'll check them out.

Mike

[zero244]

So far I cant say I have found the perfect go to tomato, and I probably wont live long enough to do so.
I think that is what all hardcore tomato fanciers are in search of.
Never heard of Break-Oday but it looks interesting.

[Redbaron]

Sounds like Rutgers improved to me. I wouldn't call it perfect. Not even sure "perfect" is possible. However, there is a reason why at one time almost 70% of all tomatoes grown commercially were Rutgers. The trick is to find the right Rutgers for your local growing conditions. Because the original Rutgers is lost, and all we have now is strains that have diverged to each commercial area they were grown with some improved disease resistance, but not perfect disease resistance, and a few developed for gardeners. I try several each year and so far the best for me was from Ohio Heirloom. This year though I am having potentially something to even better that though, due to being a determinate. We will see as the year progresses.

[ramapojoe]

i think it depends on what part of the country or world you are located. i see lots of people on this website that think russian named variety tomatoes are the way to go but those guys always seem to live in wisconsin or norway.
here in jersey we can probably grow any tomatoe with good results. i usually always buy some rutgers and ramapoes. both were developed at rutgers college nj so i feel they were made to thrive in jersey soil and they do.
the ramapoe made big news here as all the seeds were lost for over twenty five years untill they found a stash of seeds in israel four or five years ago. go figure.
they are prolific, delicious softball sized tomatoes. cross between a normal tomatoe and a beefstake. rutgers tomatoes are a little less uniform in shape and usually a little bigger but are also excellent. you can probably grow any tomatoe in jersey with good results.
people in texas and other super hot states seem to grow heat resistant plants and cold weather folks seem to look for early varietys so you are limited by where you live.