What is making a return to your garden in 2016?

[Gardeneer]

A little too early but I give it a try:

From Last year : Unknown Heart ; CP, + Ananas Noire, + Large Red Cherry. == 4

From 2015 Try Outs: Big Beef (F1) ; + Azoychka, + Willamette, + Black From Tula, + Rosella Crimson, + Indigo Rose, + Purple Heart. + Kumato (F3) == 8
The ones written in blue are my stars.

I also want to have a few new addition , Possibly: Better Boy, + New Big Dwarf, + Aunt Ginnys Gold (or another gold color), ...== 3

A grand total of 15 varieties.

I am already going overboard. I should stop right here. hehe
This year I am growing about 30 varieties. Way overboard.

Gardeneer

[Fiishergurl]

Originally Posted by Lorri D

I have to downsize my garden tremendously next year. It pains me to be only able to grow a few. I am sure it will change, but these are what I have planned right now.

Sweet Aperitif
Rideau Sweet
Sun Sugar
Sun Gold
Snow White
Black Krim
Pomodora Pink
NPS (Not Purple Strawberry)
Rebel Yell
Cherokee Lime... This will be new to me....

Nice! Love Sun Gold and Sun Sugar.... can you tell a difference in them? I can't really but I love them both. I'm growing NPS and Rebel Yell also... :-)

Nice list!!

Ginny in Florida

[Fiishergurl]

Originally Posted by Ed of Somis

Funny you should ask...I was working on my 2016 list.

Will do: (these are winners for me)
1. Cherokee Purple 2. Brandywine Cowlick's 3. Big Beef 4. Black Cherry 5. Stump of the World

Saying bye-bye to: 1. Black Prince 2.Polish Dwarf 3. Williamette 4. Box Car Willie (not sure-marginal) 5. Brandy Boy (2 plants were marginal for me...expected more)

Next year's newbies: 1. Rosella Purple 2. New Big Dwarf 3. Black from Tula ?

Considering (comments welcome): 1. Park's Whopper 2. Yukon Quest (dwarf) 3. Blush (dwarf)

Big Beef is getting quite a few listings as returning to the garden. Is it productive and tasty? Black Cherry or course is one you can't go wrong with. Are you sure Blush is a dwarf or is it Fred Hempel's Blush? If it's the Fred Hempel one it is delicious and delightful! Very productive and tasty.

Ginny in Florida

[Fiishergurl]

Originally Posted by naseer

4x Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (first time this year and our new favorite)
4x Cherokee Purple (our favorite before that)
2x Sun Gold (obviously)

The remaining 10 plants will be new varieties that we've never tried before. Had my eye on Black Cherry for a while so maybe next year is the year we finally try it.

PBTD - can't go wrong with this one in my opinion! Love, love, love it! So beautiful to grow, super productive and just scrumptious.

You should definitely try Black Cherry. It's so early, it's a great one to have around while the other's are ripening. Tastes more like the bigger black/purple tomatoes than like a Cherry tomato. I always grow at least two Black Cherry plants so that I don't run out of them.

Ginny

[Fiishergurl]

KarenO - so excited you are working on your own creations. Looking forward to seeing your results.

WXCrawler and Gardeneer - more votes for Big Beef... that makes 4 posters that are returning Big Beef out of 10 posters.

So cool!

Ginny

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Most of my room will be taken up by my crosses but I really liked the George D. Italian red so I will grow that again for certain. Other than that, The jury is still out on what else to grow in 2016
Hoping to have some PL cherry F2's to fool around with as well.

KarenO

Good to hear, because they are germinating as we speak!

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Most of my room will be taken up by my crosses but I really liked the George D. Italian red so I will grow that again for certain. Other than that, The jury is still out on what else to grow in 2016
Hoping to have some PL cherry F2's to fool around with as well.

KarenO

As far as PL cherry F2s- I think that's gonna happen. Heee!

[clkeiper]

Weeds for sure.
Big Beef
Sun gold
JD'S Special from C Tx
Carbon
Lemon Boy
Amish Gold... maybe
Goliath/Early Goliath
4th of July (which it isn't ready by)
Tiger and bumblebee series
Sweet Million... maybe
San Marzano/Super san marzano/Roma's
More Big Beef... lots more. ( I'll plant at least 100 of them)
Tasmanian Chocolate
A green when ripe...
I forgot the GWR cherry ones this year so for sure those next year
Hopefully the dwarf project again.

AND speaking of PL cherries.. I do have a pink PL cherry that someone sent me. I haven't seen her on here in quite some time, but it she called it San Antonio Surprise. It is a nice sized pink cherry (5/8" maybe) not acidic or tangy... a little sweet. not an intense flavor, but it isn't bad. Just not my favorite in the garden. I just like a stronger flavor than it is. If you want some let me know.

[kygreg]

Big Beef
Grosse Verte Rose
Da Chilo
Cherokee Purple
Sun Gold
Black Cherry
Purple Elgin
Big Cheef
Kardia Karpos

[pondgardener]

Anna Margaret's Heart
Cherokee Purple Heart
Wes
Rutgers
Big Beef
San Marzano
Sun Sugar

I have grown Sun Gold and Sun Sugar together and the Sun Sugar seems to split less.

[NarnianGarden]

It will be a tough choice, a delicate balance between curiosity for new varieties and faithfulness to tasty favorites. I think Orange Banana will make it to next year - it is so sweet that I don't think I can bear to be without.
Azoyhka will be grown for my mom, she said today that when left to ripen in the sun until golden, the taste of those fruits was so good she could have eaten them without limit. Although she hates the large trusses and long stems which branch to every direction, the taste is worth it.

Possibly: Pink Tiger (super good), Green Zebra (like a tropical fruit), and Golden Nugget (early & reliable)

[drew51]

Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Oh cool! I bought Blue Berries from WBF last year but didn't plant them or try them just due to lack of space. Maybe I will have to add them to my Fall list!!

Thank you!

Ginny in Florida

I grew Blue Berries this year, and noticed that it is resistant to Septoria spot. It's not nowhere near as sweet as Sungold, but this resistance is very cool. It's a keeper!

For me, I'm interested in sauce and paste tomatoes. Opalka and Romeo were productive especially Romeo, and are giant sized pastes. Here's Romeo.

[b54red]

I have now limited my black varieties to just a few of the best tasting and best performing since I have to fight gray mold on them every year; it seems crazy to do all that work for ones that don't do as well or taste as good for me:
ISPL
IS
JD's Special C Tex
Spudakee (far more dependable and productive than CP just potato leaf)
Berkely Tie Dye Pink
Carbon (for fall only)

Reds and Pinks that will return:
Pruden's Purple
Brandywine Cowlick's and Sudduth's
Barlow Jap
Dester
Red Barn
Royal Hillbilly (although the leaf curl may give me second thoughts on this one)
Donskoi
Limbaugh's Legacy
Arkansas Traveler
Couilles de Taureau
Henderson's Winsall
German Johnson
Giant Belgium
Neves Azorean Red
Tarasenko-6


Only one bi-color makes the cut for me each year now and that is:
Virginia Sweet

Ones on the bubble for next year are:
Druzba (very late and not very productive the past two years)
Terhune (has been poor the last two years also)

Of course all this is dependent on getting a good graft so some varieties are not present each year because of poor grafting luck. This past year I didn't get a single good graft of BTDP or Carbon so I didn't grow them. Instead I planted more Pruden's Purple which grafted great last year.

I would like to try Margaret Curtain and Rebel Yell if someone wants to trade some seeds. I have quite a few other varieties of seed besides the ones mentioned above because of trying so many different varieties the last ten years. PM me if you are interested in trading.

Bill

[AlittleSalt]

There are many that we will be trying again, but the absolutely-must-be-grown every year ones are:

Oranje Van Goeijenbier
Porter
Sungold

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by b54red

I have now limited my black varieties to just a few of the best tasting and best performing since I have to fight gray mold on them every year; it seems crazy to do all that work for ones that don't do as well or taste as good for me:
ISPL
IS
JD's Special C Tex
Spudakee (far more dependable and productive than CP just potato leaf)
Berkely Tie Dye Pink
Carbon (for fall only)

Reds and Pinks that will return:
Pruden's Purple
Brandywine Cowlick's and Sudduth's
Barlow Jap
Dester
Red Barn
Royal Hillbilly (although the leaf curl may give me second thoughts on this one)
Donskoi
Limbaugh's Legacy
Arkansas Traveler
Couilles de Taureau
Henderson's Winsall
German Johnson
Giant Belgium
Neves Azorean Red
Tarasenko-6


Only one bi-color makes the cut for me each year now and that is:
Virginia Sweet

Ones on the bubble for next year are:
Druzba (very late and not very productive the past two years)
Terhune (has been poor the last two years also)

Of course all this is dependent on getting a good graft so some varieties are not present each year because of poor grafting luck. This past year I didn't get a single good graft of BTDP or Carbon so I didn't grow them. Instead I planted more Pruden's Purple which grafted great last year.

I would like to try Margaret Curtain and Rebel Yell if someone wants to trade some seeds. I have quite a few other varieties of seed besides the ones mentioned above because of trying so many different varieties the last ten years. PM me if you are interested in trading.

Bill

Bill, PM me with your addy. I can get both to you, and you should try Girl Girl's too. No trade necessary, I am already up to my eyeballs in seeds.
Folks, not a general offer.