Winners for first tomatoes - Page 3

mysidx · May 30, 2012

Azoychka followed by Rosalie's Early Orange

kath · May 30, 2012

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Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Kath - I suspect that BC beat SG because of environmental differences. It is positioned at a place in the garden that it gets more sunlight per day than the sungolds do. With our longer hours of daylight now, that advantage seems not to matter and sungold is rocking out so many tomatoes as is black cherry - I love it. People seem to like those when I share them too. Thanks for the info on EPB.

Dewayne mater

Ok- one of the things that knocks many cherry tomatoes out of the running for me, aside from the fact that they don't measure up to the taste that I love in Sungold, is that they take so much longer to ripen- and that was my experience with Black Cherry. I mean, if they don't ripen until after I have plenty of bigger tomatoes, why do I need them?

Not everyone feels that way, though- about Sungold or about cherries in general.

z_willus_d · June 12, 2012

Here's tomato (non-cherry) #1. It's a pot #41 plant, i.e. a mystery as are 75% of my plants thanks to a computer encryption mishap. If anyone happens to know what it might be -- yeah long shot without pics of the mother plant I know.

Edit: I went ahead and added a couple pics of the foliage? Maybe Kosovo? Or Stupice? Or Prue? They tend to be early I believe.

kath · June 12, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by z_willus_d

Here's tomato (non-cherry) #1. It's a pot #41 plant, i.e. a mystery as are 75% of my plants thanks to a computer encryption mishap. If anyone happens to know what it might be -- yeah long shot without pics of the mother plant I know.

I think it's a long shot even with pics of the mother plant. Do you have a list of the possibilities?

z_willus_d · June 12, 2012

Hi Kath,

I posted some pics of the foliage above. Some of the possibilities include:
- Prue
- Wes
- Olpalka
- Rinaldo
- Dagestankiy
- Kosovo
- Stupice
- Goose Creek

???

kath · June 12, 2012

I haven't grown all of those and I know the shapes of some can vary but between the fruit shape and plant pics and using my very limited experience of 1-2 plants one time and iffy memory, I'd say "not likely" to be Prue, Wes, Opalka, Rinaldo, Dagestansky, Kosovo or Goose Creek.

Hope your post catches the attention of someone with more experience and better news. Maybe you should try a new thread.

kath

ScottinAtlanta · June 12, 2012

Lime Green Salad was the first to set and ripen for me. Great little plant and good taste.

peppero · June 12, 2012

coyote(first by a wide margin), dr. carolyn, sunsugar, smurf, zima, kamatis tagalog, roman stripe. bush goliath will be ready today. things are tasting good. jon

Riceloft · June 12, 2012

First fruit set was Ititarod Red followed closely by Super Sweet 100. A few days later Wes and Better Boy set fruit.

z_willus_d · June 12, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by kath

I haven't grown all of those and I know the shapes of some can vary but between the fruit shape and plant pics and using my very limited experience of 1-2 plants one time and iffy memory, I'd say "not likely" to be Prue, Wes, Opalka, Rinaldo, Dagestansky, Kosovo or Goose Creek.

Hope your post catches the attention of someone with more experience and better news. Maybe you should try a new thread.

kath

Thanks Kath. You're right. Maybe I'll start a thread dedicated to identifying my armada (or at least hope and expect to be) of mystery tomatoes/plants. I'll call it: "Step right up and play, Name that Mystery tomato."
-n

roamwhereiwant2 · June 12, 2012

Sungold!

Jaunne Flamme and Danko and Moravsky Div are teasing with full size maters but no color breaks yet.

**carolyn137** · June 12, 2012

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Originally Posted by kath

When EPB was named, the color pink was called purple...I think Carolyn said.

Kath, it's true that the word purple meant pink from the late 1800's up to maybe the early 20's but I doubt that Eva Purple Ball was named back then, probably Joe Bratka named it since it's one of his family heirlooms, actually one of a few since he bred many others and passed them off as heirlooms.

lakelady · June 12, 2012

Naysen, I have Kosovo and that doesn't really look like my plant, which is "wispier" if that is a word

Vorlon is my first fruit set, I have several small fruits that are probably about 3-4 oz right now and growing beautifully

Timbotide · June 12, 2012

My Van Wert Ohio, Nepal and Brandywine from Croatia were the first ones to set fruit.
All of these are setting lots of tomatoes so hopefully my efforts to bag some blooms won't be in vain.

z_willus_d · June 13, 2012

Antoniette, gotcha. Thanks for informing.
-naysen

May 30, 2012	#31
mysidx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Baton Rouge,Louisiana Zone 8b Posts: 340	Azoychka followed by Rosalie's Early Orange __________________ Rob Last edited by mysidx; May 30, 2012 at 07:29 PM. Reason: Spelling

June 12, 2012	#36
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I haven't grown all of those and I know the shapes of some can vary but between the fruit shape and plant pics and using my very limited experience of 1-2 plants one time and iffy memory, I'd say "not likely" to be Prue, Wes, Opalka, Rinaldo, Dagestansky, Kosovo or Goose Creek. Hope your post catches the attention of someone with more experience and better news. Maybe you should try a new thread. kath Last edited by kath; June 12, 2012 at 11:04 AM.

June 12, 2012	#38
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	ripening first coyote(first by a wide margin), dr. carolyn, sunsugar, smurf, zima, kamatis tagalog, roman stripe. bush goliath will be ready today. things are tasting good. jon

June 12, 2012	#43
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Naysen, I have Kosovo and that doesn't really look like my plant, which is "wispier" if that is a word Vorlon is my first fruit set, I have several small fruits that are probably about 3-4 oz right now and growing beautifully __________________ Antoniette

June 12, 2012	#35
z_willus_d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Eastern Suburb of Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,313	Hi Kath, I posted some pics of the foliage above. Some of the possibilities include: - Prue - Wes - Olpalka - Rinaldo - Dagestankiy - Kosovo - Stupice - Goose Creek ???

June 12, 2012	#37
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Lime Green Salad was the first to set and ripen for me. Great little plant and good taste.

June 12, 2012	#39
Riceloft Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Parma, Ohio (6a) Posts: 299	First fruit set was Ititarod Red followed closely by Super Sweet 100. A few days later Wes and Better Boy set fruit.

June 12, 2012	#41
roamwhereiwant2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lawrenceville, GA, 7b Posts: 130	Sungold! Jaunne Flamme and Danko and Moravsky Div are teasing with full size maters but no color breaks yet.

June 12, 2012	#44
Timbotide Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northport Alabama Posts: 304	My Van Wert Ohio, Nepal and Brandywine from Croatia were the first ones to set fruit. All of these are setting lots of tomatoes so hopefully my efforts to bag some blooms won't be in vain.

June 13, 2012	#45
z_willus_d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Eastern Suburb of Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,313	Antoniette, gotcha. Thanks for informing. -naysen