What new varieties did you grow this year... - Page 3

Hillbillygardner · November 25, 2012

cherokee purple
mr.stripey
tommy toe
I am also very excited to be growing MOZARK this year(got some seeds finally)!
This was a tomato developed by Dr. Lambeth in 1950 from the University of Missouri.

Barbee · November 25, 2012

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Originally Posted by ContainerTed

MAY THE LYCOPENE BE WITH YOU!!

This made me laugh! In all seriousness it does not get better but you will get a little more selective as time goes on.

Barbee · November 25, 2012

My 3 returners will be
Fish Lake Oxheart
Wes
Wessel's Purple Pride

tnpeppers · November 25, 2012

Wes delivered numerous beautiful tomatoes, as did Dora. Kosovo gave me a tomato so large that when I sliced it; it covered FIVE bacon-cheeseburgers. Summer Cider pumped out so many tomatoes I thought I was going to have to euthanize it; same with Sungella. Ray's Brandywine from Croatia will find a place in next year's garden...my favorite dwarf? Iditarod Red. It was a really good year for tomatoes.

MissS · November 28, 2012

I grew several new to me tomatoes. The one that stood out was from Ray, Brandywine from Croatia. While in my climate I did not have but a few fruits, those that I did were superb. I am older and wiser, it is just me now and I grow for taste. I no longer wish for high productivity. I just do not wish to can, freeze or dry anymore. I live alone and have not a family to feed. I can just enjoy the taste of a few select. Just as I enjoy a great fine wine.

ScottinAtlanta · November 28, 2012

Kosovo gave me a tomato so large that when I sliced it; it covered FIVE bacon-cheeseburgers.

No way! unbelievable!

I can just enjoy the taste of a few select. Just as I enjoy a great fine wine.

Beautifully said.

b54red · November 28, 2012

Last year was a really bad year for fusarium and so I had many of my old favorites totally fail for the first time and they will all be back. I tried VB Russia and Virginia Sweets for the first time last year and they failed also. I guess I will give them another shot and see how they do this year. The blacks as a class outperformed last year and so I am trying a new one for me this year with Black from Tula. I am also going to give a try to a hybrid called Tasti-Lee which is supposed to be resistant to all three races of fusarium; I only hope if it does well it has decent taste like Big Beef. Usually when I try one of the super disease resistant tomatoes I end up giving them all away because they are either too hard or too tasteless.

November 28, 2012

Patti,

Being alone has it's virtues. My wife once asked me to describe my perfect world.

I told her it would be a one room cabin, totally covered with snow. Inside would be a wood burning stove in the middle of the room. One wall would be covered from floor to ceiling with books I haven't read or I want to read again. One wall would be covered with a winters supply of firewood, and a third wall would be my bed and a supply of food. An easy chair would be near the stove along with a lamp to read by. On top of the stove would be a coffee pot with an unending supply of black coffee. I haven't decided what would be against the fourth wall. I'm sure it wouldn't have a television, radio, or any other form of communication. The closest telephone would be about forty miles down the road. The only sound would be made by wood burning in the stove and the wind blowing the snow around outside. For me. that's the stuff dreams are made of.

Ted

barkeater · November 28, 2012

Ted,

That cabin sounds great to me except for one thing. So, I have a suggestion for the 4th wall - a door to a bathroom!

Redbaron · November 28, 2012

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Originally Posted by tedln

Patti,

Being alone has it's virtues. My wife once asked me to describe my perfect world.

I told her it would be a one room cabin, totally covered with snow. Inside would be a wood burning stove in the middle of the room. One wall would be covered from floor to ceiling with books I haven't read or want to read again. One wall would be covered with a winters supply of firewood, and a third wall would be my bed and a supply of food. An easy chair would be near the stove along with a lamp to read by. On top of the stove would be a coffee pot with an unending supply of black coffee. I haven't decided what would be against the fourth wall. I'm sure it wouldn't have a television, radio, or any other form of communication. The closest telephone would be about forty miles down the road. The only sound would be made by wood burning in the stove and the wind blowing the snow around outside. For me. that's the stuff dreams are made of.

Ted

Been there done that. Back when I was 32 in the mountains of Northern Idaho.

It's great for a while. In fact everyone should do it once in their life at least. But after about 6 months or so you start getting an instinctive longing for socialising with other people. Once that happens it isn't so great anymore. That's when you start seeing "big foot" and things like that.

November 28, 2012

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Originally Posted by Redbaron

Been there done that. Back when I was 32 in the mountains of Northern Idaho.

It's great for a while. In fact everyone should do it once in their life at least. But after about 6 months or so you start getting an instinctive longing for socialising with other people. Once that happens it isn't so great anymore. That's when you start seeing "big foot" and things like that.

My wife and I enjoy escaping the hot summers of north Texas by riding our ATV with friends in the chilly, high mountains of Colorado. Often when we go over a mountain pass and begin descending into the next valley, the valley will be covered with sheep grazing on the lush grass and wildflowers. The sheep herds in each large valley are attended by a single sheep herder with a couple of herding dogs. He will have a large canvas tent erected with a single wood burning stove pipe extending through the ceiling of the tent.

The herders are imported each spring from countries where they spend their lives herding sheep at high altitudes. They typically spend their summers herding sheep in the mountains of Colorado and then return home when the Colorado winter approaches. I've driven past those tents many times and simply envied them.

Ted

November 28, 2012

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Originally Posted by barkeater

Ted,

That cabin sounds great to me except for one thing. So, I have a suggestion for the 4th wall - a door to a bathroom!

If it had a door to it, it could no longer be called an outhouse.

Ted

Mark0820 · November 28, 2012

That cabin description reminds me of the PBS special about Dick Proenneke called Alone in the Wilderness. He built a cabin in the wilderness of Alaska and lived there for 30 years.

tomatoguy · December 2, 2012

I solarized my garden this past season, all I had was 5 Holy Land plants, in containers. They were just okay and not very productive. I do have a list of must-grows, for you, though. If I don't grow these varieties every year, I try to at least grow them every other year.

Mong
Roger's Best Black
Clear Pink Early
Mark Twain
Golden Queen USDA Strain
Earl's Faux
Anahu
Berkeley Tie-Dye
Black Krim
Delicious
Neves Azorean Red

efisakov · January 2, 2013

Carbon: very productive (9 toms at 1 pound or more from one plant), disease resistant (same as CP), great black tasting tomato (close in taste to CP)

Golden Cherokee: super productive (the biggest tomato was 1 pound 12 ounces), kept on producing in heat, big plant, great balanced taste (further into the season was only getting better) and a beauty too inside and out

Kellog’s Breakfast: another producer of big tomatoes (at least 6 over a pound, the biggest was 1 pound 13 ounces), great balanced taste

Black Pineapple: over achiever with tons of tomatoes (more than 8 over a pound, the biggest tom 2 pounds), beautiful tom, made lots of tasty souse with spaghetti and meatballs

Black Cherry: super productive, sweet

Eva Purple Ball: super productive, sweet, perfect round toms, great for canning

Azoichka: very early ( got my first two in the mid of June), not decease resistant, good balanced taste

Oaxacan Jewel: good production (most in 12 oz to 8 oz range), taste good but not as good as Cherokee Golden

Dr. Wyches: the biggest was 14 oz, most in 10 oz to 6 oz, not decease resistant, good taste but not as good as Kellog's

next year I will plant them again
So far, 38 varieties on my list to grow next year. 26 of them are new.
Ella

November 25, 2012	#33
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	My 3 returners will be Fish Lake Oxheart Wes Wessel's Purple Pride __________________ *Barbee*

November 28, 2012	#35
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	I grew several new to me tomatoes. The one that stood out was from Ray, Brandywine from Croatia. While in my climate I did not have but a few fruits, those that I did were superb. I am older and wiser, it is just me now and I grow for taste. I no longer wish for high productivity. I just do not wish to can, freeze or dry anymore. I live alone and have not a family to feed. I can just enjoy the taste of a few select. Just as I enjoy a great fine wine. __________________ ~ Patti ~

November 28, 2012	#38
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	Patti, Being alone has it's virtues. My wife once asked me to describe my perfect world. I told her it would be a one room cabin, totally covered with snow. Inside would be a wood burning stove in the middle of the room. One wall would be covered from floor to ceiling with books I haven't read or I want to read again. One wall would be covered with a winters supply of firewood, and a third wall would be my bed and a supply of food. An easy chair would be near the stove along with a lamp to read by. On top of the stove would be a coffee pot with an unending supply of black coffee. I haven't decided what would be against the fourth wall. I'm sure it wouldn't have a television, radio, or any other form of communication. The closest telephone would be about forty miles down the road. The only sound would be made by wood burning in the stove and the wind blowing the snow around outside. For me. that's the stuff dreams are made of. Ted Last edited by tedln; November 28, 2012 at 01:44 PM.

November 28, 2012	#39
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Ted, That cabin sounds great to me except for one thing. So, I have a suggestion for the 4th wall - a door to a bathroom! __________________ barkeater

November 25, 2012	#31
Hillbillygardner Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Eagle Rock, MO Posts: 43	cherokee purple mr.stripey tommy toe I am also very excited to be growing MOZARK this year(got some seeds finally)! This was a tomato developed by Dr. Lambeth in 1950 from the University of Missouri.

November 25, 2012	#34
tnpeppers Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Zone 6 Posts: 365	Wes delivered numerous beautiful tomatoes, as did Dora. Kosovo gave me a tomato so large that when I sliced it; it covered FIVE bacon-cheeseburgers. Summer Cider pumped out so many tomatoes I thought I was going to have to euthanize it; same with Sungella. Ray's Brandywine from Croatia will find a place in next year's garden...my favorite dwarf? Iditarod Red. It was a really good year for tomatoes.

November 28, 2012	#36
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Kosovo gave me a tomato so large that when I sliced it; it covered FIVE bacon-cheeseburgers. No way! unbelievable! I can just enjoy the taste of a few select. Just as I enjoy a great fine wine. Beautifully said.

November 28, 2012	#37
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Last year was a really bad year for fusarium and so I had many of my old favorites totally fail for the first time and they will all be back. I tried VB Russia and Virginia Sweets for the first time last year and they failed also. I guess I will give them another shot and see how they do this year. The blacks as a class outperformed last year and so I am trying a new one for me this year with Black from Tula. I am also going to give a try to a hybrid called Tasti-Lee which is supposed to be resistant to all three races of fusarium; I only hope if it does well it has decent taste like Big Beef. Usually when I try one of the super disease resistant tomatoes I end up giving them all away because they are either too hard or too tasteless.

November 28, 2012	#43
Mark0820 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 907	That cabin description reminds me of the PBS special about Dick Proenneke called Alone in the Wilderness. He built a cabin in the wilderness of Alaska and lived there for 30 years.

December 2, 2012	#44
tomatoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A Posts: 526	I solarized my garden this past season, all I had was 5 Holy Land plants, in containers. They were just okay and not very productive. I do have a list of must-grows, for you, though. If I don't grow these varieties every year, I try to at least grow them every other year. Mong Roger's Best Black Clear Pink Early Mark Twain Golden Queen USDA Strain Earl's Faux Anahu Berkeley Tie-Dye Black Krim Delicious Neves Azorean Red

January 2, 2013	#45
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Carbon: very productive (9 toms at 1 pound or more from one plant), disease resistant (same as CP), great black tasting tomato (close in taste to CP) Golden Cherokee: super productive (the biggest tomato was 1 pound 12 ounces), kept on producing in heat, big plant, great balanced taste (further into the season was only getting better) and a beauty too inside and out Kellog’s Breakfast: another producer of big tomatoes (at least 6 over a pound, the biggest was 1 pound 13 ounces), great balanced taste Black Pineapple: over achiever with tons of tomatoes (more than 8 over a pound, the biggest tom 2 pounds), beautiful tom, made lots of tasty souse with spaghetti and meatballs Black Cherry: super productive, sweet Eva Purple Ball: super productive, sweet, perfect round toms, great for canning Azoichka: very early ( got my first two in the mid of June), not decease resistant, good balanced taste Oaxacan Jewel: good production (most in 12 oz to 8 oz range), taste good but not as good as Cherokee Golden Dr. Wyches: the biggest was 14 oz, most in 10 oz to 6 oz, not decease resistant, good taste but not as good as Kellog's next year I will plant them again So far, 38 varieties on my list to grow next year. 26 of them are new. Ella