Burpee's SuperSauce Hybrid

[cecilsgarden1958]

Originally Posted by frankbenjones

Didn't wow me but it was ok. Haven't decided if I will grow again; will have to see how productive the plant is over the next couple of months. I have two plants, one of them is doing ok, the other is lagging behind in size and number of fruit. I will have my first opalka tomato ready in a day or two to compare. First time growing both. Both are short for being an indeterminate (if that is what they are), all my other indeterminate plants are 6+ feet tall, golden rave and Juiliet are probably 9 ft tall.

My Juliets always do great like that, but they are just way to firm for me. Last year I tried Jasper (Great). This year I ended up with Indigo Rose as my smallest tomato variety.

[isuhunter]

Originally Posted by cecilsgarden1958

Wow, must be nice just to "pick up one of these" on a whim. What type of facility had a Super Sauce?

I bought the 3 pack from the burpee website. I went after the brandyboy and jerseyboy and needed another to fill it out.

[cecilsgarden1958]

Originally Posted by isuhunter

I bought the 3 pack from the burpee website. I went after the brandyboy and jerseyboy and needed another to fill it out.

Oh Okay. I ordered quite a few from them but waited and waited and waited and it looked bad to get them in time, so I bought locally. I gave the Burpee ones all away to a friend except for an Orange Slice. Looks like it's going to grow good, but it's my smallest one. Next year I will know about the amount of time it takes them to ship ahead of time. I called them "test tube babies" the way they were shipped in the plastic But, it's handier to buy local if it warms up fast like this year. Still might try some heirlooms next year and will order them from Selected Plants probably, if I can find some productive ones.

[joebolin]

Just an update on my SuperSauce plants, which I started from seed in late January. The plants are very small (two feet tall), although bushy. They have clusters of fruit, but none are even close to five inches long or wide; most are larger than the Amish Paste tomatoes I grew last year, though. I have picked two, both about the size of a large plum tomato. These are very meaty tomatoes with few seeds and almost no juicy bits, so they probably do make a good sauce. I'll hopefully know in about a month, when the rest ripen. Overall, a disappointment from the germination rate (50%) to the successful plant stage (I have nine plants left from 12 seedlings set out from 25 seeds in the packet). I would not ever use this hybrid again.

[TexasTim]

My plant has quite a few nice ones on it. The first ones are now 1/2- 3/4 lb and still growing.

[joebolin]

Thanks for the encouraging words, TexasTim! Maybe I'm just expecting too much from this hybrid. Here's what my plants look like now:
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My disappointment lies in the size of the plants (they are very small, under three feet) and the problems I have had with leaf curl (I've lost three plants to this problem this season).

[joebolin]

Here's a photo of my largest SuperSauce tomato (so far). It was the size of an average apple and very meaty. Once parboiled and peeled, it filled a pint jar halfway. I have to admit, these are easy tomatoes to can since they have very little juice and almost no seeds. The flavor is spectacular, too: intensely sweet (friends commented on the sweetness of the tomatoes used in a stir fry) and a beautiful shade of red.

[joebolin]

Here's a photo of my first substantial harvest of SuperSauce tomatoes. As I noted earlier, out of 25 seeds, I have 11 mature plants. The plants are definitely on the small side (three feet tall), but are prodigious producers. From this harvest of tomatoes, I prepared three quarts of sauce; not the best return I've ever had on tomatoes, but I will admit that the SuperSauce variety has a spectacular flavor.