your 3 favorite tomatoes to date - Page 5

Quickstrike · April 3, 2012

Sun Sugar
Big Beef
Stupice

dustyrivergarden · April 3, 2012

Sun Gold F1 hybrid
Chocolate Cherry
Carbon
only 3 thats not right...

walkinggin · April 3, 2012

These are the three I would grow if only three were possible.

Cherokee Purple for taste
Lillian's Yellow Heirloom/Cherokee Green for taste, I would have to alternate every other year!
Striped Roman because it is the one paste tomato that I wish I had more of each year.

Alpinejs · April 3, 2012

LOL, Quickstrike.....there is a lesson for us to learn here that has been told
by many others. Various climates, soils, etc. can make a big variation in
the taste result. I had to laugh in that all three of your choices were among
those I felt were unworthy to be included in the 80 varieties I am hauling to
Canada.

No wonder all these favorite threads have such huge variation. I always
feel like they should have tasted MY choices.

celerystalksmidnite · April 3, 2012

Cherokee Purple
Brandywine, Sudduth
incorrect Red Brandywine (the beefsteak; I have never tried the globe)

Cherokee Purple is not among the best flavored tomatoes I've tasted, but it's very good and the one tomato I can count on year after year. Not too shabby in the looks department, either.

brokenbar · April 3, 2012

Sauce - Costoluto Genovese

Drying - Chinese

Salsa - Zapotec

If I Could Only Grow One Tomato - Russo Sicilian Togeta

Man...that is hard (and apparently I can't count because that is 4...)

These all made the list after growing them for 10+ years in Wyoming and in Mexico.

I only grow reds, I only grow drying/sauce varieties and I could care less about eating any tomato fresh. I also don't care if they are ugly...

geeboss · April 4, 2012

I've never seen an ugly tomato just one's with lots of character.

brokenbar · April 4, 2012

I guess that's right...beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I am growing one I named Venetian Marketplace from seeds saved from a tomato at the market in Venice...Big, misshapen, lumps, bumps and no discernible traditional shape...not round, not heart, not pear. It really is not the loveliest of tomatoes! (I am sure the other tomatoes laugh and call it names...

) Come to think of it, most of the tomatoes I grow are not "Beauty Pageant" "cover of Bon Appetit" specimens!

Tormato · April 4, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by geeboss

I've never seen an ugly tomato just one's with lots of character.

Here's some character for you...

http://sportago.files.wordpress.com/...eisetomate.jpg

rsg2001 · April 4, 2012

For taste, mine would be:
1-Brandywine Sudduth
2-Sungold
3-Black Cherry

However, since I only get a few BS's out of each plant, I don't always have it in the garden since I have limited space. Next group would be (I know you didn't ask):

4-Eva Purple Ball for both taste and production - quite dependable.
5-Cherokee Green - grew it last year for the first time and thought it was amazing
6-Cherokee Purple
7-Black
8-Anna Russian - though I don't grow it anymore, as the last two times I did the plants had fusarium and expired early. I found I had the same experience with all the hearts I've tried.
9-Lemon Boy
10-Tie between Rutgers and Marianna's Peace

I reserve the right to change my mind and edit this, LOL.
9-

gssgarden · April 4, 2012

ooooooo........forgot about Marianna's Peace!!

She's a keeper...IF she'll grow! Production was very low for me but the fruit I DID get was VERY good!!

Greg

stonysoilseeds · April 4, 2012

hi rs i think i will need to try cherokee green if its anything like cherokee purple it should be a keeper

maxfromaustralia · April 7, 2012

Verna Orange
Black Krim
Green Giant

But there are many new varieties yet to taste. Cheers Max

arivaraci · April 7, 2012

Sungold
Brandywine Sudduth
Stump of the World

kurt · April 7, 2012

Black Cherry,Sweet Millions,Apero and the only determinate I grow Kumato.Will try Sungold this season.These are all for Sfla. garden.

April 3, 2012	#62
dustyrivergarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Holbrook, Az zone 5 Posts: 157	Sun Gold F1 hybrid Chocolate Cherry Carbon only 3 thats not right... __________________ “The yield of a crop is LIMITED by the deficiency of any one element even though all of the other necessary elements are present in adequate amounts”. J. Von Liebig's law of the minimum.

April 3, 2012	#65
celerystalksmidnite Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: SE Texas Zone 8 Posts: 101	Cherokee Purple Brandywine, Sudduth incorrect Red Brandywine (the beefsteak; I have never tried the globe) Cherokee Purple is not among the best flavored tomatoes I've tasted, but it's very good and the one tomato I can count on year after year. Not too shabby in the looks department, either. __________________ MCB

April 3, 2012	#66
brokenbar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Of The Border Posts: 1,169	Sauce - Costoluto Genovese Drying - Chinese Salsa - Zapotec If I Could Only Grow One Tomato - Russo Sicilian Togeta Man...that is hard (and apparently I can't count because that is 4...) These all made the list after growing them for 10+ years in Wyoming and in Mexico. I only grow reds, I only grow drying/sauce varieties and I could care less about eating any tomato fresh. I also don't care if they are ugly... __________________ "If I'm not getting dirty, I'm not having a good time."

April 4, 2012	#68
brokenbar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Of The Border Posts: 1,169	I guess that's right...beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I am growing one I named Venetian Marketplace from seeds saved from a tomato at the market in Venice...Big, misshapen, lumps, bumps and no discernible traditional shape...not round, not heart, not pear. It really is not the loveliest of tomatoes! (I am sure the other tomatoes laugh and call it names... ) Come to think of it, most of the tomatoes I grow are not "Beauty Pageant" "cover of Bon Appetit" specimens! __________________ "If I'm not getting dirty, I'm not having a good time."

April 3, 2012	#61
Quickstrike Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada! Posts: 37	Sun Sugar Big Beef Stupice

April 3, 2012	#63
walkinggin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 196	These are the three I would grow if only three were possible. Cherokee Purple for taste Lillian's Yellow Heirloom/Cherokee Green for taste, I would have to alternate every other year! Striped Roman because it is the one paste tomato that I wish I had more of each year.

April 3, 2012	#64
Alpinejs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alpine, Calif. in winter. Sandpoint Lake, Ont. Canada summers Posts: 850	LOL, Quickstrike.....there is a lesson for us to learn here that has been told by many others. Various climates, soils, etc. can make a big variation in the taste result. I had to laugh in that all three of your choices were among those I felt were unworthy to be included in the 80 varieties I am hauling to Canada. No wonder all these favorite threads have such huge variation. I always feel like they should have tasted MY choices.

April 4, 2012	#67
geeboss Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA Z7 Posts: 524	I've never seen an ugly tomato just one's with lots of character.

April 4, 2012	#70
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	For taste, mine would be: 1-Brandywine Sudduth 2-Sungold 3-Black Cherry However, since I only get a few BS's out of each plant, I don't always have it in the garden since I have limited space. Next group would be (I know you didn't ask): 4-Eva Purple Ball for both taste and production - quite dependable. 5-Cherokee Green - grew it last year for the first time and thought it was amazing 6-Cherokee Purple 7-Black 8-Anna Russian - though I don't grow it anymore, as the last two times I did the plants had fusarium and expired early. I found I had the same experience with all the hearts I've tried. 9-Lemon Boy 10-Tie between Rutgers and Marianna's Peace I reserve the right to change my mind and edit this, LOL. 9-

April 4, 2012	#71
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	ooooooo........forgot about Marianna's Peace!! She's a keeper...IF she'll grow! Production was very low for me but the fruit I DID get was VERY good!! Greg

April 4, 2012	#72
stonysoilseeds Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: cincinnatus, new york Posts: 341	hi rs i think i will need to try cherokee green if its anything like cherokee purple it should be a keeper

April 7, 2012	#73
maxfromaustralia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 50	Verna Orange Black Krim Green Giant But there are many new varieties yet to taste. Cheers Max

April 7, 2012	#74
arivaraci Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 199	Sungold Brandywine Sudduth Stump of the World

April 7, 2012	#75
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,500	Black Cherry,Sweet Millions,Apero and the only determinate I grow Kumato.Will try Sungold this season.These are all for Sfla. garden.