Looking for Best Flavored Hybrids

Black Krim · January 8, 2017

All seed listings make every hybrid sound delicious and productive......And therefore difficult to select a limited few.

Which are the best flavored hybrids for my area.

Weather has been yo-yoing year to year....From a very cold rainy late March weather up to mid June then jump into a very short warm summer and Indian Fall to last summer very hot with nine days of ninety degree day in a row and a general lack of rain. This is New England!

Figure a few heat loving and a few cold loving and a few in the middle.

AlittleSalt · January 8, 2017

I haven't tried a lot of hybrids, but these taste good to us:

Early Girl
Sungold
Big Beef
Sweet 100
Supersweet Cherry 100
Momotaro
Celebrity

gssgarden · January 8, 2017

Big Beef is my standard

Greg

Gerardo · January 8, 2017

Marbonne tastes good.

Black Krim · January 8, 2017

Thanks for all the replies!!!!'!!!

Black Krim · February 3, 2017

Big Beef f1 purchased!!!!

Not done shopping...

BigVanVader · February 3, 2017

I'd add that when choosing hybrids, flavor isn't at the top of the list for traits I'm looking for. Customers that want to grow/eat hybrids are the types that think a tomato is red/round/easy/and taste like a store bought. I go for best prod/disease resistance instead since more bland tomatoes typically make customers more happy than less of slightly better tasting tomatoes, thats my 2cent. But I do grow BB F1 pretty much every year. It has both traits.

Ricky Shaw · February 3, 2017

I'll probably grow a couple Big Beef every year, for give-aways and a production benchmark, even though I love the heirlooms so much more.

gssgarden · February 3, 2017

Ricky, that's funny because I do the same! BB produces much more than my heirlooms and if I have a tablefull of tomatoes, I give away the BB!! That being said, BB is my favorite Hybrid and it's been in my garden for a long time! It's my standard as well.

Greg

AKmark · February 3, 2017

Early Girl is the most popular hybrid in AK, it tastes good and is a production machine.
Big Beef has been popular for years too, good production, decent taste.
Momotaro tastes great, fair production
Brandy Boy tastes great, very good taste, good production in the right hands.
Trust taste pretty good, great production.
Tomimaru muchoo has a good taste, grown by some market gardeners up here in AK
Garden Treasure taste good, produces good
I have grown many hybrids for 25 years, these are the better ones I have tried.

heirloomtomaguy · February 3, 2017

I usually only grow hybrid cherry tomatoes. Here's my list

Esterina F1
SunGold F1
Orange Paruche F1
Toronjina F1
As well as others i am drawing a blank on

wildcat62 · February 3, 2017

Big Beef, Big Boy, Supersteak & Lemon Boy are some that I normally grow.

BigVanVader · February 3, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by AKmark

Early Girl is the most popular hybrid in AK, it tastes good and is a production machine.
Big Beef has been popular for years too, good production, decent taste.
Momotaro tastes great, fair production
Brandy Boy tastes great, very good taste, good production in the right hands.
Trust taste pretty good, great production.
Tomimaru muchoo has a good taste, grown by some market gardeners up here in AK
Garden Treasure taste good, produces good
I have grown many hybrids for 25 years, these are the better ones I have tried.

Have you tried New Girl? I have some waiting to sprout right now.

NewWestGardener · February 3, 2017

I've grown New Girl last year, they were early and productive, semi firm. I forgot what the taste was like, but they will come back in the garden for sure as they are reliable.

BigVanVader · February 3, 2017

Thanks for the review, I bought them on a whim to try as my early red hybrid. Hope they taste decent.

January 8, 2017	#1
Black Krim Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: New England Posts: 661	Looking for Best Flavored Hybrids All seed listings make every hybrid sound delicious and productive......And therefore difficult to select a limited few. Which are the best flavored hybrids for my area. Weather has been yo-yoing year to year....From a very cold rainy late March weather up to mid June then jump into a very short warm summer and Indian Fall to last summer very hot with nine days of ninety degree day in a row and a general lack of rain. This is New England! Figure a few heat loving and a few cold loving and a few in the middle.

February 3, 2017	#11
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I usually only grow hybrid cherry tomatoes. Here's my list Esterina F1 SunGold F1 Orange Paruche F1 Toronjina F1 As well as others i am drawing a blank on __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

January 8, 2017	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I haven't tried a lot of hybrids, but these taste good to us: Early Girl Sungold Big Beef Sweet 100 Supersweet Cherry 100 Momotaro Celebrity

January 8, 2017	#3
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Big Beef is my standard Greg

January 8, 2017	#4
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	Marbonne tastes good.

February 3, 2017	#7
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	I'd add that when choosing hybrids, flavor isn't at the top of the list for traits I'm looking for. Customers that want to grow/eat hybrids are the types that think a tomato is red/round/easy/and taste like a store bought. I go for best prod/disease resistance instead since more bland tomatoes typically make customers more happy than less of slightly better tasting tomatoes, thats my 2cent. But I do grow BB F1 pretty much every year. It has both traits.

February 3, 2017	#8
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	I'll probably grow a couple Big Beef every year, for give-aways and a production benchmark, even though I love the heirlooms so much more.

February 3, 2017	#10
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Early Girl is the most popular hybrid in AK, it tastes good and is a production machine. Big Beef has been popular for years too, good production, decent taste. Momotaro tastes great, fair production Brandy Boy tastes great, very good taste, good production in the right hands. Trust taste pretty good, great production. Tomimaru muchoo has a good taste, grown by some market gardeners up here in AK Garden Treasure taste good, produces good I have grown many hybrids for 25 years, these are the better ones I have tried.

February 3, 2017	#12
wildcat62 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Zone 6 Northern Kentucky Posts: 1,094	Big Beef, Big Boy, Supersteak & Lemon Boy are some that I normally grow.

February 3, 2017	#14
NewWestGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 564	I've grown New Girl last year, they were early and productive, semi firm. I forgot what the taste was like, but they will come back in the garden for sure as they are reliable.