My list of currently potted and plated varieties

mensplace · March 31, 2010

Thanks to all of you wonderful folks and great friends who have taken a minor interest and grown in into a major hobby..it was a real life saver in getting me moving after the strokes and disease diagnosis! BUT..after inventorying these today...I'm TIRED!
Abe Lincoln
Akers West Va
Andrew Raharts Jumbo Red
Aunt Ruby’s German green
Big Beef
Big Zac
Black & Red Boar
Black and Red Boar
Black sea man
Box Car Willie
Bulgarian Triumph
Carbon
Carmello
Cherokee pink
Cherokee purple
Cosmonaut Volkov
Costoluto Genovese
Coustralee
Cowlicks pink brandywine
Creole
Delicious
Delicious
Depps Pink
Dr Lyle
Dzruba
Earls faux
Florida Pink
Garden peach
German Head
German Red Strawberry
German Red Strawberry
Giant Belgium
Goose Creek
Heatherington Pink
Hillbilly
Hungarian Giant
Hungarian Oval
Indian Stripe
JD’s Special CTEX
Jeff Davis
KBX
Kelloggs
Large Pink Bulgarian
Limmony
Lynwood
Mariannas peace
Maya & Scion Airdrie Classic
Mexico
Moravsky Div
Mule Team
Neves Azorean Red
Omars
Prudens purple
Purple Calabash
Red peach
Red Penna
Rowdy red
Rozalinda
Russian 117
Rutgers
San Marzano
Sandwich Steak
Siberskiy skorospely
Stump of the world
Stupice
Sudduths brandywine
Toms Yellow Wonder
Tropic
Ukranian Heart
WinsAll
Zogola

pdxwindjammer · March 31, 2010

I got tired reading through the list!

I would love to be your neighbor and get treated to some of your excess tomatoes later this year! Good luck with them all. Seems your stroke and other issues hasn't slowed you down a bit!

stormymater · March 31, 2010

Typical Scot

Takes one to know one!
Wat a wonderful addiction it is!
Whoever called tomatoes the gateway vegetable...

travis · March 31, 2010

I'm glad to see someone preserving Creole and Tropic. Especially Creole. Those two have all but disappeared from the catalogs and are even getting scarce in the yearbook. I think selectedplants and sandhill are about the only two commercial places you can still get either of them and I haven't checked on them this year. Both are good, valuable Southern and subtropic open pollinated varieties.

I just reread your list. What is Cherokee Pink and where did you get that one?

stormymater · March 31, 2010

Creole is a really nice tomato - got it last year from Heirloomseeds.com. Saved seed & will grow again. Tatiana sent me a gift package of Tropic to try out this year.

I didn't get good production from Jeff Davis last year - niether did anyone I gave them too. Made me sad as I loved Traveler (his horse).

Mule Team was a nice solid red tomato - I liked the taste of Creole better even though it was smaller.

Loved Tom's Yellow Wonder - it seemed to do better with a little afternoon dappled sun but we are HOT & glary here (all those little quartz crystals reflecting the baking sun).

Super, super loved Rowdy Red (yeah, I admit it - grew it because the variety I got had Clint Eastwood's name on it). The best tasting tennis ball sized tomato & pumped put the tomatoes. Have people already asking for those this year (an easy sell to the ladies too LOL). In the garden every year.

Loved, loved, loved KBX & Jd's Special C-tex (in the garden every year too).

Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red performed spectacularly in our conditions - back by multiple requests (& it was one of my top five)

Cherokee Purple was DH"s favorite black - I didn't believe he could tell the difference so I would slice up different blacks & he invariably picked out the Cherokee Purple (my fav was JD's Special C-Tex). Loved our weather & invited back in a big way.

You are going to have a spectacular time & find ones that are so good they curl your toes!
How're you doing with that rock?

mensplace · March 31, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdxwindjammer

I got tired reading through the list!

I would love to be your neighbor and get treated to some of your excess tomatoes later this year! Good luck with them all. Seems your stroke and other issues hasn't slowed you down a bit!

As Stormymater mentioned..it's got to be all about my heritage. Raised by a Marine Sergeant Major of WWII vintage, quitting isn't an option and trying to live whacked out on high doses of Morphine isn't an option I am willing to accept yet. Life happens an WE choose how we will respond. To be honest, when hit with the strokes and the new diagnosis I seriously did have moments of considering alternatives. THAT's where you good folks kicked in. Yeah, it hurts every minute of every day and it takes three meds to sleep, but during the day I have my garden to look forward to and its a LOT cheaper and more effective than physical therapy. I have already recouped my investment just by selling the extra plants, so I also don't feel like a drain on our budget..in fact, we are already eating some great salads. Too, a lot of visitors here learning about heirlooms. Craigslist has worked wonders here. Creole, Tropic, and Goose Creek were especially important to me both with the heat and humidity and with my southern heritage on one side. Few know it, but the Acadians were in Charleston (the biggest U.S. city at the time) and SC low country Barbecue came from the Buccaneers. My predecessor was one of those privateers in Charlestoon in the 1600s and that exact same style of barbecue is still to be found around where I was born, made by the same Scottish families. Creole and Goose Creek mean a lot to me as we used to own a little place (12000 acres) in SeeWee.
As for all the many varieties, they EACH have a special reason for being included.
Even..."are you feeling lucky?". Next year I hope to have plenty of seed. I LOVE to tell the story!

March 31, 2010	#1
mensplace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,013	My list of currently potted and plated varieties Thanks to all of you wonderful folks and great friends who have taken a minor interest and grown in into a major hobby..it was a real life saver in getting me moving after the strokes and disease diagnosis! BUT..after inventorying these today...I'm TIRED! Abe Lincoln Akers West Va Andrew Raharts Jumbo Red Aunt Ruby’s German green Big Beef Big Zac Black & Red Boar Black and Red Boar Black sea man Box Car Willie Bulgarian Triumph Carbon Carmello Cherokee pink Cherokee purple Cosmonaut Volkov Costoluto Genovese Coustralee Cowlicks pink brandywine Creole Delicious Delicious Depps Pink Dr Lyle Dzruba Earls faux Florida Pink Garden peach German Head German Red Strawberry German Red Strawberry Giant Belgium Goose Creek Heatherington Pink Hillbilly Hungarian Giant Hungarian Oval Indian Stripe JD’s Special CTEX Jeff Davis KBX Kelloggs Large Pink Bulgarian Limmony Lynwood Mariannas peace Maya & Scion Airdrie Classic Mexico Moravsky Div Mule Team Neves Azorean Red Omars Prudens purple Purple Calabash Red peach Red Penna Rowdy red Rozalinda Russian 117 Rutgers San Marzano Sandwich Steak Siberskiy skorospely Stump of the world Stupice Sudduths brandywine Toms Yellow Wonder Tropic Ukranian Heart WinsAll Zogola

March 31, 2010	#5
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Creole is a really nice tomato - got it last year from Heirloomseeds.com. Saved seed & will grow again. Tatiana sent me a gift package of Tropic to try out this year. I didn't get good production from Jeff Davis last year - niether did anyone I gave them too. Made me sad as I loved Traveler (his horse). Mule Team was a nice solid red tomato - I liked the taste of Creole better even though it was smaller. Loved Tom's Yellow Wonder - it seemed to do better with a little afternoon dappled sun but we are HOT & glary here (all those little quartz crystals reflecting the baking sun). Super, super loved Rowdy Red (yeah, I admit it - grew it because the variety I got had Clint Eastwood's name on it). The best tasting tennis ball sized tomato & pumped put the tomatoes. Have people already asking for those this year (an easy sell to the ladies too LOL). In the garden every year. Loved, loved, loved KBX & Jd's Special C-tex (in the garden every year too). Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red performed spectacularly in our conditions - back by multiple requests (& it was one of my top five) Cherokee Purple was DH"s favorite black - I didn't believe he could tell the difference so I would slice up different blacks & he invariably picked out the Cherokee Purple (my fav was JD's Special C-Tex). Loved our weather & invited back in a big way. You are going to have a spectacular time & find ones that are so good they curl your toes! How're you doing with that rock? Last edited by stormymater; March 31, 2010 at 09:22 PM. Reason: more blathering

March 31, 2010	#2
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	I got tired reading through the list! I would love to be your neighbor and get treated to some of your excess tomatoes later this year! Good luck with them all. Seems your stroke and other issues hasn't slowed you down a bit!

March 31, 2010	#3
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Typical Scot Takes one to know one! Wat a wonderful addiction it is! Whoever called tomatoes the gateway vegetable...

March 31, 2010	#4
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	I'm glad to see someone preserving Creole and Tropic. Especially Creole. Those two have all but disappeared from the catalogs and are even getting scarce in the yearbook. I think selectedplants and sandhill are about the only two commercial places you can still get either of them and I haven't checked on them this year. Both are good, valuable Southern and subtropic open pollinated varieties. I just reread your list. What is Cherokee Pink and where did you get that one?