Favorite tomatoes!

[tgplp]

I'm always asking people what they're favorite tomato varieties are! So now I'll bug you guys about it!!!

Just fill out each catagory. It'll be fun, I swear.

1. Best tasting tomato
2. Best cherry tomato
3. Best green when ripe tomato
4. Best huge tomato
5. Best early tomato
6. Best black tomato
7. Best heart shaped tomato
8. Best sauce tomato
9. Best potato leafed tomato
10. Best bi colored tomato

Thanks!

Taryn

[b54red]

Ok, I'll bite. Some will have to have two because they were tied.

1. Best tasting- PL Indian Stripe & Black Krim
2. Best cherry- Sungold F1
3. Best green when ripe- Pepper Seed Greeen
4. Best huge- Donskoi
5. Best early- None of them taste that good
6. Best black- Black Krim
7. Best heart- Kosovo & Donskoi
8. Best sauce- Kosovo & Bill's Berkley Pink
9. Best potato- Stump & Limbaugh's Legacy
10. Best bi colored- haven't found one yet
11. Best Gold- KBX

[camochef]

[quote=tgplp;196216]I'm always asking people what they're favorite tomato varieties are! So now I'll bug you guys about it!!!

Just fill out each catagory. It'll be fun, I swear.

1. Best tasting tomato-Bear Creek
2. Best cherry tomato-Sun Gold
3. Best green when ripe tomato-Cherokee Green
4. Best huge tomato-Tarasenko6/Mrs Benson
5. Best early tomato-Barlow Jap
6. Best black tomato-Bear Creek/Dana's Dusky Rose
7. Best heart shaped tomato-Wes
8. Best sauce tomato-Brandywine (Cowlick's, Glick's, Sudduth's)
9. Best potato leafed tomato-Brandywine
10. Best bi colored tomato-Pineapple
11. Best Orange colored tomato-Kelloggs Breakfast

[newatthiskat]

1. Best tasting tomato-Depends what I am doing with it. If I am putting it on a hamburger I really like the old time red flavors. Atkinson and Rutgers
2. Best cherry tomato-Snow white, Black Cherry. They are pretty together as well.
3. Best green when ripe tomato-Grubs Mystery Green (so far)
4. Best huge tomato-WES
5. Best early tomato-I don't know but I think Atkinson but it is more mid season
6. Best black tomato-Black Krim/Brads Black Heart
7. Best heart shaped tomato-Brad's Black Heart and WES
8. Best sauce tomato All of the above but Black Krim and Brandywine make a great combo
9. Best potato leafed tomato-Brandywine Suddeth
10. Best bi colored tomato-Pineapple (Even my tomato hating daughter likes this one.
11. Best yellow- Lillian's Yellow Heirloom and Tom's Yellow Wonder. Both yellow but great in different ways.
Remember I am only a few years in... not decades like others but I know a great pasta sauce when I taste it. Also Family is addicted to Annie's Salsa

Kat

[barkeater]

1. Best tasting tomato - Ramapo
2. Best cherry tomato - Black Cherry
3. Best green when ripe tomato - Cherokee Green
4. Best huge tomato - Big Zac
5. Best early tomato - Bloody Butcher
6. Best black tomato - Cherokee Purple; Black Giant
7. Best heart shaped tomato - Granny's Heart; Wes
8. Best sauce tomato -Ramapo; Supersonic; Any Heart
9. Best potato leafed tomato -Brandywine
10. Best bi colored tomato - Northern Lights (only have grown 2)

[recruiterg]

OK this should be fun.

1. Best tasting tomato - Brandywine Sudduth
2. Best cherry tomato - Black Cherry
3. Best green when ripe tomato - Cherokee Green (only green I have ever grown)
4. Best huge tomato - KBX
5. Best early tomato - Stupice (average taste at best, but early)
6. Best black tomato - Cherokee Purple / JD's Special C-Tex
7. Best heart shaped tomato - Prue (not sure if a Heart) / Kosovo
8. Best sauce tomato - Ludmilla's Red Plum
9. Best potato leafed tomato - Brandywine Sudduth
10. Best bi colored tomato - I have never grown a good one
11. Best Yellow - KBX

[PNW_D]

1. Best tasting tomato - Aunt Gertie's Gold
2. Best cherry tomato - Brandysweet Plum
3. Best green when ripe tomato - Grub's Mystery Green
4. Best huge tomato - Sylvan Gaume
5. Best early tomato - Kimberly
6. Best black tomato- Roger's Best Black
7. Best heart shaped tomato - Sylvan Gaume
8. Best sauce tomato - Speckled Roman
9. Best potato leafed tomato - Aunt Ginny's Purple
10. Best bi colored tomato - Lucky Cross

[beefyboy]

I am growing 42 varieties now so here is my current picks but could change since many I am still waiting to try!
1.Best tasting? tied between Earls Faux, Goose Creek, and early Girl Improved (does not taste like Early Girl and could be my favorite Tom).
2. Best Cherry? Sungold
3. Best Green ? Green Zebra
4. best huge? Earls Faux
5. Best early? Orange Minsk, it is pumping out the sweetest tom. I have ever had.
6. Best black? J.D Special
7. Best Heart? Kosovo
8. Best Sauce? Sherrill
9. Best Potato leaf? Earls Faux, Early Girl Improved
10. Best Bi? do not have one yet! but hoping for Hawaiin Pineapple to be?
11. You mean there is no 11? lol

[beefyboy]

thought there was an 11 and then checked and saw none! dang my eyes are getting bad!! lol
11. Best Gold? KBX (first was beyong fantastic then lost plant!, second was only good off another plant.) Orange Minsk has been consistently early and pumping out the sweetest taste I have ever had and I heard they are not noted for being that sweet. Would love some feedback on that and also Jaune Flamme? Flamme has very thick skin here in Florida which ruins the great taste it has. Can't wait for Bulgarian Triumph and Gigant Palina to ripen so I can compare flavors of the small types.

[Tormato]

1. Best tasting - ? (I don't know the tomato's name)
2. Best cherry - Sun Gold F1
3. Best green - Green Giant
4. Best huge - Rose
5. Best early - Kimberly
6. Best black - it depends on what the meaning of "best" is
7. Best heart - it varies from season to season
8. Best sauce - all of my varieties in one pot
9. Best potato leaf - Aunt Ginny's Purple
10. Best bicolor - Lucky Cross

[stormymater]

1. Best tasting tomato - Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red
2. Best cherry tomato - Black Cherry (Hawaiian Currant very close second for perfect flavor)
3. Best green when ripe tomato - Grubb's Mystery Green
4. Best huge tomato - Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
5. Best early tomato - red cherries (Gardener's Delight volunteers last year)
6. Best black tomato - ongoing argument in this house - DH firm for Cherokee Purple & my choice is JD's Special C-Tex
7. Best heart shaped tomato - Cour di Bue from Franchi
8. Best sauce tomato - Rio Grande for paste texture/fruit set, Chesapeake & Old Brooks & Red Pear (the big one from Italy) for production flavor
9. Best potato leafed tomato - KBX
10. Best bi colored tomato - Arkansas Marvel when many factors taken together

This was hard to winnow down FTR.

[remy]

1. Best tasting tomato- Stump of the World
2. Best cherry tomato- Remy Rouge or Sungold
3. Best green when ripe tomato- I love them all!
4. Best huge tomato- I don't grow for huge so it is hard for me to say.
5. Best early tomato- Sophie's Choice
6. Best black tomato- Carbon
7. Best heart shaped tomato- Kosovo
8. Best sauce tomato- no favorite, there are many I like
9. Best potato leafed tomato- Prudens Purple or Eckert Polish
10. Best bi colored tomato- Lucky Cross though it is late!
11. Best Orange colored tomato - still looking for one I love
12 Best Yellow - Pork Chop
13 Best White - Fantome Du Laos

[hornstrider]

I found this old thread, and thought I would bring back up. I am growing Stump of the world for the first time, and did a google search "Stump of the World Tomatoville", and found this thread. I will pick my first SOTW tomato any day now...can't wait

1. Best tasting tomato-Brandywine Sudduth, or Earls Faux
2. Best cherry tomato- Sungold
3. Best green when ripe tomato-never grown
4. Best huge tomato- Cherokee Purple
4b. Best sandwich, or hamburger tomato-Cherokee Purple
4c. Best salad tomato-Kosovo
5. Best early tomato- quit growing early tomato's
6. Best black tomato- Cherokee Purple, or Indian Stipe
7. Best heart shaped tomato- Kosovo
8. Best sauce tomato- All of the above
9. Best potato leafed tomato-Brandywine Sudduth
10. Best bi colored tomato-never grown
11. Best Orange -never grown
12 Best Yellow - never grown
13 Best White - never grown

I also came across this description from Camo on another forum...

"The one I tested today was smaller than most weighing only 8 1/4 oz. or 234 grams. It may not have been that large in size, but it was humungous in taste. Like most Pink Brandywines, (Camo's favorites), it has very thin skin, and very little core. It's firm pink flesh is a tomato lovers dream, it has a well balanced taste that makes me wonder how I forgot to grow it the last few years. This tomato doesn't even need salt or perhaps I should say, salt doesn't make a great difference when tasting. Now adding the bear to the mix does! A little Zatarain's with this tomato and you'd think you died and gone to heaven. I almost felt like I could sense Ben, smiling down at me saying, "What do you think of that one?"

[ContainerTed]

So, which brandywine was Camo talking about in that paragraph? If memory serves me right, I believe that was his "Cowlicks Brandywine" he found at a local nursery. And Camo always tests the taste of tomatoes by adding a little Zatarain's.

Looking at your list, I can see that you have a lot of happy moments in your future as you grow and taste the ones you marked "never grown". I'm growing Camo's "Cowlicks BW" this year, along with 187 other varieties. Gonna be busy this time out.

[hornstrider]

Ted...I believe he was describing SOTW...........maybe I'm wrong...

"Stump of the World
Let me start off by saying, I've grown this variety in the past, probably before I started doing taste tests a couple years ago. I'm not sure why I stopped growing it but I believe it was during the Great Brandywine search, where I was growing every type of Brandywine I could find. (this predated the Black tomato search).
So thanks to Darlene once again, it's back in Camo gardens. For those unfamiliar with this Pink Beefsteak type tomato, it's one of the late, legendary tomato grower, Ben Quisenberry's favorites!
The one I tested today was smaller than most weighing only 8 1/4 oz. or 234 grams. It may not have been that large in size, but it was humungous in taste. Like most Pink Brandywines, (Camo's favorites), it has very thin skin, and very little core. It's firm pink flesh is a tomato lovers dream, it has a well balanced taste that makes me wonder how I forgot to grow it the last few years. This tomato doesn't even need salt or perhaps I should say, salt doesn't make a great difference when tasting. Now adding the bear to the mix does! A little Zatarain's with this tomato and you'd think you died and gone to heaven. I almost felt like I could sense Ben, smiling down at me saying, "What do you think of that one?"