Tomatopalooza[tm] IV Result

**Lee** · August 1, 2006

Another year has come and gone for our fourth annual Tomatopalooza[tm] in Raleigh, NC.

We had (according to Craig) over 100 people, although I lost count after 5!

Needless to say, there were a lot of folks who came from as far as Ohio, Florida, and even the Caribbean!

We also ended up with 192 different varieties. These are listed below for reference.

The official web site and location of pictures I took is

http://www.tomatopalooza.org/tomatopalooza4

My impression of this year was great. It was good to see old friends and new from GW and TV. It was also good to see all the different tomatoes come pilling in! This has been a poor year for both Craig and I, so we
were concerned that we might not have enough tomatoes
available. In fact, I was ready to call the whole thing off since we didn't have Cherokee Purple! Fortunately someone came through with a might fine sample of them
to save the day. (You can't have a tomato tasting without
Cherokee Purple around!)

All 9 dwarves were there! After trying them all, I must confess that I only really liked 2 of the 9. Sneezy and Sleezy A. A couple of the others were OK, but at least
4 of them were major spitters! So, here's to finding better tasting ones in the F2 and beyond.

Many of Brad's varieties made an appearance.
Fuzzy Cherokee
Large Barred Boar
Pork Chop
Yellow Boar
Berkley Tie Dye

LBB and Pork Chop were very nice tasting.

My standouts of the day were Tennesse Heirloom, Anna Banana Russian and Jefferson Davis. JD was the sweetest tomato I've ever tasted! Tenn. Heirloom was large, meaty, and had a wonderful tart flavor to it.

Jerry and I did a taste competition between Sun Gold and Sun Gold Select II. SG won hands down. While SGSII is indeed very tasty, it just lacks the punch that SG has.

The tastiest treet of the day was Martha's Tomato sorbets!
The Sun Gold sorbet was quite tasty but the Lime Green
Salad sorbet was out of this world! I'm definitely going to have to try
making some of that later this year!

All and all a very good day filled with tomatoes and good
conversation. I hope all who came had a marvelous time
and will be around for Tomatopalooza[tm] V next July!

Lee

Tomatopalooza[tm] 4 Varieties - 192 different
Alpha Pink
Aker's West Virginia
Amana Orange
Amish Paste
Amy's Sugar Gem
Ananas Noire
Andrew Rahart Jumbo Red
Anna Banana Russian
Anna Russian
Arkansas Traveler
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Banana Legs
Bashful
Beauty, Livingston's
Berkley Tie Dye
Better Boy
BHN 444
Big Beef
Big Boy
Big Orange
Big Rainbow
Big Zac
Black Altai
Black Cherry
Black from Tula
Black Krim
Black Sea Man
Blue Fruit
Box Car Willie
Brandy Boy
Brandywine
Brown Berry
Bucks County Hybrid
Burpee's Matchless
Burracker's Favorite
BWxPolish F3
Campbell's 1327
Carbon
Carmello
Celebrity
Ceresi
Chadwick Cherry
Cherokee Chocolate
Cherokee Green
Cherokee Purple
Chi Quita
Ciudad Victoria
Cossack Pineapple
Costoluto Genovese
Cuostralee
Devon Surprise
Divine Maltese
Djenna Lee's Golden Girl
Doc
Dora
Dr. Carolyn
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Dwarf Stone
Earl of Edgecomb
Earl's Faux
Early Goliath
Early Wonder
Ernesto
Eva Purple Ball
Fresh Salsa
Fuzzy Cherokee
Galina's
German Johnson
Giant Valentine
Globe
Gold Ball, Livingston's
Golden Honey Bunch
Grandfather Ashlock
Granny Bradley
Granny Cantrell pink
Great White
Green Giant
Green Giant RL
Green Grape
Green Sausage
Green Zebra
Grub's Mystery Green RL Yellow
Grumpy
Happy
Hawaiian Pineapple
Hawaiian Red Cherry
Heatwave II
Japaneese Black Trifele
Jaune Flamme
Jefferson Davis
Juliet
June Pink
Katinka Cherry
Kellogg's Breakfast
Kimberly
Korney's Jelly Bean
Large Barred Boar
Lemon Boy
Lime Green Salad
Little Lucky
Manalucie
Marmande
Marvel Stripe
Marvelous, Livingston's
Master Caruso
Matt's Wild Cherry
Mayo's Delight
Mexico Midget
Mortgage Lifter
Mule Team
Mystery Orange
Mystery Pink Tomato
Mystery Red Cherry
Nepal
New Big Dwarf
Noire Charbonneuse
Noire de Coeusboeuf
Not Ananas Noire
Not Cherokee Green 1
Not Cherokee Green 2
Not Cherokee Green 3
Not Cherokee Green 4
Not Green Giant
Not Noire Charbonneuse
Novogogoshary
Nyagous
Opalka
Orange Banana
Orange Heirloom
Paul Robeson
Pineapple
Pink Stuffer
Pork Chop
Prue
Purple Calabash
Purple Russian
Rainbow Bi-color
Rasp Red
Red Barn
Red Brandywine
Red Grape
Red Zebra
Reif's Red Heart
Rinaldo
Roma
Rose
Rose Quartz
Santorini
Saucy Green
Siletz
Sleazy
Sleepy
Sneezy
Speckled Peach
Speckled Roman
Stick
Stone
Stupice
Summer Cider
Sundrop
Sungold
Sungold Select II
Super Bush Hybrid
Super Marmande
Super Sioux
Supersonic F3 Selection yellow
Supersonic F3 Selection red
Sweet 100
Sweet Gold
Taxi
Tennessee Heirloom
Texas Wild
Thai Pink Egg
Tiger Tom
Tiny Tim
Turkey Chomp
Variegated
Volunteer cherry 1
Volunteer cherry 2
White Oxheart
Winsall
Wisconsin 55
Witty F1
Yellow Bell
Yellow Boar
Yellow Brandywine
Yellow Pear
Yellow Stuffer
Yellow White
Yugoslavian Heart
Zogla

dcarch · August 1, 2006

thank you for the hard work.

dcarch

Adenn1 · August 1, 2006

Wow, 192 varities...where would you start? What a great turnout...hope to attend some time in the near future...

billbird2111 · August 3, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee

This has been a poor year for both Craig and I...

Really? First I've heard of this, and you have my apologies. In the words of a former President who we either love or hate, "I feel your pain."

I know what it's like to lose an entire tomato crop, or at least have 95% of it fail. It's not fun. It's a year lost, a year that you don't get back.

But, there's still lots of summer left, and hopefully you two can enjoy some late summer success!!!

And then, there's always next year!

Bill

August 1, 2006	#1
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Tomatopalooza[tm] IV Result Another year has come and gone for our fourth annual Tomatopalooza[tm] in Raleigh, NC. We had (according to Craig) over 100 people, although I lost count after 5! Needless to say, there were a lot of folks who came from as far as Ohio, Florida, and even the Caribbean! We also ended up with 192 different varieties. These are listed below for reference. The official web site and location of pictures I took is http://www.tomatopalooza.org/tomatopalooza4 My impression of this year was great. It was good to see old friends and new from GW and TV. It was also good to see all the different tomatoes come pilling in! This has been a poor year for both Craig and I, so we were concerned that we might not have enough tomatoes available. In fact, I was ready to call the whole thing off since we didn't have Cherokee Purple! Fortunately someone came through with a might fine sample of them to save the day. (You can't have a tomato tasting without Cherokee Purple around!) All 9 dwarves were there! After trying them all, I must confess that I only really liked 2 of the 9. Sneezy and Sleezy A. A couple of the others were OK, but at least 4 of them were major spitters! So, here's to finding better tasting ones in the F2 and beyond. Many of Brad's varieties made an appearance. Fuzzy Cherokee Large Barred Boar Pork Chop Yellow Boar Berkley Tie Dye LBB and Pork Chop were very nice tasting. My standouts of the day were Tennesse Heirloom, Anna Banana Russian and Jefferson Davis. JD was the sweetest tomato I've ever tasted! Tenn. Heirloom was large, meaty, and had a wonderful tart flavor to it. Jerry and I did a taste competition between Sun Gold and Sun Gold Select II. SG won hands down. While SGSII is indeed very tasty, it just lacks the punch that SG has. The tastiest treet of the day was Martha's Tomato sorbets! The Sun Gold sorbet was quite tasty but the Lime Green Salad sorbet was out of this world! I'm definitely going to have to try making some of that later this year! All and all a very good day filled with tomatoes and good conversation. I hope all who came had a marvelous time and will be around for Tomatopalooza[tm] V next July! Lee Tomatopalooza[tm] 4 Varieties - 192 different Alpha Pink Aker's West Virginia Amana Orange Amish Paste Amy's Sugar Gem Ananas Noire Andrew Rahart Jumbo Red Anna Banana Russian Anna Russian Arkansas Traveler Aunt Ruby's German Green Aunt Gertie's Gold Banana Legs Bashful Beauty, Livingston's Berkley Tie Dye Better Boy BHN 444 Big Beef Big Boy Big Orange Big Rainbow Big Zac Black Altai Black Cherry Black from Tula Black Krim Black Sea Man Blue Fruit Box Car Willie Brandy Boy Brandywine Brown Berry Bucks County Hybrid Burpee's Matchless Burracker's Favorite BWxPolish F3 Campbell's 1327 Carbon Carmello Celebrity Ceresi Chadwick Cherry Cherokee Chocolate Cherokee Green Cherokee Purple Chi Quita Ciudad Victoria Cossack Pineapple Costoluto Genovese Cuostralee Devon Surprise Divine Maltese Djenna Lee's Golden Girl Doc Dora Dr. Carolyn Dr. Wyche's Yellow Dwarf Stone Earl of Edgecomb Earl's Faux Early Goliath Early Wonder Ernesto Eva Purple Ball Fresh Salsa Fuzzy Cherokee Galina's German Johnson Giant Valentine Globe Gold Ball, Livingston's Golden Honey Bunch Grandfather Ashlock Granny Bradley Granny Cantrell pink Great White Green Giant Green Giant RL Green Grape Green Sausage Green Zebra Grub's Mystery Green RL Yellow Grumpy Happy Hawaiian Pineapple Hawaiian Red Cherry Heatwave II Japaneese Black Trifele Jaune Flamme Jefferson Davis Juliet June Pink Katinka Cherry Kellogg's Breakfast Kimberly Korney's Jelly Bean Large Barred Boar Lemon Boy Lime Green Salad Little Lucky Manalucie Marmande Marvel Stripe Marvelous, Livingston's Master Caruso Matt's Wild Cherry Mayo's Delight Mexico Midget Mortgage Lifter Mule Team Mystery Orange Mystery Pink Tomato Mystery Red Cherry Nepal New Big Dwarf Noire Charbonneuse Noire de Coeusboeuf Not Ananas Noire Not Cherokee Green 1 Not Cherokee Green 2 Not Cherokee Green 3 Not Cherokee Green 4 Not Green Giant Not Noire Charbonneuse Novogogoshary Nyagous Opalka Orange Banana Orange Heirloom Paul Robeson Pineapple Pink Stuffer Pork Chop Prue Purple Calabash Purple Russian Rainbow Bi-color Rasp Red Red Barn Red Brandywine Red Grape Red Zebra Reif's Red Heart Rinaldo Roma Rose Rose Quartz Santorini Saucy Green Siletz Sleazy Sleepy Sneezy Speckled Peach Speckled Roman Stick Stone Stupice Summer Cider Sundrop Sungold Sungold Select II Super Bush Hybrid Super Marmande Super Sioux Supersonic F3 Selection yellow Supersonic F3 Selection red Sweet 100 Sweet Gold Taxi Tennessee Heirloom Texas Wild Thai Pink Egg Tiger Tom Tiny Tim Turkey Chomp Variegated Volunteer cherry 1 Volunteer cherry 2 White Oxheart Winsall Wisconsin 55 Witty F1 Yellow Bell Yellow Boar Yellow Brandywine Yellow Pear Yellow Stuffer Yellow White Yugoslavian Heart Zogla __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

August 1, 2006	#2
dcarch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,618	thank you for the hard work. dcarch __________________ tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato tomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomatomato matomato

August 1, 2006	#3
Adenn1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 559	Wow, 192 varities...where would you start? What a great turnout...hope to attend some time in the near future...