Best tasting tomato...ever!

[camochef]

After having posted in the thread, "Going out on a limb here" that I had discovered the best tasting tomato I ever tasted after growing tomatoes for over 53 years, I have to make a correction and offer my apologies. I though I had been given a grafted Dana's Dusky Rose, but I've now determined that its a grafted Dana's German Johnson-Benton Strain.

Everything still applies as far as taste, description size, growth and the fact that its sweeter , meaty and simply great tasting. Just had the wrong name attached to it.

This took a little detective work to figure out, but it's much more logical now that it's being compared to a Benton Strain German Johnson.
Enjoy!
Camo

[camochef]

Originally Posted by camochef

After having posted in the thread, "Going out on a limb here" that I had discovered the best tasting tomato I ever tasted after growing tomatoes for over 53 years, I have to make a correction and offer my apologies. I thought I had been given a grafted Dana's Dusky Rose, but I've now determined that its a grafted Dana's German Johnson-Benton Strain.

Everything still applies as far as taste, description size, growth and the fact that its sweeter , meaty and simply great tasting. Just had the wrong name attached to it.

This took a little detective work to figure out, but it's much more logical now that it's being compared to a Benton Strain German Johnson.
Enjoy!
Camo

[NGGrant]

I have one German johnson planted. It is full of tomatos hopefully they will taste almost as good.

[mecktom]

Camo....German Johnson is a favorite of mine. It is a very popular variety here; however, I am not familar with Dana's German Johnson-Benton Strain. Can you tell me something about it?

[camochef]

Originally Posted by mecktom

Camo....German Johnson is a favorite of mine. It is a very popular variety here; however, I am not familar with Dana's German Johnson-Benton Strain. Can you tell me something about it?

Mecktom,
I received seed from Dana, about 6-7 years ago for German Johnson. I later learned it was a strain from a friend/customer of her fathers that gave them some seed for what was a family heirloom. His name was Jim Benton. Thus it's German Johnson-Benton Strain.
I had originally called it Dana's German Johnson as I couldn't remember the actual name until checking with Dana a couple years later.
From what I understood, there were a lot of people up in the hollars of Virginia and North Carolina that grew German Johnsons for generations. They were family heirlooms and not necessarily the same tomato.
Sorta like beefsteaks were in jersey back in the late 40's and early 50's. Every farmer in Jersey was growing "Beefsteaks" Any large oblong tomato was considered a beefsteak. I can remember buying them by the bushel for $1.00-to $1.50 a bushel back when I first started driving. We would ride around with a bushel and a saltshaker. Couldn't imagine doing that today.
Even with such a meaty tomato as German Johnson-Benton strain...its still pretty darn juicy.
Enjoy!
Camo

[PA_Julia]

Fascinating Camo!

[camochef]

Originally Posted by NGGrant

I have one German johnson planted. It is full of tomatos hopefully they will taste almost as good.

I really don't like to burst anyones bubble, but I've grown German Johnson from a few different sources over the years and they are not the same tomato as German Johnson-Benton strain which I've grown for a few years now.
The grafted plant does even better than those grown from seed. Right now the ones grown from seed are all but done, The grafted plant is still loaded with fruit from green to ripe. The only noticable difference is they aren't as large as they were in the beginning of the season.
I do hope yours do well and produce a tasty fruit that you enjoy!
Camo