Tomato Grow List 2013

[GnomeGrown]

Blue Beauty
BlueBerry
Carbon
Cherokee Purple
Grape
Japanese Black
Matt's Wild Cherry
Michael Pollan
Mutant Matt's
Orange Icicle
Rocky
Seattle Blue Wooly Mammoth F4
Solar Flare
Sun Gold F1
SunGold Select
Tom's Yellow Wonder



Thank you to the Tomatovilliens who sent me seeds. I appreciate it.

[efisakov]

Tomatoes consider for the year 2013:
Regrowing:

1) Black Krim tomato (Black, Regular leaf, 75)
2) Cherokee Purple tomato (Black, Regular leaf, 75)
3) Black from Tula tomato (Black, Regular leaf, 75)
4) Brandywine Black tomato (Black, Potato leaf, 80)
5) Amazon Chocolate tomato (black, 75, Potato Leaf)
6) Carbon tomato (black, 75, Regular Leaf)
7) Black Cherry tomato (Black, Regular leaf, 75)
8) Unknown tomato (90, red/pink, RL) big toms, from Cherokee seeds packet, but not Cherokee, pink and sweet, collected seeds and regrowing
9) Golden Cherokee tomato (Bi, 80, Regular Leaf)
10) Azoychka tomato (Yellow, Regular leaf, 75)
11) Taxi (Yellow, Regular leaf, 75) container
12) Japanese Black Trifele tomato (Black, Potato leaf, 75) container

NEW:
13) Black Master (purple/brown, 75, RL)
14) Indian Stripe (black, 75, RL)
15) JD's Special C-Tex (black, 75, RL)
16) Schwarze Sarah black tomato (black, 80, Regular Leaf)
17) Old time purple (purple/more than 80/RL)
18) Anna Russian (early pink heart, 75, RL)
19) Red Barn (red, RL, 85)
20) Brad’s Black Heart (75, black, RL)
21) Gary O Sena (PL) (Cher. X Brand.)
22) Marizol Bratka (85, purple, PL)
23) Dana's Dusky Rose (80, purple, RL) (is not stable yet ?)
24) Egyptian (RL, red plum, ? days)
25) Wessell’s purple pride – paste tomato crossed with Cherokee purple
26) Black Prince (black, 75, RL) container
27) Big Rainbow tomato (85, Bi, Regular leaf)
28) Old German tomato (75, Bi, Regular leaf)
29) KBX (80, gold orange, PL)
30) German Queen (red, 80, PL)
31) COWLICK BRANDYWINE (pink, 85, PL or RL)
32) Purple Dog Creek (pink/purple, 85, RL)
33) MARLOWE CHARLESTON (pink/black, 80, PL)
34) BARLOW JAP Ky (pink, 85/90, RL)
35) DAVID'S PINK Ky (8-12 oz round pink, voted "tastiest" at the CHOPTAG '10 tomato tasting)
36) Pruden's Purple (pink/purple, 75, PL)
37) Hege German Pink (pink, 75, RL)
38) Grandfather Ashlock tomato (80, pink, PL)
39) Omar’s Lebanese (red/pink, more than 80, RL)

NOT SURE (have grown before):

40) Jubilee tomato (Orange, Regular leaf, 75)
41) Matina tomato (Red, Potato leaf, 62)
42) Sungold tomato (Orange, Regular leaf, hybrid, 62-75)
43) Sweet Gold tomato (Yellow, Regular leaf, hybrid, 62)
44) Green Zebra tomato (Green, Regular leaf, 75)
45) Supersweet 100 tomato (Red, Regular leaf, hybrid, 62)
46) German Johnson Pink tomato (80, Potato leaf)
47) Black Pineapple/Ananas Noire (80, 4-colors, Regular leaf)
48) Mortgage Lifter tomato (75, Red, Regular leaf)
49) Delicious Tomato (77, Red, regular leaf)
50) Kellogg's Breakfast tomato (80, gold orange, Regular leaf)
51) Dr Wyche's Yellow (80, gold, Regular leaf, likes water)
52) Black Zebra tomato (black stripe, 75, Regular leaf)
53) Blondkopfchen tomato (gold cherry, 75, Regular Leaf)
54) Eva Purple Ball (purple, 75, Regular Leaf)
55) Garden Peach (yellow, 80, Regular Leaf)
56) Pineapple tomato (Bi, 85, Regular Leaf)
57) Oaxacan Jewel tomato (Bi, 80, Regular Leaf)

I keep revising my list, but my space is limited and the once I am not sure... I may grow again some day.
btw Eva Purple Ball is great for canning and slicing, good taste, produced until frost...

Any suggestions on the new varieties?

[z_willus_d]

Nice lists. Gnome, you have a lot of cherries in yours. Efisakov, do you have any? I've never grown Eva Purple Ball, but its looks like a great variety. I'll have to try it sometime. As for it's appropriateness for canning, I wouldn't think it would be ideal for sauce with all the seeds and juices I see in the pics online, but if you're just talking about chopped and canned that would be great.

Hope you get a handle on all the varieties.
-naysen

[efisakov]

Thanks, Z,
how is your indoor project going?
I am thinking of smaller one for myself. Not ready yet.
Ella

[carolyn137]

Ella, ambitious great looking list.

You asked for feedback and I have only one right now:

16) Schwarze Sarah black tomato (black, 80, Regular Leaf)

This should be Sara Black, bred by Joe Bratka and seeds first offered in about 1999. It's one of many that Joe gave a wrong history for suggesting it was an heirloom variety from Germany.

It's not.

It wasn't Joe who first called it Schwarze Sarah, it was someone else. He named it Sara Black, along with his other Sara's of several colors, none of them heirlooms.

Hope that helps.

Carolyn

[z_willus_d]

Ella, the indoor vines are just starting that fruit ripening phase where the tomatoes that have been hanging on green for long all start to blush in unison. I seem to get another blush every other day. It's exciting and fun to start reaping some of the rewards of such a long winter season. I've harvested now 4 Perth's Pride and 2 Yukon Quest. More to come. We'll be enjoying BLT's (2nd of the season) tonight, all the better for the fresh garden lettuce from outside.

I wish you the best with your endeavors, inside and out.
-naysen

[efisakov]

Carolyn, so happy to get your feedback. I have read so many comments from you to other tomato lovers, got your book as well. You are my tomato guru.
Thank you.
btw last year I planted seedlings of Sara Black and both of them turned to be PL, I taught that Sara Black was RL. I got seeds from eBay, I know you are not a fan...
Never the less, how stable is this variety?
thanks
Ella

[efisakov]

Carolyn, I should clear some history about that one (Sara Black). I planted both seedlings, that began blooming and my neighbor cats have killed them (small fence problem).
So, I did not get a chance to see if they will turn to be black with possible stripes on the shoulders as Sara should be.
Ella

[efisakov]

Z, I am so envious that you are picking your tomatoes during the winter times.
My hobby of growing tomatoes became an obsession at some point, if I can do it year around...
enjoy your tomatoes, your family is lucky to have you.
My son and my husband love tomatoes so much, they just eat them by the counter top without salt or anything else...
good luck with your project
Ella

[efisakov]

Hello, GnomeGrown,
have you grown Carbon before?
My took lots of space, was very productive, tall, decease resistant, great taste too, not uniformed shapes. Will plant few this year.
good luck
Ella

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by efisakov

Carolyn, so happy to get your feedback. I have read so many comments from you to other tomato lovers, got your book as well. You are my tomato guru.
Thank you.
btw last year I planted seedlings of Sara Black and both of them turned to be PL, I taught that Sara Black was RL. I got seeds from eBay, I know you are not a fan...
Never the less, how stable is this variety?
thanks
Ella

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Sara_Black

Tania's info is correct about this variety, RL and I think above you said some stripes, which is not correct. And yes, it's been genetcially stable for a long time.

And no, I'm not a fan of most of the folks offering tomato seeds at e-bay, actually far from it.

Carolyn

[efisakov]

Carolyn, thank you for clearing it up for me. I do not know what to do now to try again from the same seeds or purchase new (both of them were PL or at least looked bigger).
I used to buy seeds on eBay, but lately reading on forums made me think that some of the tomatoes may not be so productive or weak for me due to the fact that the seeds were not that pure.
The only two people I am purchasing now is Maria (blueribbontomatoes), and of course Heritage tomato. I got my seeds for the next year from them.
thank you again
Ella

[KathyDC]

I am going to (attempt to) grow about 8 different tomatoes this year, way up from the one I grew last year. It will be an experience to say the least. Tonight I sat down and tried to winnow down what I want to grow from the seed that I have, and came up with this:

1. Barlow Jap
2. Creole
3. Grandma Viney's Yellow & Pink
4. Aunt Lou's Underground Railroad
5. Greek Domata
6. Tiny Tim
7. Sprite
8. Captain Lucky

Here's the rest of my stock that didn't make it (though one may still knock one of these out as the winter goes on):

Giant Belgium
White Queen
Coyote
Omar's Lebanese
Cuore di Bue
Black From Tula
Granny Cantrell
Vinson Watts
Taxi
Gardener's Delight
Brandywine
New Big Dwarf
Grushovka
Cuastrolee
Carbon
Japanese Trifele
Riesentraub
Valencia

[Mark0820]

Originally Posted by efisakov

Carolyn, thank you for clearing it up for me. I do not know what to do now to try again from the same seeds or purchase new (both of them were PL or at least looked bigger).
I used to buy seeds on eBay, but lately reading on forums made me think that some of the tomatoes may not be so productive or weak for me due to the fact that the seeds were not that pure.
The only two people I am purchasing now is Maria (blueribbontomatoes), and of course Heritage tomato. I got my seeds for the next year from them.
thank you again
Ella

I have Sara Black seed. If you would like some of this seed, send me a PM with your address, and I will put them in the mail.

[GnomeGrown]

efisakov< Carbon is a new one for me this year.

Z willus< Lots of Cherries. Sold out continually with the Matt's at the Farmer's Markets last year.
Had bunches of folks asking for SunGold as well, so.....