Can you recommend a sweet midsize tomato

Elliot · May 8, 2014

I was a fan of miracle sweet tomatoes for years but can no longer seem to get the plants. Is there another really sweet midsize or larger tomato I can substitute?

rnewste · May 8, 2014

Elliot,

I would recommend Momotaro as a sweet mid-size tomato. I grow it every year.

Raybo

**carolyn137** · May 8, 2014

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Originally Posted by Elliot

I was a fan of miracle sweet tomatoes for years but can no longer seem to get the plants. Is there another really sweet midsize or larger tomato I can substitute?

Will you be growing from seed or are you looking for a place to buy plants for any varieties mentioned here, And I ask b'c you said you could no longer get plants of Miracle Sweet.

And finally, are you asking for this season,I forgot to look and see where you garden.

Carolyn

Elliot · May 8, 2014

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

Will you be growing from seed or are you looking for a place to buy plants for any varieties mentioned here, And I ask b'c you said you could no longer get plants of Miracle Sweet.

And finally, are you asking for this season,I forgot to look and see where you garden.

Carolyn

I grow from plants and buy them from nurseries.

Cole_Robbie · May 9, 2014

Early Girl is a crowd-pleaser, and I think the fruit are sweet.

The sweetest tomato to me so far has been Brandywine, which is a pink tomato. I am growing several pink tomatoes this year, just because I like Brandywine so much.

Elliot · May 9, 2014

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Early Girl is a crowd-pleaser, and I think the fruit are sweet.

The sweetest tomato to me so far has been Brandywine, which is a pink tomato. I am growing several pink tomatoes this year, just because I like Brandywine so much.

Elliot · May 9, 2014

I love branywine but I have had a problem with them in the past. In most cases I only got maybe three tomatoes off of an entire bush. Could this be because we use containers?

KarenO · May 9, 2014

Hello,
If you like a sweeter tomato, I find that many orange and yellow varieties in general are sweet. Oaxacan jewel is a smaller tomato, yellow with a pink blush and a lovely sweet flavour
Karen

newatthiskat · May 9, 2014

Sometimes Atkinson can be found as a bonnie plant. It is what I would classify as a red midsized tomato

Cole_Robbie · May 9, 2014

Brandywine is known for lower yields. There are several different strains of it you can try, but big box stores won't have them. There are thousands of tomato varieties, but the selection at big stores is usually a dozen or two at best. You could also try your local farmer's market to see what the vendors there have. And craigslist sometimes has ads selling plants in the spring, too.

heirloomtomaguy · May 9, 2014

I will second oaxacan jewel my plant made a ton of beautiful mid sized sweet maters.

**carolyn137** · May 9, 2014

Elliot, you said you buy your plants at nurseries, and unless you tell me otherwise I assume those are local nurseries.

But no one here can make any suggstions for you unless they know what your local nurseries are offering as plants. Would it be possible for you to go to those nurseries this weekend and copy down the varieties that they have. This has been done before here at Tville and is a real help.

A midsize fruit would be in the range of perhaps 6 to 10 oz and not usually beefsteak shaped, usually round or what's called oblate, which is a round one with a flat stem end.

If you don't want to let us know which variaties are available to you then you're going to get suggestions all over the place.

And even if you do give us some lists to chose from I can assure you that different folks will have different ideas as to what is midsize and what is sweet.

Youo also have the option of ordering online for plants although it's getting late in the season, but there's one place that I can suggest that might help with that.

It's of course up to you to decide what you want to do, but just with the ones already suggested to you I know that some are not mid=sized and heaven forbid, perhaps not even sweet according to others since taste ahs many variables/

Carolyn

Douglas14 · May 9, 2014

For a sweet, rich flavor, I'd recommend Goose Creek.

swamper · May 10, 2014

sandul moldovan is a reliable sweet open pollinated tomato.

Sun City Linda · May 10, 2014

I agree, Goose Creek is a nice mid size sweet. Also, I think Knapps Fresh Vegies has an open pollinated version of Miracle Sweet.

May 8, 2014	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	Can you recommend a sweet midsize tomato I was a fan of miracle sweet tomatoes for years but can no longer seem to get the plants. Is there another really sweet midsize or larger tomato I can substitute?

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Elliot, you said you buy your plants at nurseries, and unless you tell me otherwise I assume those are local nurseries. But no one here can make any suggstions for you unless they know what your local nurseries are offering as plants. Would it be possible for you to go to those nurseries this weekend and copy down the varieties that they have. This has been done before here at Tville and is a real help. A midsize fruit would be in the range of perhaps 6 to 10 oz and not usually beefsteak shaped, usually round or what's called oblate, which is a round one with a flat stem end. If you don't want to let us know which variaties are available to you then you're going to get suggestions all over the place. And even if you do give us some lists to chose from I can assure you that different folks will have different ideas as to what is midsize and what is sweet. Youo also have the option of ordering online for plants although it's getting late in the season, but there's one place that I can suggest that might help with that. It's of course up to you to decide what you want to do, but just with the ones already suggested to you I know that some are not mid=sized and heaven forbid, perhaps not even sweet according to others since taste ahs many variables/ Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

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rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Elliot, I would recommend Momotaro as a sweet mid-size tomato. I grow it every year. Raybo

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Early Girl is a crowd-pleaser, and I think the fruit are sweet. The sweetest tomato to me so far has been Brandywine, which is a pink tomato. I am growing several pink tomatoes this year, just because I like Brandywine so much.

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KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Hello, If you like a sweeter tomato, I find that many orange and yellow varieties in general are sweet. Oaxacan jewel is a smaller tomato, yellow with a pink blush and a lovely sweet flavour Karen

May 9, 2014	#9
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	Sometimes Atkinson can be found as a bonnie plant. It is what I would classify as a red midsized tomato

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heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I will second oaxacan jewel my plant made a ton of beautiful mid sized sweet maters.

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Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	For a sweet, rich flavor, I'd recommend Goose Creek.

May 10, 2014	#14
swamper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT Posts: 219	sandul moldovan is a reliable sweet open pollinated tomato.

May 10, 2014	#15
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	I agree, Goose Creek is a nice mid size sweet. Also, I think Knapps Fresh Vegies has an open pollinated version of Miracle Sweet.