Two varieties that won't be invited back

Labradors2 · August 13, 2014

Jaune Flammee was a variety that I was really looking forward to growing. Early and pretty with good write-ups. It just HAD to be a winner!

Tart and nasty is my opinion. I just hope it's good for cooking, because all the ripe ones have just been stashed in the freezer.

Blondkophchen - another disappointment. I LOVED it last year at a tomato tasting event. However, it tastes nasty to me! A true spitter! No sweetness or even acidity, it's like chewing a leaf

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I do wonder about my soil, because many of the cherry tomato varieties that I am growing in the garden aren't that great, yet all five varieties that I'm growing in containers taste excellent. Then again, the large-fruited varieties from the garden all taste good. I will do a soil test just to see if something is missing. Our clay soil has been amended many times with aged cow manure, and this growing season we added a load in the fall, covered it with a tarp for the winter, and added another load in the spring. Beans and cukes taste wonderful!

Linda

kath · August 13, 2014

Sometimes it's just the conditions in a given year and sometimes it's just your taste buds. Btw, I concur with your evaluation of JF and B.

kath

ChristinaJo · August 13, 2014

I've got the seeds and have read they're great for drying....

Labradors2 · August 13, 2014

Kath, maybe we have similar tastes! I always enjoy reading your reviews!

ChristinaJo, I'm guessing it's Blondekopfchen that is great for drying. Great idea! I have a dehydrator and those cherry toms are so easy to cut in half and dry.

Linda

MrBig46 · August 13, 2014

Jaune Flame is a disappointment for me as well. It's a nice tomato, but sour and watery, disgusting to me .
Vladimír

Labradors2 · August 13, 2014

So glad that I'm not the only one! We should start an "I hate Jaune Flammee" club!

Linda

VC Scott · August 13, 2014

Maybe Jaune Flamme needs heat. It has been a great tomato for me in inland Southern California. It did take awhile to figure out when they are ripe. When ripe they are almost the color of an apricot, with a little red in the interior.

My only problem is that it won't quit pumping out fruit, and now that the Brandywine, CP and Desters are coming in, Juane Flamme takes the back seat.

**carolyn137** · August 13, 2014

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Originally Posted by Labradors2

So glad that I'm not the only one! We should start an "I hate Jaune Flammee" club!

Linda

I will not be participating in that club.

Is this another example of a variety that is not what it was originally, and this one when I received it from Norbert in France in 1992 and loved it?

From time to time both Tania and Remy have asked if I have older seeds of this or that variety since what they had was not what they should be.

Not strange, but sad, since I think it stems from improper seed saving, perhaps, seed from certain seed vendors as well as from traded seeds,I'm not sure.

Carolyn

efisakov · August 13, 2014

I grew Blondkophchen 2 years ago. It died too soon and I did not like the taste. Last year it came as a volunteer next to a bed it was in. I let it be. By the end of the season most of my tomatoes got seek and were done producing while Blondkophchen was getting wild. I was picking sweet tiny yellow goodness every day until the frost and actually after it whatever survived in between branches. Go figure.

NarnianGarden · August 13, 2014

The Jaune Flammees I have had, were kind of tart, but still flavorful. My main reason for growing them was the color and the health benefits of that tangerine gene.

Labradors2 · August 13, 2014

I forgot about the benefits of that tangerine gene!

I bought my JF's from a seed vendor, so I should think they are correct!

I have been known to eat tomatoes before they are perfectly ripe, so I will give them one more try.

I just spotted some more very dark, ripe Blondkopfchen cherries just now, so I tasted one but threw the rest to one of my dogs.....

Linda

efisakov · August 13, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Labradors2

I forgot about the benefits of that tangerine gene!

I bought my JF's from a seed vendor, so I should think they are correct!

I have been known to eat tomatoes before they are perfectly ripe, so I will give them one more try.

I just spotted some more very dark, ripe Blondkopfchen cherries just now, so I tasted one but threw the rest to one of my dogs.....

Linda

Blondkophchen for me was more like a grape form, not cherry.
Last year picture of Blondkophchen:

tam91 · August 13, 2014

My Jaune Flammees were not sweet, but they were delicious.

Tania · August 13, 2014

Our JF are also delicious, with rich taste. We love them.

Tatiana

AKmark · August 13, 2014

Everybody loves my JF, they started out kinda mushy with a decent taste, but quickly became very popular.

August 13, 2014	#1
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	Two varieties that won't be invited back Jaune Flammee was a variety that I was really looking forward to growing. Early and pretty with good write-ups. It just HAD to be a winner! Tart and nasty is my opinion. I just hope it's good for cooking, because all the ripe ones have just been stashed in the freezer. Blondkophchen - another disappointment. I LOVED it last year at a tomato tasting event. However, it tastes nasty to me! A true spitter! No sweetness or even acidity, it's like chewing a leaf . I do wonder about my soil, because many of the cherry tomato varieties that I am growing in the garden aren't that great, yet all five varieties that I'm growing in containers taste excellent. Then again, the large-fruited varieties from the garden all taste good. I will do a soil test just to see if something is missing. Our clay soil has been amended many times with aged cow manure, and this growing season we added a load in the fall, covered it with a tarp for the winter, and added another load in the spring. Beans and cukes taste wonderful! Linda

August 13, 2014	#9
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	I grew Blondkophchen 2 years ago. It died too soon and I did not like the taste. Last year it came as a volunteer next to a bed it was in. I let it be. By the end of the season most of my tomatoes got seek and were done producing while Blondkophchen was getting wild. I was picking sweet tiny yellow goodness every day until the frost and actually after it whatever survived in between branches. Go figure. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

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tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	My Jaune Flammees were not sweet, but they were delicious. __________________ Tracy

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Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Our JF are also delicious, with rich taste. We love them. Tatiana __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

August 13, 2014	#2
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Sometimes it's just the conditions in a given year and sometimes it's just your taste buds. Btw, I concur with your evaluation of JF and B. kath

August 13, 2014	#3
ChristinaJo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NE Texas Posts: 425	I've got the seeds and have read they're great for drying....

August 13, 2014	#7
VC Scott Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, CA Posts: 352	Maybe Jaune Flamme needs heat. It has been a great tomato for me in inland Southern California. It did take awhile to figure out when they are ripe. When ripe they are almost the color of an apricot, with a little red in the interior. My only problem is that it won't quit pumping out fruit, and now that the Brandywine, CP and Desters are coming in, Juane Flamme takes the back seat.

August 13, 2014	#10
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	The Jaune Flammees I have had, were kind of tart, but still flavorful. My main reason for growing them was the color and the health benefits of that tangerine gene.

August 13, 2014	#15
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Everybody loves my JF, they started out kinda mushy with a decent taste, but quickly became very popular.