In praise of a few notable varieties for 2014

Greatgardens · August 29, 2014

This summer was largely cool and wet, although has turned warm and wet in the past couple of weeks. Great for leaf diseases; bad for tomatoes! I didn't spray, but I still had some varieties that did pretty well:

Burpee's Orange Wellington. (Ind.) This was a standout variety for me. It was slightly later than several, but produced large, smooth, meaty, flavorful tomatoes. And it resisted the leaf diseases (Septoria, mainly) better than any others I grew. No BER at all. I will definitely grow this one again. Incidently, this one was available in the Burpee seed racks at Lowes this year for about $2.50.

LaRoma III. (Det.) I'd never grown this one before, but for a paste tomato, it was very flavorful. Grew it next to Opalka. LaRoma III outproduced Opalka with certainly better-looking tomatoes, and tasted at least as good. Was early enough to produce a good crop before Septoria defoliated it. Virtually no BER.

There were several other good varieties, but the Septoria ate the plants alive, especially the determinates and O.P. varieties.

-GG

SharonRossy · August 29, 2014

I had a couple of plants go down early due to septoria and who knows what else but then most of my plants have been ok. I have to say cherokee purple has done very well and Indian Stripe which was a slow starter but is now doing really well. Neves Azorean Red is another one I'm happy with and Ukrainian heart. We have had a fairly hot and high humidity summer in Montreal. The tomatoes seemed to slow right down and take forever to ripen. Very little BER but a lot of pests and other issues like septoria. I sprayed with Serenade, copper and anything I could find that was safe and available. Found a few stink bugs and spider mites. I grew Brandy Boy and I'm not sure it will be back in next years garden.

LindyAdele · August 29, 2014

I was a little hesitant to grow a "blue" tomato, since they are so new. I was skeptical, however when I had fusarium over everything, BER on most container plants, and incredibly cold wet summer my blueberry cherry toato plant has been beautiful, early, and a heavy producer. Ildi has been another excellent producer, with incredibly sweet cyellow cherry tomatoes, even when it rains twice a day for two weeks straight.

August 29, 2014	#1
Greatgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,124	In praise of a few notable varieties for 2014 This summer was largely cool and wet, although has turned warm and wet in the past couple of weeks. Great for leaf diseases; bad for tomatoes! I didn't spray, but I still had some varieties that did pretty well: Burpee's Orange Wellington. (Ind.) This was a standout variety for me. It was slightly later than several, but produced large, smooth, meaty, flavorful tomatoes. And it resisted the leaf diseases (Septoria, mainly) better than any others I grew. No BER at all. I will definitely grow this one again. Incidently, this one was available in the Burpee seed racks at Lowes this year for about $2.50. LaRoma III. (Det.) I'd never grown this one before, but for a paste tomato, it was very flavorful. Grew it next to Opalka. LaRoma III outproduced Opalka with certainly better-looking tomatoes, and tasted at least as good. Was early enough to produce a good crop before Septoria defoliated it. Virtually no BER. There were several other good varieties, but the Septoria ate the plants alive, especially the determinates and O.P. varieties. -GG Last edited by Greatgardens; August 29, 2014 at 05:01 PM.

August 29, 2014	#2
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	I had a couple of plants go down early due to septoria and who knows what else but then most of my plants have been ok. I have to say cherokee purple has done very well and Indian Stripe which was a slow starter but is now doing really well. Neves Azorean Red is another one I'm happy with and Ukrainian heart. We have had a fairly hot and high humidity summer in Montreal. The tomatoes seemed to slow right down and take forever to ripen. Very little BER but a lot of pests and other issues like septoria. I sprayed with Serenade, copper and anything I could find that was safe and available. Found a few stink bugs and spider mites. I grew Brandy Boy and I'm not sure it will be back in next years garden.

August 29, 2014	#3
LindyAdele Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 323	I was a little hesitant to grow a "blue" tomato, since they are so new. I was skeptical, however when I had fusarium over everything, BER on most container plants, and incredibly cold wet summer my blueberry cherry toato plant has been beautiful, early, and a heavy producer. Ildi has been another excellent producer, with incredibly sweet cyellow cherry tomatoes, even when it rains twice a day for two weeks straight.