If you could only grow one variety.....

materlvr · March 5, 2018

what would it be and why?

Janie

NarnianGarden · March 5, 2018

Something black. Deep, earthly favor, juicy and sweet.

jmsieglaff · March 5, 2018

Sungold F1.

They are enjoyable at many stages of ripeness, it is almost like you're growing 3 varieties in 1. If I want tart, I'll pick earlier, a nice mix of sweet, fruity, and tangy, pick a bit later and if I want fruity, completely full of sweetness pick dead ripe. And production is wonderful.

ABlindHog · March 5, 2018

The red beefsteaks my grandfather grew till he died about 20 years ago at the age of 97. They where from seeds passed down to him and saved every year for nearly four generations by him. They where delicious and juicy and they where fresh on the table every day that they where in season. My grandmother canned and made juice for each of her seven children's families every year. Those red beefsteaks where probably the only tomatoes I tasted till I was in my teens and they are still the flavor I am hoping for every time I bite into a variety I have never tasted. Alas the line died with him and nobody ever found seeds from his last garden but if I could grow only one that would be it.

Worth1 · March 5, 2018

Mortgage Lifter.
They taste good productive even in warmer weather.

edweather · March 5, 2018

In my climate, am kind of limited, but Big Beef would be a good choice for me.

marc_groleau · March 5, 2018

Rose de Berne, it's both
delicious, and productive.

**carolyn137** · March 5, 2018

Nope, I can't do that and here's why.

In the past I've been asked to list my top 20 or 10 favorite tomato varieties, but never just one, and I've never answered those requests since almost every year a new one comes along that displaces one on the previous list.

The problem for me is that it's a proverbial moving target.

Carolyn

Al@NC · March 5, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc_groleau

Rose de Berne
Delicious, and productive.

Marc are you choosing 2?

"Delicious" is a variety also!

Just teasing...

Hard to choose just one.

Al

SueCT · March 5, 2018

Estler's Mortgage Lifter. I might have alternate years with Stump of the World, Box Car Willie and an occasional year of the somewhat stingy but delicious Brandywine Sudduth. Only one each year but maybe not the same one each year.

NewWestGardener · March 5, 2018

Chapman, and Sungold

CamuMahubah · March 6, 2018

I used to say Black Krim. Years later I have to say Early Girl. I like the flavor having eaten this tomato from the garden my whole existence. I didn't say I love it like I love Black Krim or Big Beef or Beefmaster or Brandywine or so many others. It's just that I am very familiar with EG and the good all around workhorse utility of her production and size and versatility.

I have never had a garden without EG. I would feel lost without her. I read about Dry Farmed EG a couple years ago and the last two years I have rarely watered EG seeking a taste of the hype. The blazing heat of July and August here prohibits full on dry farming but I have tasted more tomato the more I have stressed this variety.

Thanks to 2mnyrzs here at Tomatoville I now have Dirty Girl OP version of EG so I am set for the apocalypse. I also have some of Joseph's Landracers coming in the mail so I am not worried about tomato seeds ever again.

I hope to have my own landracers in the coming years and you can bet EG genetics are gonna be in there one way or another.

I actually plan to vacation in Cali one year just to get my hands on some dry farmed EG's.

Can eat EG right off the vine. Slice EG. Freeze EG. Can EG. Salads or sammich with EG. Salsa with EG. Olive oil and sea salt with EG.

Earliness and good flavor alongside versatility is what I look for and if you know another variety that can beat her in these three traits send me a pm or better yet send me seeds!

I do want the bloody butcher x Brandywine cross...that is one that I think might give EG a run for the money.

EG=Jill of all trades Mistress of Early

Spike2 · March 6, 2018

Most likely a Roma or other paste tomato. I can a lot of sauce.

pomidory43 · March 6, 2018

Yes! Delicious IS not only "delicious" but huge as well---I also have grown the British version of "Delicious" and found the two to be exactly the same.

And Marc---Rose de Berne is a keeper as well! :>)

Tomato Lady upstate NY

Antipodean · March 6, 2018

black cherry of course!

March 5, 2018	#1
materlvr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Temecula, CA Zone 9b Posts: 181	If you could only grow one variety..... what would it be and why? Janie

March 5, 2018	#6
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	In my climate, am kind of limited, but Big Beef would be a good choice for me. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

March 5, 2018	#7
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	Rose de Berne, it's both delicious, and productive. Last edited by marc_groleau; March 5, 2018 at 07:34 PM.

March 5, 2018	#8
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Nope, I can't do that and here's why. In the past I've been asked to list my top 20 or 10 favorite tomato varieties, but never just one, and I've never answered those requests since almost every year a new one comes along that displaces one on the previous list. The problem for me is that it's a proverbial moving target. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

March 6, 2018	#15
Antipodean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Perth Posts: 46	Easy choice.... black cherry of course!

March 5, 2018	#2
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Something black. Deep, earthly favor, juicy and sweet.

March 5, 2018	#3
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	Sungold F1. They are enjoyable at many stages of ripeness, it is almost like you're growing 3 varieties in 1. If I want tart, I'll pick earlier, a nice mix of sweet, fruity, and tangy, pick a bit later and if I want fruity, completely full of sweetness pick dead ripe. And production is wonderful.

March 5, 2018	#4
ABlindHog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: The Texas Hill Country Posts: 149	The red beefsteaks my grandfather grew till he died about 20 years ago at the age of 97. They where from seeds passed down to him and saved every year for nearly four generations by him. They where delicious and juicy and they where fresh on the table every day that they where in season. My grandmother canned and made juice for each of her seven children's families every year. Those red beefsteaks where probably the only tomatoes I tasted till I was in my teens and they are still the flavor I am hoping for every time I bite into a variety I have never tasted. Alas the line died with him and nobody ever found seeds from his last garden but if I could grow only one that would be it.

March 5, 2018	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Mortgage Lifter. They taste good productive even in warmer weather.

March 5, 2018	#10
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	Estler's Mortgage Lifter. I might have alternate years with Stump of the World, Box Car Willie and an occasional year of the somewhat stingy but delicious Brandywine Sudduth. Only one each year but maybe not the same one each year.

March 5, 2018	#11
NewWestGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 564	Chapman, and Sungold

March 6, 2018	#12
CamuMahubah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alliance Nebraska Posts: 169	I used to say Black Krim. Years later I have to say Early Girl. I like the flavor having eaten this tomato from the garden my whole existence. I didn't say I love it like I love Black Krim or Big Beef or Beefmaster or Brandywine or so many others. It's just that I am very familiar with EG and the good all around workhorse utility of her production and size and versatility. I have never had a garden without EG. I would feel lost without her. I read about Dry Farmed EG a couple years ago and the last two years I have rarely watered EG seeking a taste of the hype. The blazing heat of July and August here prohibits full on dry farming but I have tasted more tomato the more I have stressed this variety. Thanks to 2mnyrzs here at Tomatoville I now have Dirty Girl OP version of EG so I am set for the apocalypse. I also have some of Joseph's Landracers coming in the mail so I am not worried about tomato seeds ever again. I hope to have my own landracers in the coming years and you can bet EG genetics are gonna be in there one way or another. I actually plan to vacation in Cali one year just to get my hands on some dry farmed EG's. Can eat EG right off the vine. Slice EG. Freeze EG. Can EG. Salads or sammich with EG. Salsa with EG. Olive oil and sea salt with EG. Earliness and good flavor alongside versatility is what I look for and if you know another variety that can beat her in these three traits send me a pm or better yet send me seeds! I do want the bloody butcher x Brandywine cross...that is one that I think might give EG a run for the money. EG=Jill of all trades Mistress of Early

March 6, 2018	#13
Spike2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 992	Most likely a Roma or other paste tomato. I can a lot of sauce.

March 6, 2018	#14
pomidory43 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1	Yes! Delicious IS not only "delicious" but huge as well---I also have grown the British version of "Delicious" and found the two to be exactly the same. And Marc---Rose de Berne is a keeper as well! :>) Tomato Lady upstate NY