favorite tomato varieties

[Schip]

any suggestions? flavor is most important...

[meloyelo]

There's 2 I really like. One is called Bloody Butcher, thery're not big but are excellent quartered into salads, hold together well and meaty and flavorable inside. The other is Beefsteak, I just love to cut a couple slices of tomatoe that cover a whole sandwhich.
-melo

[The Cannarchist]

Brandywine heirloom for salad,Blackprince as well

Regular roma's for sauce.

Sweet millions for cherry toms

[c-ray]

Black Krim

[Wavels]

I love Burpee's Gardener's Delight.....sweet, cherry, indeterminate....these are very good in containers, excellent production. My fav

Burpee's Big Boy is a good beefsteak, that

[caddis]

1. Costulano Genovese

2. Brandywine Suddiths strain

3. Any of the Russian "black" varietys

[Ed Larkis]

Look for a variety called "Pineapple". Super sweet, firm flesh and they look like pineapple slices when sliced. Also "Sweet 100" is a great cherry tomato variety.

Ed

[LordOvertoke]

Better Boy

Better Girl

LO

[OneLegUp]

ed.. I got the pinapple going along with golden, orange strawberry and several others... I can't wait...yummmmy salsa this summer... with garden fresh peppers ranging from std bell to thai...

[BravoC.D.]

your killing me guys those sound tasty made my mouth water. anyone know of a good organic seed company that sell vegatable varieties of all kind? if so send me a pm thanks for the tease ...

[Tal]

Another vote for Brandywine. Best tasting tomater I've had in awhile.

[OneLegUp]

I'm growing mine organically but whether the seeds come from organic stock.. is a good question..

Here is alink to the company I used..

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/

They have a great selection... and I germed the seeds as I do my other brown gems...worked just fine..same soil I transfered to..and they shared the lights with the kids..

[Space Toker]

damn I grew tomatoes for like 20 years and still grow the same old hybrids that will resist every disease known to man, but usually lack in flavor... Celebrity VFFNTXX whatever comees to mind! Brandywine is sounding pretty good!

[CottonBalls]

Mr. Stripey, if nothing else just for the kewl looks of them.

[mtn grown]

brandywine is a good one,beafsteaks are a good choice for sandwiches.
my brother is trying a cpl new ones this year,new girl and one called morgage lifter,guess its suposes to be a big yielder.
cant forget the compost pile tomato

[Organic Alchemist]

Oh shit!!!! CRAY has black krim as well!!! This is one of the most unique varieties I have ever seen. It suffers from very very thin flesh and is prone to zipper cracks and doesn't transport well. Iam hybridizing it this year with a few other varieties to see if I can make it more friendly to commercial growing. I will update my progress and Cray if you like I could send you some seeds from the F1's this year so you could grow a few out next season.
PEACE
oh yeah, watch for a chezch variety called stupice....very early and productive
stokes seeds sunrise: a very nice det bush with lots of thick fleshed tasty fruit...good commercial

[c-ray]

that's cool because I'm going to turn it into salsa, that's kinda why I chose it, it likes the heat...just starting to flower now

[funkyflava]

my favs are morgage lifter,cherokee purple,<<< did you want heirloom or hybrids the brandywines are good also. i have some yellows, pinks,stripped,cherry, romas. i love tomatoes.

[Space Toker]

any with disease resistance that are also flavorful? All I've run into is either flavorful varieties that yield like shit because they die of diseases before they can produce much, or those that are resistant to everything known to man but taste like cardboard. Heirloom varieties are great but disease resistance is not usually their strong suit..... unless you know something I don't and can recomend something. I mean I have had decent tasting hybrid disease resistant varieties before, but nothing really outstanding. OK THANKS
PEACE

[burnie]

Decent taste and yield plus disease resistance= Celebrity . Mortgage Lifter is also a good `un . Salsa tomatoes...hands down it`s Viva Italia .Plus the advatage of really good taste and lotsa` meat in it . Just my 2 cents tho` ! peace...burnie

[BravoC.D.]

great info burnie thank u !

[Slim Pickens]

Black Brandywine was excellent last year,and have another growing this year in a pot.I tried a Red Brandywine last year and it stunk,I'll try the Suddith strain next year.(I already have the seed).

I'm also growing Cherokee Purple,Arkansas Traveler,and a Green Grape..The Cherokee Purple is very vigorous,and am looking forward to trying the Green Grape.It turns an interesting shade of green/gold when ripe...

I like 'Maters.

[Cuzin_Dave]

Burpee's Salsa. So Yummy and I believe derived form landrace Central and South American seed stock. The variety is incredibly stable and i can't wait to grow out F2 and F3 stock.

[Space Toker]

I know Burpee has some of the varieties you mention, but where to the rest come from? I have no idea where to get all these types of tomatoes!
This is a great thread by the way!

[Slim Pickens]

ST

There is no shortage of seed purveyors for heirloom seeds.Try a google search and you'll find quite a few.I have had good success with: http://www.heirloomseeds.com/ myself,and they have a good selection of vegetable seed and flower seed as well.

[burnie]

Shepherds carries a bunch of heirlooms also . Sorry...I don`t have a link , gonna` hafta` Google it . peace...burnie

[Space Toker]

ok thanks!
peace

[burnie]

ST , had a minute....try this : http://www.reneesgarden.com/hm-gardnr/resource/shepherd.htm Sheprherds is now Renees Seeds . Quick Google brought up all kinds of heirloom seed links . Hope that helps ! peace...burnie

[Space Toker]

thanks for the link Burnie, I kept getting White Flower Farms when I tried using a link to Shepards. ok peace

[c-ray]

here's some more heirlooms:
http://www.tanagersongfarm.com/heirloom_seeds/tomato-beefsteak.html

those are from georgia, check out the other tomato pages on that site


here's some from saltspring island, the south west corner of canada:
http://www.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/index.cfm?categoryid=102

lots of options I see

[funkyflava]

here's another.
https://www.totallytomato.com/ttsite/ttsitebrowse.aspx?category=1641

[Space Toker]

most excellent! I am sure everyone is thankful for those links.
PEACE

[freeheeler]

Great sites but allow me to add one more.

www.seedsofchange.com.

I met the owners/founders at the Natural Foods expo in 2000. Had dinner with him and found him to be a humble servant to our planet working very hard for greater good. I'll always buy his seeds and point others to his site!
take care
freeheeler

[Space Toker]

cool, thanks!

[Wavels]

Here is a cluster of my favorite cherry tomatoes ripening on vine, these are in five gallon containers...I've been eating these little buggers for a few weeks now...yummy
Burpee's Gardener's Delight in Pro-Mix/Bx

[Space Toker]

mb dumb question, but what's Bx?

[Wavels]

Hey ST, the BX is a designation denoting the type of blend in the Pro Mix
If you look at this link you will see all of the other blends they have.
BX is their general purpose.
Here is what's in BX:
http://www.premierhort.com/eProMix/Horticulture/Products/GrowingMediumTM/ProMixBX/BXRegular/fProMixBX.htm

[Wavels]

Here they are this AM before I pick some ripe ones.....

[BravoC.D.]

that makes me hungry

[Space Toker]

THANKS for the link Wavels!
This is at least as good as Fox Farms right? that seems quite expensive, whereas I believe I can get Pro-Mix from a local greenhouse supply wholesaler, although maybe I have to buy a whole pallet and that would take quite a while for me to use! WELL I will check it out, and looking forward to growing some of those tasty tomatoes next year. I have several varieties this year and can't remember one offhand. :)
PEACE

[Cuzin_Dave]

There really is nothing quite as good as a vine ripened tomato from the garden no matter what the variety. The flavour is so sweet and the sugar content so high. One taste of a vine ripened garden tomato compared to the store bought varieties ought to convince anyone of the merits of grow your own tomatoes.

[Space Toker]

tell me about it, got tomatoes coming out of, well you know the drill....
and they are so much better than storebought no matter the variety.
PEACE

[ctg]

cheerokee purple
paul robeson

are some nice ones for sure

for -red cherry tomato I like christmas grape -yellows golden glow.

-red sweet 100 and -yellow pear are nice as well..

-ctg-

[Cuzin_Dave]

Burpee's Salsa Tomatoes are really something special. They are granted, F1 Hybrid seeds and do not fit into the heirloom category. None the less, the fruits are flavourful, make great salsa and bruschetta and the plants themselves are gorgeous. The plants are so uniform and vigorous. No one has ever disclosed the parental origins of these plants. My own supposition is that the parental seed stock came from rural central America where Salsa and Chimol are essentials. Lovely plants and wonderful genetics.

[c-ray]

my black krim were not as advertised, they are taking forever I haven't even got one tomato yet but when they come there will be craploads, they are reasonably resistant to blight, 1 out of 4 plants have shown blight subseptibility, I'll save some seeds from the best plants but probably won't grown them again anytime soon not here at least unless the taste blows me away

[GrowGreen]

My Black Pear and Champions are the only ones yielding any fruit so far this year. The heirlooms had very few blossoms.

Anyone notice a decline in production this year?

GG

[Space Toker]

well production seems just fine here, but that seems like it will soon change as the leaves seem to yellow and dry out, I swear if there is a disease it finds by place and I practice 4 year crop rotation and all... I can't understand it unless it is some sinister govt plot to screw with me! :)
But I will have a bushel more at least before any disease takes hold, so they can bite me! :D
Is it government-spread fusarium after all?
That would explain all thme planes, spreading disease to sabotage us all!
HAHAHAHa
yES THAT was just humor although I would not rule it all out either! PEACE

[c-ray]

the black krim was super delicious so maybe I will grow them again this year, and keep selecting for blight resistance

I met a cool old guy in my travels who told me about a legendary tomato from lebanon called "Omar's Lebanese", going to try and find some of those for this year

here's a good forum all about the 'maters
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/tomato/

[humble1]

so many tomatos, so little time.
new favorite: early orange, large fleshy oxheart-style that i eat like apples
tried emma's early pink last year, too.
cherries are my alltime favs. especially sweet million or yellow pear.
black cherokee goes a long time to develop full flavor/color, so be patient.

p.s.
seeds of change catalog just came out.... good source for organic/heirloom etc...
playing with my DE duster from tomatogrowers

[c-ray]

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg010145085526.html

[Alchemist]

I may have mentioned this one before...stupice from terra edibles. Its a early chezch variety that produces tons of small 4oz fruit, very sweet.

I just scooped about a hundred seeds from my chili that I was making last night from these tomatoes frozen. So there is my row for this year....saved about 2$!!!
happy planting!

[c-ray]

cool I just picked up some stupice, sounds like they are fast too 60-65 days

[c-ray]

gourmet tomato blog: http://baianicchia.blogspot.com/

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

The big one to the left is Yellow Peach and the low smurfy one is something from my dads neighbour. Taste is sweeeeeet. Cant wait.


ALBI

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

Dont know with you guys but I like to sniff my fingers after rubbing the stems...


mmmmmm.......................:kind: