[QUOTE=Fred Hempel;523797]I second this..[/QUOTE]

Out of all the hybrids I've grown, Momotaro is my favorite, and the only hybrid variety I grow in the past 15 yrs.

Red: Big Beef, Glory, Top Gun, Mountain Glory.

Pink: Brandy Boy, Summerpink.

I noticed a few pink girls suggested. Our local nursery has pink ladies ,probably one of same. They grow an easy 5' in 3' dia. farm fence cages. A good size with a little pleat to them. Tasty and go to frost.

Odoriko (Momotaro's 1st cousin on mom's side) has a permanent spot on the council of 12. Mt. Magic has done great for me.

Hope Rebelski, BHN-871, and Big Zac represent hybrids well this year .

Want to try Granadero and Chef's Choice (any of them), and why not, Mt. Fresh too .

Red hybrid in 2016:

== [B]BIG BEEF (F1) ,,, BIG BOY (F1),,, BETTER BOY (F1)[/B]
No pinks in my garden this year.

Gardeneer

I am growing all of these, the Celebrity is for my sister as she loves them, me not so much. From what I have seen all of these perform good enough to earn a spot in most gardens.

Big Beef Hybrid Tomato
Carolina Gold Hybrid Tomato
Bush Early Girl 2 Hybrid Tomato
Mountain Merit Hybrid Tomato
Sungold Hybrid Tomato
Celebrity Hybrid Tomato
Juliet Hybrid Tomato
Mountain Pride Hybrid Tomato

If the OP question had included "yellows," yes, I would've said Carolina Gold F1, which is an excellent, hotset, tangerine tomato.

Big Beef & Momotaro!

You guys must like a firm tomato if you like Carolina Gold.

[QUOTE=Cole_Robbie;528490]You guys must like a firm tomato if you like Carolina Gold.[/QUOTE]

I've not grown it but I am trying new hybrids every year. Some of the vendors at market grew them last year and were pleased with them, and they sold well. Growers around here really like Randy Gardener varieties, so I will at least grow them all once and see how I feel about them. Not a fan of firm though :no:

[QUOTE=Cole_Robbie;528490]You guys must like a firm tomato if you like Carolina Gold.[/QUOTE]

Yes, they are firm. And they do have a decent shelf life.
They also have notably thick fruit walls, resistance to grey wall disorder (a common affliction in tangerine tomatoes), good hot set capability, great foliage cover, extended harvest window, crack resistance, weather check (cuticle crack) resistance, and a decent flavor and palate appeal if you hold them until completely ripe and deep orange.

Carolina Gold is a great fresh market hybrid, not a typical, soft fleshed heirloom. This thread asked for comments on hybrids. If you want a truly great, open pollinated, tangerine fleshed, large fruited, not so firm fleshed, delicious tomato, plant KBX.

I'd like to try the new madame marmande from burpee, but only if I can find it in a retail store, not paying the catalog price.

[QUOTE=Jwb4707;529739]I'd like to try the new madame marmande from burpee, but only if I can find it in a retail store, not paying the catalog price.[/QUOTE]

And here's what I found out about it from the Burpee site

[url]http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/tomatoes/tomato-madame-marmande-hybrid-prod099554.html[/url]

Available ONLY as a plant when you buy other varieties with their mix and match dealie. And nothng at all to tell me it's an F1 hybrid such as disease tolerances, etc. So what makes it an F1 hybrid I ask?

There are several OP Marmandes, see the link below from 4 years ago and Madame Garnier Rouge is the one that most folks have grown, please see this link

[url]http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=21618[/url]

I've grown it and it's pretty darn good but Burpee says their F1 is popular in France, which is not true at all, but many of us know Burpee, oh yes we do, and especially if you ask Travis about his experiences with Burpee. I quit buying anything from them many years ago. I should say perhaps two decades or so ago when they were selling plants AND seeds for I think a Brandywine, probably the red one but gave it an entirely different name, but then fessed up and rerenamed it.:?:

Carolyn

In my very limited experience Pink Girl has been a great hybrid. Last season I grew out 80 plants in once location where every plant nearly died except for Grandma's Pick Hybrid, which did great. Also, last season I trialed Jasper F1 cherry tomato, and it is a keeper.

I've always had consistent luck with Better Boys. I grew a Big Beef last year, but will be trialing a Brandy Boy this year. Due to my long relationship with Better Boys, I just couldn't justify replacing Better Boy with Big Beef. There wasn't enough of a difference for me to kick my old friend to the curb.