Best tasting cool weather tomatoes?
 

I know summer hasn't hit yet but I'm thinking ahead. I was looking at this [URL]http://store.tomatofest.com/Tomato_Varieties_for_Cooler_Climates_s/47.htm?searching=Y&sort=7&cat=47&show=10&page=1[/URL] I am planning ahead for the fall garden. Could some of you take a look or offer some suggestions on tomatoes that do well in the colder climate? I'm interested in sweet type for BLT's or sitting down with a salt shaker. I looked at this list and there are 13 pages and I just thought instead of guessing I'd ask. I'm planning on growing 8-10 plants in Earthboxes and I'd love to get your opinions on varieties.
Thanks in advance

Of the ones on that list that I've grown, I've loved Black Krim, Caspian Pink, Opalka, Tobolsk, and Tommy Toe (cherry). Black Krim and Caspian Pink are great-tasting early tomatoes. Tobolsk and Opalka are later (probably listed as midseason), but worth the wait. Tommy Toe has a great flavor at every stage of ripeness. So there you go: a black, pink, red, and orange choice, plus a bonus cherry.

Not on the list, but relatively early for me, is Pruden's Purple.

How cool are your summers, and how long is your season? Lately, summers here have been fairly cool, mostly 70s daytime and 50s at night (though in the past month it has dipped into the upper 40s at night), with rare heat waves that last 3-4 days. I've planted tomatoes as early as mid March in walls-o-water, and I usually need to keep them protected from cool nights and drying winds until at least the end of May. The season is pretty much over by mid September, though I try to keep some plants going until the first frost at the end of November.

I am pretty fond of Moskvich as a cool season tomato. Not as early as some but still early. Good sweet, rich taste. Better than most earlies IMO. I grow in EBs also.

Vorlon has had pretty good flavor in some cold summers here,
noticeably better than most other tomatoes that I was
growing at the same time in cool weather.

Gleckler has it:
[url]http://www.glecklerseedmen.com/Vorlon/p80687_2524744.aspx[/url]
(Mine looked a little darker than that picture.)

Thank you so much, I plan on starting from seed maybe later next month or August then grow in a greenhouse over the winter.

For winter tomatoes in a greenhouse, I'd try the new dwarf varieties. You're not only dealing with lower temperatures, but also reduced light and probably lower intensity.

Try a search for "indoor winter dwarfs" or "inntainer."

[QUOTE=habitat_gardener;281809]For winter tomatoes in a greenhouse, I'd try the new dwarf varieties. You're not only dealing with lower temperatures, but also reduced light and probably lower intensity.

Try a search for "indoor winter dwarfs" or "inntainer."[/QUOTE]

I did it last year I think they were early girl and better boy, I picked these in January I was just thinking I'd have more success with special cool weather tomatoes, I already ordered some seeds based on opinions in this post so time will tell.

Aurora and Odessa are both intensely flavored tomatoes
with a traditional tomato flavor. Aurora is fairly
seedy, and the gel is perhaps responsible for its flavor.
They are both earlier than Vorlon, usually, and of
a more manageable size in a greenhouse. Since they
produce smaller tomatoes, they would not be as convenient
as Vorlon on a BLT, better for salad or fresh sliced tomatoes.

[url]http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Aurora[/url]
[url]http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Odessa[/url]

(I see Bloody Butcher in Tania's picture of Odessa, too.
It is earlier than Odessa or Aurora, typically among
the first in the garden to set fruit, and good flavored.
Gets to about 5' tall outdoors, with smaller fruit.)

None of these are sweet flavored tomatoes, but they
all have "good flavor". Bloody Butcher's flavor is not
as intense as the other two.