Ah, good question Craig. How does Livingston's Favorite taste?
The first one I had a week or so back wasn't quite ripe - a tad hasty at my end, I'm afraid - yet I could tell this was something worth coming back for.
At 7am this morning or one hour ago I ate a wonderfully red and ripe Livingston's Favorite and a perfectly ripe Red Brandywine (real deal ex-Carolyn ex-Mark Korney). And before I brushed my teeth, of course.
The taste of the two wasn't that distinguishable. Both had what I'd call a good robust tomatoey flavour. Livingston's F. is therefore an excellent tomato IMHO.
In repect of growth habit, the plant is huge, loaded with clusters of three to four tomatoes, and is not at all prone to disease.
I could imagine how Livingston's Favorite could be someone's maincrop tomato. I found there is nothing funky about its flavour, nothing untoward like say Paragon from Livingston.
My personal tasting notes might read: got a good tight balance leaning slightly more towards the acid end than Red Brandywine. Between Nepal and Red Brandyine in size and flavour and tartness. 7.5/10 (which is a good mainstream score.)
Will report back on your others in due course .Bagging some Green Giants at the moment. Nice cool day. Hope they set fruit.
Cheers, Grub