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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie
Thanks.
Yellow is easy - Taxi. It's simply the best early yellow tomato. One packet from Johnny's is now my 25 or so strongest seedlings.
For orange, I really like Orange Blossom F1. But I didn't order it this year; I'm trying BHN-871 on the recommendation of another market gardener as a determinate orange slicer. It will probably be the only hybrid in the high tunnel. I am trying two orange heirloom determinates against the BHN-871; they are Oranze and Qiyanai Huang.
Mountain Princess and Ballada are the two heirloom reds I am trying. I also have a lot of other early red varieties, but they are mostly smaller tomatoes. I have tried a lot of hybrid varieties that are red determinate slicers, but they have all been the overly-firm commercial types that I don't like to eat. That's what I liked about Big Beef - the tomatoes taste good. I looked at Bobcat F1 as a similar determinate to Big Beef, but from what I read it is not anything like Big Beef in regard to flavor.
My plan is to rip out the first planting in July and re-plant cherry varieties for a fall crop.
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Thanks for that info, I think you have convinced me to buy some determinates for the hoop house. Have you had any experience with the variety Skyway (F1) they have at Johnny's? It looks nice and says its bred for the South, but its back ordered and rather expensive.