With a name like "Fabulous", it is a perfect set up to disappoint!
Possibly, but I find Fabulous to taste substantially better than several other determinate hybrids grown in identical conditions both in the field and in low tunnels. No, it's not as tasty as the indeterminate, old fashioned tomatoes we grow, but it is better than most modern determinate hybrids I've tasted.
The article which kygreg links to mentions Red Defender, Scarlet Red, SecuriTY-28 and Mountain Glory. SecuriTY-28 basically is bred to acclimate to California conditions says Rogers Sygenta and they recommend Mountain Glory for Texas eastward into the Southeast.
Like Fabulous, I found Mountain Glory to be much tastier than Mountain Spring which is its forerunner - Mountain Glory being basically Mountain Spring + TSWV resistance. I don't know anything first hand about Red Defender, and Scarlet Red crashed on takeoff last year. I will have some Scarlet Red to taste this fall and I'm looking forward to it at least meeting some of its claim for "enhanced" flavor.
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