Giant Belgium Tomato!

I sliced Orange Minsk, Giant Belgium, Druzba, and Phoenix Hybrid tomatoes for dinner today. As always, I had to sample them as I sliced them and fully expected the Orange Minsk to have the best flavor. I love Orange Minsk. I was surprised to find Giant Belgium too easily have the best flavor of the four. It is a strongly flavored, acidic tomato. I grew it this year simply to see if it would attain the huge size it is famous for. Mine have only reached the average large size with nothing outstanding so it is a pleasant surprise to find Giant Belgium is worth growing for taste as well as size. It is fairly productive. If I ever get serious about growing for size, I will probably need to pinch suckers and possibly remove all but a few small tomatoes early in the growing season. Druzba turned out to be worth growing but not outstanding in flavor. Phoenix hybrid is a tomato producing machine totally loaded with large, orange to red globes. It performs very well in the high heat of Texas. It's a shame it only tastes like a commercial, hybrid, determinate, store bought tomato.

My wife preferred Orange Minsk. She thought it tasted "fruity".

Ted