Top 3 Tomatoes

[Father'sDaughter]

I'm in the sweet = bland camp. It took me a while to warm up to black, bi-color, and striped tomatoes, but the ones I picked have that old-fashioned richness and punch of flavor that keeps me wanting more. I keep hoping to find a red or pink that fits that flavor profile and will ripen in my shorter season.

[bbjm]

KBX
Mule Team
Prue

[ScottinAtlanta]

Atlanta


1. Cherokee Purple
2. Sungold F1

3. Jaune Flamme

[taboule]

1) black krim, for that unique smokiness
2) fish lake oxheart, for its top versatility and best for cooking and sauces
3) cuostralee, for its high productivity in addition to its superior balanced taste

[Mashman]

Aunt Ginny's Purple
Joe's Pink Oxheart
Sungold F1

[PNW_D]

from the last few years

Brad's Atomic Grape
Fred's Tie Dye
Sunchocola F1

[bcbf]

Bear creek
Rebel yell
Joe’s pink oxheart

[D.J. Wolf]

This year?

Cherokee Purple
SunSugar
Mortgage Lifter

That said, next year might be a different story!

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

I'm in the sweet = bland camp. It took me a while to warm up to black, bi-color, and striped tomatoes, but the ones I picked have that old-fashioned richness and punch of flavor that keeps me wanting more. I keep hoping to find a red or pink that fits that flavor profile and will ripen in my shorter season.

There are very few pink beefsteaks that are other than sweet. Seek-No-Further Love Apple is one of them.

[ScottinAtlanta]

Only 5 of the responses are from the Deep South. I continue to think that all recommendations of this kind should be divided by region, since we all have unique climates and soils that determine results.

[KarenO]

I took it as more of a personal favourite question as opposed to recommendations for others . Each of Our locations is on our profiles which helps of people are interested in where people are growing
KarenO

[Fusion_power]

It highlights overall flavor preferences given that one has grown most of the varieties listed. For example, I can point out the people with a sweet tooth, those who grew up eating Grandma's tomatoes, and those who think the tomato they grew this year is the best variety ever. A few responses were from people who have grown fewer than 20 varieties which shows up in a more limited list of varieties.


More concerning to me, tomato taste is highly individual with some liking sweet (sungold), some liking rich old fashioned (Cuostralee, Mule Team), some liking balanced (Crnkovic Yugoslavian, KBX, Brandywine), and nobody so far but me suggesting the 4th preference for tart (Goose Creek, Green Zebra, and Jaune Flammee). This is very telling to a tomato breeder though the responding set of people is somewhat limited given that tomato geeks inhabit this site.

[jmsieglaff]

Jaune Flammee—it’s been a couple years since I grew it last and that’s too many. So I guess I fall into the sweet, balanced and tart camps, but not the old fashioned camp? All I know is a mid summer tomato sounds mighty fine right now. I will say Flavor Bombs are pretty darn good get me through winter and spring tomato.

[MrBig46]

I have a translation problem. Does Tart mean sour?
Vladimír

[Labradors2]

Yes Vladimir, tart means sour!

As for eating Grandma's tomatoes (Fusion), I grew up eating Moneymaker, and grew it myself for a few years before I realized that are much better-tasting varieties out there .

Linda