Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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September 16, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,194
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Tasting Tomatoes
My mother, DH, and I attended the CHOPTAG tomato tasting at the end of August. It was our first such event. DH has never met a tomato he didn't like, so his report would be that all tasted good.
My mother came away from the tasting more convince than ever that nothing beats her Big Beefs and Early Girls. I have trouple tasting tomatoes; literally, my taste buds taste them differently from other people. Carolyn is fond of saying there's a genetic component to tastebuds, so everyone tastes tomatoes differently, and boy is it true in my case. In spades. Many of them I can barely taste at all. So here is what my wierd tastebuds said: The Good: Big Brandy F1 Good. Chocolate Cherry Good, no tang. Dester Good, sweet & tangy. Dotson's Lebanese Heart Good, would be good fried green(?) Dr. Carolyn's Good. Sweet and tart Golden Green Good, tart & sweet. Green Bomb Good, tastes a little fried-greeny. Hardin's Miniature Good, very flavorful, not especially sweet. Hillbilly Good. Lucky Tiger Good. Sweet with a bit of tang. Post Office Spoonful Good, like a full sized tomato. Rosella Good, very good. Sungold F1 Good, lots of flavor, sweet, tart, everything. The Bland: Andrew Rahart's Bela Ben's Ivory Pear Bulgarian Oxheart Carbon Bland but smokey Chef's Choice Orange Chocolate Stripe Bland but OK Cuor di Bue Bland but good (Not sure what I meant here). Dwarf Mr. Snow Dwarf Rosella Crimson Gardener's Choice George Detsikas Italian Red Green Pear Cherry Japanese Trifele Black Moonshiner's Ball Morado Vejer de la Frontera Orange Strawberry Park's Whopper CR Improved F1 Pepe Jose (one of two, I guess) Piker Vesy Bland but tomatoey Rebecca Allen Bland but good (again, puzzling, oxymoronic). Sandberg The UGH-ly Blue Cream Cherokee Purple Little Willie's Wiener Tarasenko Hybrid Everything else: Campari acid only. Captain Lucky Tart-ish Faworyt Sharp, strong, OK Lucid Gem Tart. Matt's Wild Cherry Sweet & tangy but not tomatoey Mountain Glory Tart only. Pepe Jose Sweet & tomatoey (again, one of two?). Red Brandymaster No sweet. sunrise Bumblebee OK, not great Upstate Mild & sweet Wagner Blue Green Sweet & tangy (but for some reason, I didn't say good). Yellow Fire Sweet & mild. I'm grateful when I can taste a tomato at all. I will probably attend every tasting I can. It's invaluable to find out which ones I'll be able to taste if I grow them. Nan |
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