Ohio Tomatoes

[uzlaguzla]

We have had a stellar year in the mid Ohio valley. My results follow:
OR117 new this year good production and taste
Anna Russian old friend great production and taste
Chapman new this year great production and taste
Pink Berkley new this year great production and taste
Paul Robeson old friend great production and taste
New Big Dwarf new this year poor production and taste
Caspian Pink old friend great production and taste
Mrs Maxwell new this year great production and taste
Marianna's Peace new this year great production and taste
Beauty King new this year disappointing results
Bumble Bee new this year disappointing results
Big Beef new this year disappointing results
Giant Buffalo old friend good production and taste
Ghost Cherry old friend good production and taste

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by uzlaguzla

We have had a stellar year in the mid Ohio valley. My results follow:
OR117 new this year good production and taste
Anna Russian old friend great production and taste
Chapman new this year great production and taste
Pink Berkley new this year great production and taste
Paul Robeson old friend great production and taste
New Big Dwarf new this year poor production and taste
Caspian Pink old friend great production and taste
Mrs Maxwell new this year great production and taste
Marianna's Peace new this year great production and taste
Beauty King new this year disappointing results
Bumble Bee new this year disappointing results
Big Beef new this year disappointing results
Giant Buffalo old friend good production and taste
Ghost Cherry old friend good production and taste

I'm glad so many turned out to be great and as for the not winners,there's always next year.

But if a variety comes to me highly suggested by others I always give it a second chance.

Carolyn

[imp]

Sounds like you had a good year overall

[uzlaguzla]

I managed to avoid the blight by applying some of the secrets learned on TV. Our season is somewhat shorter than yours so we need to get it right the first time.

[Barbee]

It most surely has been an outstanding year here in SW Ohio. I have so many tomatoes, Im being forced to share with others. I hate that as Im sort of a hoarder when it comes to tomatoes

[uzlaguzla]

Of all my varieties I consider Chapman the best. Each plant had at least 25 fruit. If I had thinned, I am sure the size would have been greater. The fruit was mostly unblemished and smooth. The plants are still making fruit while most of the others have stopped. Next year some of these will be thinned to see how big they will get.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by uzlaguzla

Of all my varieties I consider Chapman the best. Each plant had at least 25 fruit. If I had thinned, I am sure the size would have been greater. The fruit was mostly unblemished and smooth. The plants are still making fruit while most of the others have stopped. Next year some of these will be thinned to see how big they will get.

I think the background on Chapman,which I think is a great variety, might well be of interest to you and others reading here.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Chapman

I knew Robert Richardson very well,he was an expat from England and told me what bubble and squeak was,and lots more. His real interest was hot peppers and I got several from him,did some seed production and I think that two of them are still being offered by SESE,Southern Exposure Seed Exchange .

I just checked SESE and only one being offered but quite unique having variegated foliage, called Royal Black.

http://www.southernexposure.com/pepp...-3_43_125.html

When Robert died his wife, or maybe it was his daughter, actually called me to let me know he had passed,that's how well we knew each other.

Carolyn