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Old March 13, 2017   #1
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Okay I want to do a survey of your top 5 favorite tomatoes in every color. With this it might help people make final decisions on which seeds they want to plant and it'll help me decide on what I want to plant this fall.i will start
(Green when ripe)
1.)Cherokee green
2)green giant
3)absinthe
4)spears tennessee green
(Darks)
1)cherokee purple---not very productive but best flavor
2)margarets curtian
3)indian stripe
4)carbon
5)black cherry---not very big but big on flavor
Pinks
1)brimmer
2)earl faux
3) Limbaugh's Legacy
4)stump of the world
5)purple dog creek
Orange
1) orange russian 117
2) Kellogg's breakfast
3) sweet Ozark Orange
Thats all the orange yellows that i have grown that i like
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Old March 13, 2017   #2
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My votes:

Green when ripe is Green Giant, but if I had a write-in - Malachite Box (Malakhitovaya Shkatulka) is by far the best tasting green when ripe tomato I have grown.

Darks, Cherokee Purple.

Pinks, I'm going to choose Stump of the World because it is a parent of Rebel Yell. Rebel Yell is now a must-grow in my garden. http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Rebel_Yell

Orange, I don't know? I can suggest a lot of orange cherry tomatoes though.
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Old March 13, 2017   #3
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All my own of course are the best
Some other favourites are these

Black: Margaret Curtain
Pink: Bear claw
Red: Mayo's delight
Bicolor: Dagma's perfection
GWR : captain Lucky

I have lots of fav's. These are some of my favourite full size tomatoes that I recommend for flavour and that did well in a northern garden

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Old March 14, 2017   #4
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Here I go :

DARKS: Cherokee Purple , Black From Tula , Indian Stripe, Black Cherry
ORANGE/YELLOW: Azoychka, Big Rainbow, Golden Jubilee, Kellloggs Breakfast

RED/PINK: Big Beef (F1) , Brandywine (pink, PL) , Better Boy (F1), Silvery Fir Tree
GWR: Ananas Noire, Copia , Aunt Ruby's German Green.
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Copia isn't a GWR?

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Old March 14, 2017   #6
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Copia, for me anyway, was a heart-shaped bicolor. It looked identical to Orange Russian 117, but did not taste nearly as sweet.

DARKS: Tasmanian Chocolate, Purple Bumble Bee, Bola Maciza

ORANGE/YELLOW: KBX, Orange Jazz, Coastal Pride Orange, Orange Russian 117, Sweet Sue, Sladkij Ponchik

RED/PINK: Mat-Su Express, Jazz, Bradley, Rebel Yell, Mano, Sky Reacher

GWR: Jade Beauty, Esmerelda Golosina, Green Dr's Frosted, Green Tiger, Cherokee Green, Malachite Box, Zebra Rita
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Darks

Indian Stripe, Margaret Curtain, Rosella Purple, Rosella Cherry, Carbon Copy

Pinks

Rose, Anna Russian, Prudens Purple

Bi-colours

Little Lucky, Lithium Sunset
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Dark - okay so there's six instead of five!
Big Cheef
Blue Ridge Black
Buffalo Soldier
Grandma Olivers Chocolate
Not Purple Strawberry
Vorlon

GWR
Cherokee Lime

Pink
Blue Ridge Mountain
Missouri Rose
Prudens Purple
Rebel Yell
Whipper Snapper (cherry)

Red
Bychiy Lob
Bison
Guido
Iva's Red Berry (cherry)
Klara

Yellow
Sirja's Love (cherry)
Vova Yellow
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Love seeing everyone's lists and I am growing some of those this year. I have only been growing OP's/Heirlooms for 4 years so I don't have much to compare but these have impressed me so far:

Red: Chapman, Russian 117
Pink: Brandywine Sudduth, Pruden's Purple
Bi-Color: Armenian
GWR: Aunt Ruby's German Green, Green Zebra
Dark: Cherokee Purple, Black Krim
Yellow/Orange: Kellogg's Breakfast, Azoychka
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I had asked charley to put up his own thread, based on some back and forth in the other thread, if any of you saw that,so I'm glad Charley decided to do it.

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tricolor:Berkeley's Green Tye-Dye
red: Tommy Toe, Matina
Black: Black Cherry

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I only have one favorite red tomato that I keep liking every time I grow it.
Neves Azorean Red beefsteak.
If you haven't grown this tomato you should give it a try.
For the bi color it is Orange Russian 117 yes it is a bi color heart.

Both of these tomatoes go equally well on a cheese burger made with fresh home ground chuck cooked medium rare or a good BLT with flabby bacon and real mayonnaise.

That is about all I have to offer.


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I only have one favorite red tomato that I keep liking every time I grow it.
Neves Azorean Red beefsteak.
If you haven't grown this tomato you should give it a try.
For the bi color it is Orange Russian 117 yes it is a bi color heart.

Both of these tomatoes go equally well on a cheese burger made with fresh home ground chuck cooked medium rare or a good BLT with flabby bacon and real mayonnaise.

That is about all I have to offer.


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Looking forward to the Matsu Express and the OR 117 Worth. I'll try the Neves next year for sure! . Thanks for the tip..
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I only have one favorite red tomato that I keep liking every time I grow it.
Neves Azorean Red beefsteak.
If you haven't grown this tomato you should give it a try.
For the bi color it is Orange Russian 117 yes it is a bi color heart.

Both of these tomatoes go equally well on a cheese burger made with fresh home ground chuck cooked medium rare or a good BLT with flabby bacon and real mayonnaise.

That is about all I have to offer.


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I grew NAR for two years and it didn't do very well for me but the weather was terrible. I need to give it another shot.
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Old March 15, 2017   #15
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I grew NAR for two years and it didn't do very well for me but the weather was terrible. I need to give it another shot.
I grew it twice, once before, did terrible, and this year, fantastic. This year most did fantastically well. NAR in a good year is great.
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