Aussie 2007 Season

[Grub]

This is going to be my home for the season and I hope other Aussies post here as well. I finally sowed all the seeds yesterday. There are a few minor changes to my original list. So, I'm posting the list here as a reference for myself and, should it interest you, your perusal.

Thanks Grub.

The Grubs' 2007 Tomato List

MAINSTREAMS
1. Red Brandywine (mine, saved ex-Dr C, possible cross)
2. Livingston’s Favorite Cross
3. Livingston’s Favorite (Rosco)
4. Box Car Willie (Dr C.)
5. Linnie’s Oxheart
6. Vorlon
7. Mama Leone
8. Sojourner
9. Tom’s Yellow Wonder
10. Large Mennonite Heritage - NO GERMINATION
11. Gogosha
12. Lucky Cross
13. Tony's Italian
14. Aunt Gertie’s Gold
15. Cherokee Green
16. GMG PL (sure I didn't sow RL)
17. Brandywine Sudduth
18. Wes or Oleyar’s German
19. Neves Azorean red
20. Kroska Pink Bulgarian - NO GERMINATION
21. Soldacki
22. Cuostralee
23. Aunty Ginny’s Purple
24. Grandpa Charlie
25. Grandpa Willie- NO GERMINATION AGAIN.
26. Ecker’s Polish
27. Prue
28. Earl's Faux
29. Mountaineer Mystery
30. Dr Lyle - NO GERMINATION
31. Stump of thje World
32. Faux BCW
33. OTV
34. Sarnowski Polish Plum
35. Arbuznyi
36. Brad’s Black Heart
37. Andrey’s Belarus Heart
38. Rainy’s Maltese
39. Cherokee Purple
40. Kalman’s Hungarian Pink
41. Monomach’s Hat

CHERRIES OR SALADS
42. Peruvian Bush Cherry
43. Yellow Submarine
44. Sara's Galapagas

NOVELTIES IN POTS
45. JF x Sungold F2
46. Pink Ping Pong - NO GERMINATION

EARLY POT PLANTS
47. Uralskiy Ranniy
48. Spudalucie F3
49. Kimberley

BACKUPS
50. Black Cherry
51. Perito Italian
52. Great Wall
53. JD’s Special C-Tex
54. Spark’s Yellow

PROJECTS - Sneezy Dwarves F4s
55. & 65. - five seeds in each cell of Summertime Green F4
56. & 66. - five seeds in each cell of Dwarf Emerald Giant F4
57. & 67. - five seeds in each cell of Summertime Gold 2 F4
58. & 68. - five seeds in each cell of Dwarf Sweet Sue F4
59. & 69. - five seeds in each cell of Dwarf Lime Twist
60 & 70. - four seeds in each cell of Dwarf Mr Snow


LATE COMERS
61. Ernesto
62. Green Copia - Andrey


ends for now.

[cottonpicker]

Interesting post, Grub...... I see you still favor Livingston's Favorite & the REAL Box Car Willie (from Dr. C) among others. Thanks for taking the time to let us know your 'fav's" and GOOD luck!!! I always enjoy hearing what folks "out there" choose to plant.

BEST to you & yours!!
LarryD

[Grub]

Hi Larry,

I found some of the original seeds for LF from Rosco. I want to grow it again, near the chicken run, for shade and to use the abundance of good medium reds for cooking. It's a great plant, very strong.

The real BCW is another I've planted for production and good taste. But once the pinks kick in then both LF and BCW will probably go in the pot .

[akgardengirl]

That is quite a list. No wonder us Alaska girls get jealous of your kind of growing season. I am speaking for Sherry here also. Where is the "Sophie's Choice"? I got those seeds from you and it did pretty good here...although still quite green. The size of the fruits are the biggest of any that produced.
Sue

[Grub]

Hi Sue,

Well spotted... hard to get anything past you Alaska girls. .

I am trying one of Andrey's earlies instead; SC may well be missed. I will be sure to let you know and then you can say: I told you so, Grub.

Love the boat in your Avatar, too... Anchorage sounds like my kind of place.

[Sherry_AK]

Sue is always authorized to speak for me.

[akgardengirl]

Grub,
Which early from Andrey? I grew out a couple of his this year,
Balkonzauber, Arkticheskaya Vishnya, and Pinnochio. All are dwarf and the Balkonzauber did very well, producing plenty of golfball sized tomatoes. I can't tell too much difference at all between the AV and Pinnochio.

The boat is a St. Pierre dory, built by my Dad in 1985. He putted around Prince William Sound in it for 20 years until he passed on in 2005. He was getting it ready to go that spring. He was in his early 80's and still enjoyed his boat. It is in good hands now with our carpenter who fell in love with the "Tracy R" (named after my daughter). He now has an Australian boat builder working on it as it had some dry rot and a few other things that concern wooden boats. We can't wait to see her all ship shape again. Thanks for the compliment.
Sue

[cosmicgardener]

I hope other Aussies post here as well.

Here's my fairly common lot, excluding the Dwarf project which I am waiting on seeds. Got some but will wait for Tasmanian Choc and Tasmania Pink so I can plant them all at the same time. Have to take out a shrub which I'm glad to see the back of to accommodate some of the ones I'm growing on for seed. So here goes.



Amish Paste
Amish Salad
Anna Russian ( looking sickly)
Annie
Aunt Ruby’s German Green
Big Rainbow
Black Cherry
Black From Tula
Black Russian
Bloody Butcher
Box Car Willie
Brandywine Black
Brandywine Pink
Brandywine Suddeth’s Strain
Broad Ripple Yellow Currant
Burnley Gem
Camp Joy
Cherokee Chocolate
Cherokee Purple
Clint Eastwood Rowdy Red
Cuostralee
Debarao
Druzba
Earl of Edgecombe
Emerald Evergreen
Eva Purple Ball
Garden Peach
Geswein’s Purple Bonny Best
Golden Delight
Green Zebra
Gregori’s Altai
Harbinger
Heatherington Pink
Herman’s Yellow
Ida Gold
Imur Prior Beta
Jaune Flammee
Jaune Negib
Kotlas
Lemon Boy
Little Lucky
Mortgage Lifter
Nebrasca Wedding
Paul Robeson
Picardy
Pink Gaetano
Ponderosa Pink
Principe Borghese
Prue
Riesentraube
San Marzano Redorta
Silvery Fir Tree
Snow White
Soldaki
Sub Arctic Plenty
Tasmanian Blushing Yellow
Tigerella
Verna Orange

Cheers
Cosmic

[Grub]

Sue,

Uralskiy Ranniy is my early from Andrey.

If you have an Aussie shipwright on the job you will get a great result.

So glad to hear your dad built the boat, loved it and that it's still going strong.

Would you be so kind as to PM a pic of Tracy R, so I can see a bigger version of the lovely dory? I'm sure your dad would be glad.

I love the legacy of wooden boats, each a reflection of their builder in some way.

Thanks, Grub.

[Grub]

Cosmic,

You are humble... wonderful list!

There are many there I look forward to trying, such as Earl of E. and Herman's, so do report back.

And best with the dwarf lottery

[Andrey_BY]

Uralskiy Ranniy is my recent discovery from a lot of Russian early varieties I have. 2 plants are loaded with fruits both in my greenhouse and outside. The flavor is very good for an early tomato variety. Red globe to flattend fruits of 70-100 g...

[Spatzbear]

Righty-o. I'll play, too.

Here's my tomato list for this season:

Amish Salad
Anna Russian (terrible germination rate. Hope it'll pick up very soon.)
Annie
Aunt Ginny's Purple
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Becker's Blau
Black Cherry
Black Early
Black Krim
Brandywine Sudduth
Broad Ripple Yellow Currant
Cherokee Chocolate
Cherokee Green
Cherokee Purple
Cuostralee
Debarao
Dixie Golden Giant
Druzba
Earl of Edgecombe
Early Pixie
Elfie
German Gold - zero germination so far.
Gogoshary Polosatyi
Golden Ponderosa
Green Giant
Grosse Violette
Grub's Mystery Green
Grusha Chyornaya
Heinz 1370F
Herman's Yellow
Ida Gold
Jaune Flammee
Jaune Negib
June Pink
Kellogg's Breakfast
Kotlas
Krasnyi Velikan
Lemon Boy
Mariette
Marmande
Moldovan Green
Mortgage Lifter Pesta Strain
Nebraska Wedding
Old Timey Yellow
Orange Minsk
Oregon Spring
Paul Robeson
Pearly Pink Cherry
Peruvian Cherry - zero germination so far.
Picket
Polar Baby
Purple Calabash
Red Cloud
Regina's Yellow - still no luck with this one. Must be hexed.
Rouge de Marmande
Silvery Fir Tree
Snow White
Soldacki
Striped Cavern - zero germination so far.
Striped Turkish Monastery
Sub Arctic Plenty
Tasmanian Blushing Yellow
TBY Imposter
Teardrop
Tiger Tom - zero germination so far.
Victorian Dwarf
Wild
Yellow Brandywine

There are some new varieties on this list, mainly the ones from Andrey! Thanks Andrey, I'm really looking forward to growing them here and seeing what they'll do at my place.

I don't know what it is with Anna Russian. I seem to have a bad batch of seeds. Even though I used my own saved seeds this year. But I always have low or miserable germination with her. And those that germinate are sickly.

[shelleybean]

Spatzbear, I see you're growing Elfie again. I really enjoyed it this season. It was probably the best performer in my garden.

[Spatzbear]

I'm glad you like her, too. She was a great performer last season, great tomatoes. How could I not let her back into the patch?

[cosmicgardener]

Spatz, my Anna Russians are about to hit the bin - not only very poor germination rates ( set out two lots) but quite a few distorted leaves, fused leaves and generally spindly specimens. I will be junking all remaining seeds and from what I hear other are having similar problems. Might be time to import some better quality ones.