Grub Comes Good... - Page 2

Grub · January 26, 2007

Bill,

If I didn't already say so, many thanks. I have those spuds in my top-shelf collection for sowing as soon as the first signs of Autumn show.

Thanks again.

Mantis,
I really don't know how I can resist the cuteness. Heard of the Born Identity. I'm the Born Sucker, go wobbly at the knees at the slightest hint of a tear.

Mantis · January 26, 2007

It's a wild ride with daughters and fantastic. Don't know about boys, can only guess.
My 12 yo has only just caught on that the tooth fairy is a myth. Its a shame as she will pass on all this big girl knowledge to her younger sister.
I myself believed in santa etc until it suited me as my brother and sister were 10 years older than me and out of the house. Sad but true.

montanamato · January 26, 2007

Incredible incentive for those of us just thinking about starting seeds...

I am so impressed by the likes of you guys who wait to report on taste for the ripe or nearly ripe toms...I have never had that kind of self control...If it is a new to me variety or early in the year, I pretty much am chewing into them as I walk to the house....or upon arrival...I have discovered some taste better barely ripe with that technique....

Of course I open UPS packages on the lawn if the weather is good...

Please report on taste soon, tomato starved minds want to know...

Jeanne

Rena · January 26, 2007

Fantastic pics!!
I am going to do a photo spoof of you Grub when my tomatoes come in LOL!!!

Earl · January 26, 2007

Where's the wave? For posting such stuff you deserve a huge wave to douse you. LOL. I'm ready for Spring!!!!

**Dukerdawg** · January 26, 2007

Grub, I am salivating over that bounty! Man, oh man ...does that look good!..no! Great!!!!!! Keep up the pics...with snow and below zero temps here ...I am dreaming of summer (the season, not your little girl!)...although I am sure she is dreamy in her cuteness!

Duane

**Patrina_Pepperina** · January 26, 2007

I'm salivating too Grub! Those green Sneezys look awesome!!

What a character you are. The first pic of you sprawled across the lawn says it all

PP

dcarch · January 26, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grub

Reminds me of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dBG27gnuU

dcarch

Dr_Redwine · January 26, 2007

Grub:
Very, very nice looking maters.

DrR

Grub · January 27, 2007

Cheers and I know you will have your revenge

Mantis asked: Hows the Nepel X TT going??
it's a huge bush with excellent disease resistance and a prolific spread of small salad-type to large cherries. Interestingly, they are very firm like a commerical type and have that light red colour, too. They look for all the world like they would tast like paper, but they actually have a good Nepal zippiness. Not the best by any means, but I'm enjoying them halved, sprinkled with sugar, baked for four hours. And at least one relative likes them, as they present well and hold for a long time on the truss.

Grub · January 28, 2007

Spudleaf Bill,

I have been admiring Grandpa Charlie in my box of pinks alongside some big Polish. The fruits are indistinguishable sitting alongside each other. I have had Polish before, but not yet this season. So we had Grandpa Charlie this morning...

Grandpa Charlie: A superb late-season large pink tomato, very dense and meaty, born on tall PL plant that's more vigorous than my Polish and Earl's Faux plants, more like a Brandywine Sudduth but without the EB problems. Not unlike a Prudens Purple plant. But the taste is just oustanding. Mrs Grub says one of the best this season. I have to agree. Sweet, fruity, great depth of flavour but not quite as complex as B.Sudduth, more a pure taste, an exemplorary pink, like a fine New Zealand example of Sauvignon Blanc. Taste 9/10. I'm adding 0.5pt for plant habit and size of fruit = 9.5pt/10. (B.Sudduth is 10/10, EF is 9.75/10 and Marianna's Peace is, in a perfect year, 9.5/10 [these are my top three pinks for taste so now that becomes a top four and MP has been beaten by GC on a countback since its less fickle]). I hope that gives some idea about the taste of this delicious large pink tomato. And as I type this, a cursory glance to the left out the window reveals a giant Grandpa Charlie winking at me from amongst the foliage. My sister-in-law tried to pinch it... I said hands off! Production is high end of medium. Can handle a bit of heat and humidity.

MANY THANKS SPUD!

January 26, 2007	#22
Patrina_Pepperina Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 3,094	I'm salivating too Grub! Those green Sneezys look awesome!! What a character you are. The first pic of you sprawled across the lawn says it all PP __________________ Truth is colourful, not just black and white. PP: 2005

January 26, 2007	#24
Dr_Redwine Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pike Road, AL Posts: 111	Grub Grub: Very, very nice looking maters. DrR __________________ I started out with nothin' and still have most of it.

January 26, 2007	#16
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Bill, If I didn't already say so, many thanks. I have those spuds in my top-shelf collection for sowing as soon as the first signs of Autumn show. Thanks again. Mantis, I really don't know how I can resist the cuteness. Heard of the Born Identity. I'm the Born Sucker, go wobbly at the knees at the slightest hint of a tear.

January 26, 2007	#17
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	It's a wild ride with daughters and fantastic. Don't know about boys, can only guess. My 12 yo has only just caught on that the tooth fairy is a myth. Its a shame as she will pass on all this big girl knowledge to her younger sister. I myself believed in santa etc until it suited me as my brother and sister were 10 years older than me and out of the house. Sad but true.

January 26, 2007	#18
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	Incredible incentive for those of us just thinking about starting seeds... I am so impressed by the likes of you guys who wait to report on taste for the ripe or nearly ripe toms...I have never had that kind of self control...If it is a new to me variety or early in the year, I pretty much am chewing into them as I walk to the house....or upon arrival...I have discovered some taste better barely ripe with that technique.... Of course I open UPS packages on the lawn if the weather is good... Please report on taste soon, tomato starved minds want to know... Jeanne

January 26, 2007	#19
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	Fantastic pics!! I am going to do a photo spoof of you Grub when my tomatoes come in LOL!!!

January 26, 2007	#20
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Where's the wave? For posting such stuff you deserve a huge wave to douse you. LOL. I'm ready for Spring!!!!

January 26, 2007	#21
Dukerdawg Growing for Market Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westland, Michigan Posts: 861	Grub, I am salivating over that bounty! Man, oh man ...does that look good!..no! Great!!!!!! Keep up the pics...with snow and below zero temps here ...I am dreaming of summer (the season, not your little girl!)...although I am sure she is dreamy in her cuteness! Duane

January 27, 2007	#25
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Cheers and I know you will have your revenge Mantis asked: Hows the Nepel X TT going?? it's a huge bush with excellent disease resistance and a prolific spread of small salad-type to large cherries. Interestingly, they are very firm like a commerical type and have that light red colour, too. They look for all the world like they would tast like paper, but they actually have a good Nepal zippiness. Not the best by any means, but I'm enjoying them halved, sprinkled with sugar, baked for four hours. And at least one relative likes them, as they present well and hold for a long time on the truss.

January 28, 2007	#26
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Spudleaf Bill, I have been admiring Grandpa Charlie in my box of pinks alongside some big Polish. The fruits are indistinguishable sitting alongside each other. I have had Polish before, but not yet this season. So we had Grandpa Charlie this morning... Grandpa Charlie: A superb late-season large pink tomato, very dense and meaty, born on tall PL plant that's more vigorous than my Polish and Earl's Faux plants, more like a Brandywine Sudduth but without the EB problems. Not unlike a Prudens Purple plant. But the taste is just oustanding. Mrs Grub says one of the best this season. I have to agree. Sweet, fruity, great depth of flavour but not quite as complex as B.Sudduth, more a pure taste, an exemplorary pink, like a fine New Zealand example of Sauvignon Blanc. Taste 9/10. I'm adding 0.5pt for plant habit and size of fruit = 9.5pt/10. (B.Sudduth is 10/10, EF is 9.75/10 and Marianna's Peace is, in a perfect year, 9.5/10 [these are my top three pinks for taste so now that becomes a top four and MP has been beaten by GC on a countback since its less fickle]). I hope that gives some idea about the taste of this delicious large pink tomato. And as I type this, a cursory glance to the left out the window reveals a giant Grandpa Charlie winking at me from amongst the foliage. My sister-in-law tried to pinch it... I said hands off! Production is high end of medium. Can handle a bit of heat and humidity. MANY THANKS SPUD!