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Old July 22, 2013   #1
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would anyone care to give their recommendations on any varieties of golf ball sized tomatoes they especially like.

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Old July 22, 2013   #2
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Early Treat was a production monster for me this year! And will be back next year for sure.

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Old July 22, 2013   #3
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This is my favorite golf ball tomato, and one of my favorites overall, a great tomato taste, complex and balanced, and it is a yielder too. I love them, their my sons favorite, and I have not had one person who was not impressed with the taste. I also have 48 other varieties to compare to, including four versions of Brandywines.
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Old July 22, 2013   #4
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Pink Ping Pong, the original one

Bulgarian Triumph,a great one,must grow

Jaune Flammee, also a must grow

Mini-Orange is another one of that size.

A few others might include:

Gold Ball
Green Gage
Tangella


And as soon as I hit submit I'm sure I'll think of some others.

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Old July 22, 2013   #5
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I can vouch for bloody butcher being early and productive.
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Old July 22, 2013   #6
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I always grow Moneymaker which always performs reliably and produces well. It always forms nice round tomatoes that do not split or get cat faced, and I like the taste which is not tart or overly sweet.

I'm anxious to try Bloody Butcher next year for it's earliness and flavour.

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Old July 22, 2013   #7
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Another vote for Pink Ping Pong!
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Old July 22, 2013   #8
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The potato-leaved Bradley.
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Old July 22, 2013   #9
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Burpee used to sell a Pixie tomato that was very prolific and golfball sized.
They stopped selling the seed about 18 years ago,but I had "volunteers" come up every
spring for about 10 years.
I believe this is the same tomato:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170760688193

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Old July 22, 2013   #10
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I'm glad for this thread, because I can tell you one golf ball-sized tomato I won't be growing again: Dingwall Scotty. A shame because the fruits are quite pretty-looking, perfect red globes.

Maybe my opinion will change as the season progresses, but so far I have found them bland and very seedy, and heavily affected by fungus issues in my garden, probably the worst affected of all of my tomatoes.

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Old July 22, 2013   #11
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Japanese Trifele Black and Jaune Flammee.

Bloody Butcher for me was quite a bit larger - more of 7-8 ounce tomato.
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Old July 22, 2013   #12
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I thought of Dingwall Scotty right away when I read the question. I grew it last year, and found it to be very productive. The tomatoes held well on the vine, and were a very nice looking round, red tomato. I thought it had decent or average flavor. It wasn't more disease prone than any of my other varieties last year.
Earlier today I was thinking that I should grow Dingwall Scotty again next year, mainly because it really impressed me with it's productiveness, and it's attractive fruit.

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Old July 22, 2013   #13
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add matina to the list for early productive, and taste.


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Old July 23, 2013   #14
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Opal's Homestead which is early and has a really nice balanced flavor, semi determinate so it still sets fruit. Not to be confused with Homestead, not the same.
It's getting a place in my next season garden.

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Shadow boxing has a wonderful flavor and is ~ the size of a golf ball. I also agree with the others about bloody butcher. Great flavor but larger. I can add The Miracle BPF to that list, however, like bloody butcher, mine are larger than they are "supposed" to be.
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