Variety |
Flavor |
Diseases |
Notes |
Brandywine*
|
Excellent |
leaf
fungus problems |
Grown for
2 years, large fruits, catfaced, had problems with foliage diseases...outstanding flavor,
smooth slicer
|
Better Boy**
|
Excellent |
some leaf
curl in spring;
very productive |
Grown for
2 years, medium fruits, tall plants, outstanding flavor (2-time Taste-Test Winner at the
Garden Club)
|
Big Beef**
|
Very good |
spotted foliage and
yellowing with humidity, productive vines
|
Large
fruits on tall plants, great for canning
|
Cherokee Purple*
|
Very good |
Three plants grown,
they had problems with leaf wilt, which caused the vines to deteriorate and die by
midsummer |
Fruits
ripen quickly, once they start to color; fruits tend to crack. Very smooth
texture, good slicing tomato; but not recommended for canning, due to it's dark
color
|
Super Sweet 100 (cherry
type)**
|
Excellent |
very
little, fruit will crack after heavy rains |
Vigorous
grower, prolific producer; one of the sweetest tomatoes I have ever tried
|
| Jolly
(large cherry) |
Excellent
flavor! |
some leaf
yellowing, but not a problem, overripe fruit can crack
|
Vigorous,
great pink tomato for stuffing, if you can stop eating them long enough.
|
Juliet **
(oblong, cluster)
|
Very good |
some leaf
yellowing, but not a problem |
Vigorous,
prolific grower; fruit takes a longer to ripen, then they really take off! This
tomato has the meaty texture of a plum tomato, and a mild, not too acid, tomato flavor.
Excellent for dehydrating
|
Sun Gold
(cherry) |
Excellent,
extremely sweet |
Septoria
leaf spot, but still very productive |
Plastic
mulch will control the fungal problems. Vigorous, deliciously
sweet fruit
|
Sun Sugar
(cherry) |
Good
|
Not as
much problem with disease; very similar to Sun Gold in flavor and
sweetness.
|
Plastic
mulch works well to control leaf spots. Vigorous grower. |
| Yellow Pear
Tumbler hybrid (mini)
|
Excellent
very good taste
|
not
very much
not very much
|
Tiny,
sweet, bright-yellow "light bulb" looking fruit; good for
color and tastes great in salads. Very
productive, from early June into fall |