Comments on: My Favorite Tomatoes, 2009 Edition

By: tom bowers

tom bowers — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:17:20 +0000

I am looking for a high acid tomatoe…can you tell me the one to grow in georgia….Thanka Tom

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:15:45 +0000

Kerry, I just an article about the tommacio tomatoes. Do you know where I could find seeds for it?

By: Melinda

Melinda — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:39:21 +0000

I’ve got three varieties growing at the moment as seedlings (we’re just coming into Summer in Aust) This year I’m growing Tom Thumb – dwarf tomato’s in a box, Roma for hubby to eat on sandwiches, biscuits and for making bruschetta and my daughters favourite – Broad Ripple Yellow Currant. These one’s are wonderful tasting tiny little yellow tomato’s. The bush is really prolific, and she takes containers of them to school to share at lunchtime!

The Tom Thumb and Roma I’m growing because those are the seeds I had and hubby doesn’t really care if they taste great or not – he’s been brought up on cheap supermarket toms. The Broad Ripple Yellow Currant tomato’s are from seeds that we’ve saved every year from 2004 onwards.

By: Bonnie Simpson

Bonnie Simpson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:53 +0000

HI
I have just come across your site and loved all the info on tomatoes.I am trying winter sowing this year for the first time and can hardly wait.Thank you for all the info you have shared on this topic.I am new to veggie gardening but have grown many beautiful flower gardens over the years.I was wondering if anyone would be interested in sharing some tomato seeds with me.After reading the write ups I thought I would like to try growing Red Currant,Kellogg’s Breakfast.Japanese Black Trifle,Brandy Wine and any others that people recommend.Looking forward to hearing from seed sharers.Thank you.
Bon

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:05:16 +0000

I grew an heirloom called ‘Mortgage Buster’ and was sorely disappointed. The few tomatoes we got were huge, and tasted great, but the two plants I had only produced about 5 tomatoes between them. Anyone else heard of these?
I think I’m going to switch back to Brandywine or Beefeaters (which have such a great taste and texture). I was also extremely unimpressed by Early Girl – cute perfect nicely rounded and BLAND tasting.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:56:19 +0000

Thanks for the list.

I grew Black Krum and Amish Paste. I did not have an extraordinarily bountiful crop. The Amish Paste struggled all summer. The Black Krum gave me a trickle of tomatoes but not a ton of them. And they did not taste as wonderful as I expected from reading about them.

Perhaps I’ll try the ones you have listed.

By: Chookie

Chookie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:36:32 +0000

Hmm, have seen ‘Red Currant’ in catalogues so might have to check them out next year. Am growing ‘Tommy Toe’ this year as I have seeds left over from last year. Must admit I wasn’t mad about them, but maybe it was due to poor growing conditions. Also trying out ‘Brandywine’ for the first time. My favourite tiny tomato so far is ‘Broad Ripple Yellow Currant’ — I’m growing a few of these too.

By: Judy Morris

Judy Morris — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:23:17 +0000

All of them sound great, where can I get seeds

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:01:42 +0000

Hi Suzy—My ‘Subarctic Plenty’ is still producing, too. If you want seeds from any of these, let me know!

Hi Kim! You have to try the Japanese Black Trifele. They are just gorgeous, besides being delicious. I think Kellogg’s Breakfast would be one of those tomatoes that you either love or hate. I was surprised at how sweet they were, and they definitely were a little challenging to mix with other flavors (especially since I’m not the world’s most creative cook )

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Blackswampgirl Kim

Blackswampgirl Kim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:55:28 +0000

You have me sold on the Japanese Black Trifele! (Actually, you had me at “smoky” with that one… lol.)

I’ll be honest, though, I tried Kellogg’s Breakfast from the farm stand near work this year, and I was less than impressed. It was actually a little TOO sweet–not enough acidity for me, I guess. On the flip side, Steve (who doesn’t really care for a lot of the dark tomatoes that I like) really enjoyed Kellogg’s just because it wasn’t, in his words, “as tomato-ey.”