Since HHD brought it up. Which tomato is your fav? I planted some type of pink tomato last year that was really good. For the life of me I can't remember the exact name. German Pink maybe?
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Since HHD brought it up. Which tomato is your fav? I planted some type of pink tomato last year that was really good. For the life of me I can't remember the exact name. German Pink maybe?
May have been Caspian Pink. That is consistently ranked high in the taste tests along with Brandywine. Brandywine has always been a little particular and hard for me to grow and seems to crack badly. If you want a fool proof tomato that also tastes good...try BIG Beef. It was an all american selection winnner a few years back and is my go-to main crop tomato. Never fails. And by all means, you have to try Cherokee Purple. Last , but not least.... if you can get your hands on some Kellogg's Breakfast...(big yellow with some red in the interior)...you will be in heaven. I grow my own plants, so some of these are probably not easy to find as plants in the local nursery.
HHD
I love Brandywine. Mine always crack and look ugly, but they are so big that there is plenty of good tomatoes slices left. I think that is the nature of heirlooms. I left my seedlings out too early and they all froze, so I bought plants and tried some new types. I'm pretty excited about the Cherokee purple!
Growler
My tomatoes were not worth the time I put in them last year for some reason. I will try some of those BIG Beef next year. I will keep my eyes open for the Kellogg's Breakfast and Cherokee purple also. Thanks for the tips guys.
The pink I like is called Ponderosa. It is low acid so may not be for everyone. Couldn't find them this year so planted another pink that for the life of me I cannot recall the name.
I thought this said tornado LOL
I've currently got several German Queen plants growing. 1st time for me & I'm anxious to try them.
I just remembered an heirloom variety called German Johnson....which is a big pink tomato. That may have been the one that jpdawg had. I've read about it in the past , but never tried it.
HHD
German Johnson
80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces good yields of a very large 16 oz pink tomatoes. The tomatoes are meaty, very flavorful, have very few seeds, and turn pink with yellow shoulders when mature. This regular leaf variety is one of the parents of the Mortgage Lifter. A heirloom variety from North Carolina and Virginia, USA. Indeterminate. pk/20
How did those German Queen tomatoes turn out for you ky?Quote:
Originally Posted by kycreekboy
Of all the pink varities(German Queen, Bradley, Mortage lifter & Pink brandywine) I had this year the German Queen was by far my favorite.
I'll have to check German Queen out next yr when I order my 2013 seeds. We've had a pretty good tomato yr, even with the drought. We've canned several qrts of big beef which seem to produce no matter what, and made sauce out of Opalka paste tomatoes, but once again....the Kelloggs Breakfast ( a yellow tomato ) outshined everything for just plain slicing and eating. I had one neighbor who sold 70 lbs of green tomatoes to a local restrauant early in the season. I also found another use for Panko crumbs beside breading for fish.... use them for fried green tomatoes. I wasn't much a fan of fried green tomatoes until I tried them this way. The tomato season is winding down.....
HHD
Yea, it won't be long & we will be wanting those homegrown veggies again. We are still getting plenty now & canning salsa weekly it seems. We have a major supply of it now. Like I said the German Queens were very tasty. I also liked the Purple Cherokees. 1st time growing them, but it won't be the last. Rutgers & Supersteaks were our main suppliers this year. You are right the Big Beef are a very productive. I had some of them last year.
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My favorite when I use to grow tomatoes was Early Girl. I liked the uniform shape and the first on the block yields :-)