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Posted by Grajean (U13953712) on Wednesday, 2nd March 2011
Just about to start sowing tomatoes - which is the best tasting - Alicante or Moneymaker?
Personally I dont like either - i grew Roma and a friend of mine grew Rosada (?) last year and they were lovely and sweet
I agree, neither. There are far more better tasting tom's on the market.
Fill yer boots and try something a little different. I agree that Roma is great for cooking and a thick slice of Brandywine fried on toast is cracking. Cheers, Tony.
Brandywine? not heard of that one, is it a cherry type?
No, it's a beefsteak variety but needs a long-ish growing season.
Ta V Much - I'll look out for that one
In fact there are up to half a dozen varieties with the "Brandywine" name attached. The only two genuine Brandywines are both heirlooms - Brandywine (Sudduth Strain), a dark pink beefsteak, potato leaf plant; and Red Brandywine (Landis Strain), red beefsteak, regular leaf plant. The Sudduth Strain is the nicest tom I've ever tasted, like a glass of fine red wine.
The cherry tomato Sungold often comes top of the taste tests.
Sungold's a lovely tomato. Literally gold colour, sweet, very very sweet flavour, almost too cloyingly sweet for some palates. The only downside is that they're prone to splitting as they approach maturity. Best picked a wee bit before complete maturity.
If I didn't grow Sungold my life would be in danger. We rarely see them in the house since my OH has eaten them between the garden and the kitchen door!
My friends to whom I give a few plants every year always insist on Sungold and "throw in one or two of the others please" too.
Seed available from TandM(your favourite supplier Gj!) and Baumaux.
In search of best flavour, I'm also trying Black Crimea, Black Russia, and Purple (?) Cherokee as well as the usual Marmande and Coeur de Boeuf.
Great to be on to tomato growing topics, it's a sure sign of Spring
Greetings L
The pick of that lot is Cherokee Purple, L. Delicious tomato. As is its sister variety, Cherokee Chocolate, a mahogany-brown oblate. I'd highly recommend Cherokee Chocolate if you can find the seeds.
I grow both and have always had good results. Brandy wine and beef toms have been very poor. I am sure it depends where you grow them. I am in Tyne and Wear with short and relatively cool summers. Toms have to be grown indoors.
Yes, your average beefsteak variety needs a reasonable growing season. Outdoors, most take 75+ days from planting out to maturity.
The best tasting tomato I've ever had was 'Rosada' an F1 'cherry' plum.
I've grown branywine and was disapointed, I gather brandywine is wonderful 'in it's year' it obvoiusly wasn't the yer I grew it.
I enjoyed John Hawkins, but I really liked 'rose de Berne' (hope I've spelt that right.).
SmilingFatCat (or whatever similar name he's using now) is the expert on tasty tomatoes.
Hope you enjoy them,
Lottie
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Posted by Vixxihibiscus (U13865184) on Thursday, 3rd March 2011
I'd go sungold every year.
They're £3 for 10 seeds so not cheap but they're very good!
I agree about the brandywine, they are delicious in a good year.
I am going to try Rose de Berne this year, do you get a lot per plant?
Three quid for ten seeds is outrageous! Trouble is, they're an F1 hybrid so saving seeds isn't going to help. You should find them cheaper than that online from some of the better American seed companies even allowing for postage.
Like Rini above, I also believe that the taste of toms does depend on how and where you grow them. I've grown varieties that others said had good flavour and been disappointed with them. Perhaps seed selection by the suppliers is also a factor as some clones seem to be markedly different to others bearing the same varietal name.
If it's a true Rose de Berne, an heirloom, its production can be erratic but you should do all right. Most genuine heirloom varieties can be erratic.
I agree Italophile but they are very good. I have just planted them and all have germinated though so at lease that's then 10 plants for £3 which doesn't seem so bad!
Good going, Vixx. They're just a bit too sweet for my liking but I know they're incredibly popular.
I know, but I'm a girl. Better tomatoes that chocolate I tell myself!
I agree, mine were absolutely delish last year, so I'm deffo doing Sungold again. I don't actually bother with large types as they take too long to ripen and are very often dry.
Thanks Italophile.
All the varieties I'm growing this year seem to be heirlooms but I'm hoping I will get plenty if I have plenty of plants!
Another one I'm looking forward to is Golden Queen. Anyone tried this?
Yes, I've grown Golden Queen. Gorgeous tomato. Very interesting history. It was known as an heirloom variety back in the late 19th century. It seeded to disappear, then reappeared via a couple of American seed companies, except it didn't exactly match the original description. The original was gold, with a pink blush. The version that reappeared lacked the pink. In short, some fanatical growers hunted down the original seeds and regrew them. So there are two Golden Queens in circulation, the one with a pink blush is the original.
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