Heirloom green zebra stripe tomatoes. The green throws you off. You expect t unripe tomato taste, and BAM it's explodes with flavor.
Next year I will grow a few more heirlooms. I will tell you that Green zebra stripes will be in my garden next year.
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Cool I will keep this in mind.
Seeing this post made me make one on the worst tomato which I have been wanting to for a while.
Click here https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38347
Oh sorry where are my manors?
It is hard to say with mine (favorites that is) maybe Giant Syrian, maybe Spudakee. With Cherry's definitely Black Cherry.
Seeing this post made me make one on the worst tomato which I have been wanting to for a while.
Click here https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38347
Oh sorry where are my manors?
It is hard to say with mine (favorites that is) maybe Giant Syrian, maybe Spudakee. With Cherry's definitely Black Cherry.
Glad you like Green Zebra ("Stripes" is not part of the name). Its not really an heirloom. I like to call it a designer tomato. It was bred by Tom Wagner in 1983 and has an unusual flavor some love some don't. The flavor also changes with degree of ripeness. Some of his other tomato creations with similar "non traditional" flavor are Lime Green Salad and to some extent Green Sausage.
Green Zebra has, as a parent, provided stripes for several other varieties, most notably those by Brad Gates at Wild Boar farms
https://www.wildboarfarms.com/wild-boar-farms-tomato.html
Here are some of Tom Wagner's current crazy tomaotes
https://newworldcrops.com/wp/shop/premium-tomatoes/
Green Zebra has, as a parent, provided stripes for several other varieties, most notably those by Brad Gates at Wild Boar farms
https://www.wildboarfarms.com/wild-boar-farms-tomato.html
Here are some of Tom Wagner's current crazy tomaotes
https://newworldcrops.com/wp/shop/premium-tomatoes/
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I ordered some black tomato seeds last year. When the tomatoes stayed the wrong size and seemed to be ripening to a golden green color, I consulted the web. It turns out that my mislabeled tomatoes are green zebra. I wouldn't say that they quickly became our favorite tomatoes, as they do both look and taste so unique. But they did instantly become a great favorite and we will likely grow some every year. I can't see them as a substitute for our favorite slicing tomatoes, and not even a full time replacement for having red tomato added to a salad. We do add green zebra to salads and also peel and quarter them as a side to our meal. They are a wonderful culinary treat.
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I'm one of those people who doesn't like raw tomatoes (*at all*), but loves to grow them. I do, however, love sauce and salsa, which is how the majority of my maters have been ending up.
I hadn't intentionally eaten a raw tomato since I was probably five years old until just the other day when I tried a BK and a Brandywine my wife was chopping up for a sauce. The Brandywine had a really strong flavor - almost salty and acidy - while the BK was a lot smoother. But eating them raw isn't something I'd relish doing again in the near future.
However, they, along with a couple handfuls of Romas, did make one mighty fine sauce!
I hadn't intentionally eaten a raw tomato since I was probably five years old until just the other day when I tried a BK and a Brandywine my wife was chopping up for a sauce. The Brandywine had a really strong flavor - almost salty and acidy - while the BK was a lot smoother. But eating them raw isn't something I'd relish doing again in the near future.
However, they, along with a couple handfuls of Romas, did make one mighty fine sauce!
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They are supposed to be like Black Cherry. Some people may even argue (and argue and argue) that they are they same but someone somewhere just named one different.Fig3825 wrote:My wife gave me some [url=https://www.parkseed.com/gardening/PD/5437/]chocolate cherry tomato[/url] seeds from Park for my birthday last year. I finally have them in the ground this year and am looking forward to trying them! Anyone have experience with these?
Either way they "are similar" to Black Cherry and it is one of my favorites, I have yet to have anyone spit them out. I have given them to a lot of people as well.
I want to do a chocolate v. black cherry maybe next year.
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I'm gonna chime in and say that my two most outstanding plants types that I have growing in my garden are Summer Salsa and Brandywine.
Yes, my Summer Salsa are a saladette type and in my neck of the woods some think they "really aren't tomatoes". (What do they know ) So far, I have such a heavy harvest of "fruits" that I have to pick everyday to keep up with them. They are heavy in size and delicious right off the vine. Since the middle of July, my family and I have been able to a tomato dish every day whether it breakfeast, lunch and dinner. And yet I still have plenty left over to donate to local commuinty food bank.
As for my Brandywine, this is the first year I have attempted to grow them. So far, I have 10 medium size fruit that are like 4 - 6 inches around growing on the plant. And the are continuing to grow....... They are just beginning to ripen and than I will have a chance to see how they taste. Being a first time grower of Brandywine, wow, do their fruit get large!! Growing this next year for sure!!
Yes, my Summer Salsa are a saladette type and in my neck of the woods some think they "really aren't tomatoes". (What do they know ) So far, I have such a heavy harvest of "fruits" that I have to pick everyday to keep up with them. They are heavy in size and delicious right off the vine. Since the middle of July, my family and I have been able to a tomato dish every day whether it breakfeast, lunch and dinner. And yet I still have plenty left over to donate to local commuinty food bank.
As for my Brandywine, this is the first year I have attempted to grow them. So far, I have 10 medium size fruit that are like 4 - 6 inches around growing on the plant. And the are continuing to grow....... They are just beginning to ripen and than I will have a chance to see how they taste. Being a first time grower of Brandywine, wow, do their fruit get large!! Growing this next year for sure!!
I really like tomatoes and IMHO they are what summer is all about. We grow mostly heirlooms and we love the black varieties. This year we added Rose and Brandywine for comparison and love them both.
Cherokee Purple does very well here and it has great flavor. As for the Chocolate Cherry - I don't think it will compare at all to Black Cherry. It is very large, brown/burgundy in color when ripe and with good flavor. The plant gets very large and it produces in clusters of 8 for the entire growing season.
A friend gave me a Green Zebra plant a few years ago and we just didn't like the "zip" part of it. We tried very hard to like them but - we don't.
I used what was ripe last night to make ratatouille - Black from Tula, Paul Robeson, Black Prince, Rose, Brandywine. DH took the leftovers to work for lunch today - he loves summer!
Cherokee Purple does very well here and it has great flavor. As for the Chocolate Cherry - I don't think it will compare at all to Black Cherry. It is very large, brown/burgundy in color when ripe and with good flavor. The plant gets very large and it produces in clusters of 8 for the entire growing season.
A friend gave me a Green Zebra plant a few years ago and we just didn't like the "zip" part of it. We tried very hard to like them but - we don't.
I used what was ripe last night to make ratatouille - Black from Tula, Paul Robeson, Black Prince, Rose, Brandywine. DH took the leftovers to work for lunch today - he loves summer!
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Brandywine is a black tomato? I didn't know this.
I have one Cherokee Purple that has grown like a bush with only two fruits on it so far. Is it also consider a black tomato too? If so , what does it taste like. Frankly I had high hopes for it but just never came thru for me.
However, I do have a green zebra which does have a different taste to it. The jury is still out on this one.......
I have one Cherokee Purple that has grown like a bush with only two fruits on it so far. Is it also consider a black tomato too? If so , what does it taste like. Frankly I had high hopes for it but just never came thru for me.
However, I do have a green zebra which does have a different taste to it. The jury is still out on this one.......