Hey applestar!
The 3 biggins are Cherokee Purples and I havent biten into them yet. However I can say the ones that have fallen off and are still green, make excellent tasty fried green tomatoes!
The Yellow Pears are just that and the smaller ones are a mixture of Sungold F1 and Black Cherry.
I seeded some Goose Creek, but I don't think any of them took. (I am really bad and unorganized about keeping my little labels by the seedlings!)
IMAFAN- Hmm tomatillos are a hit in my household. I will give the advice that they seem to take longer to get going than my other tomatoes. But once it gets going it isnt a plant, its practically a tree! I made chicken enchiladas with them last night that was truly a hit. Here is the recipe to give you idea:
https://www.homesicktexan.com/2009/10/so ... ecipe.html
We also make a hatch chili green sauce with tomatillos instead of red tomatoes. I recommend roasting them, it really brings out the flavor and juices.
And yes lakngulf! Like I said, I was really aggressive this year and planted them in mid-March. We had a couple nights of high 30s, but they were still small enough to be covered by buckets and worked out OK. I feel like here in Texas with my experience, you have to get their root system established before it gets too hot. Last year I put them in around May, and they could never get a break from the heat and never really produced. However I also had an aphid problem last year in which this summer I don't- plenty of ladybugs have stuck around this Spring!
We do have a problem with birds and squirrels, but we have a very fast ferocious Beagle that has decided if ANYONE is gonna get a free tomato around here, it's gonna be HIM!