- JC's Garden
- Senior Member
- Posts: 280
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 10:43 pm
- Location: Moultrie, GA Planting Zone 8, Sunset Zone 31
Good morning all.
We have been eating well. Hope you have too.
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC
-
- Green Thumb
- Posts: 364
- Joined: Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:13 pm
- Location: South Florida
- JC's Garden
- Senior Member
- Posts: 280
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 10:43 pm
- Location: Moultrie, GA Planting Zone 8, Sunset Zone 31
Thanks all. This is my 1st year with heirlooms. I've learned a lot about low disease resistance and taste.
First in was the Super Sioux, I thought it was a great tomato. Then the Cherokee Purple came in, new favorite. Last came the Brandywine Pink, my friend said it best, "They're not very pretty but I thought I knew what a good tomato tasted like, I was wrong".
My wife likes the San Marzanos and Amana Oranges, not my cup of tea.
I'm now looking around for suggestions for next year. I'm not looking for size, shape or color. I want great tomato taste with lots of acid.
What's your favorite?
First in was the Super Sioux, I thought it was a great tomato. Then the Cherokee Purple came in, new favorite. Last came the Brandywine Pink, my friend said it best, "They're not very pretty but I thought I knew what a good tomato tasted like, I was wrong".
My wife likes the San Marzanos and Amana Oranges, not my cup of tea.
I'm now looking around for suggestions for next year. I'm not looking for size, shape or color. I want great tomato taste with lots of acid.
What's your favorite?
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC
- JC's Garden
- Senior Member
- Posts: 280
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2014 10:43 pm
- Location: Moultrie, GA Planting Zone 8, Sunset Zone 31
The Sungold sounds a lot like the Mrs Tucker's Grapes I have. That may be what they are. Are the Yellow Brandywine and Chocolate Stripe high acid? You know I'm not a big Yellow fan. The more I hear about chocolates the more I want to try them. I'll have to control myself a little, limited growing space. Unfortunately I caught the' Heirloom Bug' this year.
- Lindsaylew82
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2115
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 9:26 pm
- Location: Upstate, SC
Yeah! I'm an acid fan! The later the season got, the more acidic they were, but they were acidic from the start! Think pink brandywine, but sweeter and yellow/ orange!
That chocolate was awesome!
Sungold is a hybrid, and I'm unfamiliar with the grape you mentioned. They weren't my favorite, but my friends and family requested them over and over. I just really miss my acid in them and I find them to taste unbalanced. I didn't grow black cherry this year. We were disappointed that we somehow left it out. I've always enjoyed them.
Sorry it took me so long to get back...
That chocolate was awesome!
Sungold is a hybrid, and I'm unfamiliar with the grape you mentioned. They weren't my favorite, but my friends and family requested them over and over. I just really miss my acid in them and I find them to taste unbalanced. I didn't grow black cherry this year. We were disappointed that we somehow left it out. I've always enjoyed them.
Sorry it took me so long to get back...
- applestar
- Mod
- Posts: 30578
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 7:21 pm
- Location: Zone 6, NJ (3/M)4/E ~ 10/M(11/B)
The two Yellow Brandywine seedlings that I had failed so I was Yellow Brandywine-less this season
...but there is a PL volunteer that is starting to develop its green fruits now and it looks like they will be flattened beef-steak type fruits. I'm hoping it could be a Yellow Brandywine since there was one growing in this area last year.
...but there is a PL volunteer that is starting to develop its green fruits now and it looks like they will be flattened beef-steak type fruits. I'm hoping it could be a Yellow Brandywine since there was one growing in this area last year.
- ElizabethB
- Super Green Thumb
- Posts: 2105
- Joined: Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:53 am
- Location: Lafayette, LA