Tomatoes

[curly_kate]

Pretty much what SeedO said. Sweet and huge and generally pretty easy to grow.

 

[Nyboy]

Before joining TEG, I thought red was the only color tomatoes came in. I was very surprized when people started talking about yellow and black tomatoes. I have learned so much here.

 

[digitS']

I could be wrong but I think that what often "turns people on" to heirlooms is that the first one they try is a tomato with a different color than what they have had before.

We know that different vitamins are associated with different plant pigments. I have come to believe that different flavors are associated with different colors. It is hard to qualify flavor. Saying, "that tastes yellow" sounds like an 8 year old who knows Kool aid and not much else.

Still, I have come to think that there is a "yellow tomato" flavor. The more "orange" it is, the more pronounced the flavor. It may or may not be very sweet.

I have yet to eat a strongly-flavored "pink." I don't know if there is a "pink tomato" flavor, just that they are mild. The one "white" that I have grown was, not surprisingly, very mild.

Like or don't like, that is all a matter of personal taste!

Steve

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i got from someone last year on here, Linnie's Oxheart. very large and sweet tomatoes with few seeds. i did keep seeds from my largest 2 before the cat decided she really like the taste too! it didn't seem to have any issues with blight. i had a few other tomato varieties i grew last year that had issues with blight but this wasn't touched. it also grew nicely in a 3 gal pot!

 

[catjac1975]

I love a giant tomato that fills the whole sandwich with one slice. Pink cadillac was fun. Also some of the large yellows are great fresh eating.

 

[Jared77]

I've noticed that about the pinks I grew too last year. Flavor was milder but that was it really. I thought it might be the variety too so we'll see.

I did read that about the ox hearts they have a whispy/droopy leaf. So will be watching them to see it it's really a factor. If they are productive & flavors good leaf shape isn't really a factor for me.

I like having a bunch of different colored & different varieties within those colored tomatoes. I think it makes for a better sauce, pico, salsa etc because of the different flavors each color has.

 

[digitS']

It seems like "wispy" foliage . .

. would mean . .

lower production of fruit.

Steve
risk averse

 

[Jared77]

Whispy was a poor choice of words since I couldn't remember the term......"fern-like". That's what I keep seeing it described as. Should have looked it up. Only production issue I've read about is low seed production for saving but we'll see.

 

[digitS']

No, I have also seen it described elsewhere as "wispy," Jared.

That has kept me from trying an oxheart even once.

Kosovo and Anna Russian, early oxhearts, look like 2 that might be worth a try in my tomato patch. So many tomatoes so little time . . .

Steve

 

[Jared77]

Good I don't feel so bad now. I was trying to pull that from the deep recesses of my brain glad I got it right. I haven't tried any ox hearts yet so the foliage is just what Ive read.

However I always grow enough of my usual suspects so I can dabble with something new to me. If I get a good crop it's a bonus if it isn't then it's not a great loss because there's no expectations for them. I do that with any new variety I grow of any type of plant. Better safe than sorry, but it does mean it takes longer to try things. Anna Russians are on my need to try list too.

Off to google Kosovo....