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  • From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic - But tomatoes are fruit
  • Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:34:28 -0500

Ginda
I have tried many, many tomatoes over the many years. The best to me have been Delicious, which is very meaty, great tasting. But I think for the size you are looking for I would go to the "Amish Paste" good tomato size for eating out of hand or sandwich. Sort of heart shaped. Very meaty few seeds, and very good tasting. They are the 2 I try to grow most now.
Gordon

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----Original Message Follows----
From: Ginda Kaplan Fisher <list@ginda.us>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Off Topic - But tomatoes are fruit
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:47:19 -0500

Well, it's that time of year, and I'm debating which tomato seeds to buy. I know this isn't what this list is for, but I know most of you grow tomatoes, and I beg your forgiveness. Please reply off-list.

I really like a meaty tomato, but I'm the only tomato-eater in the family, and the giant beefsteak tomatoes are just too big. I grew Jetstar for a couple of years, and I liked the tomatoes, but despite what the catalogs say, it isn't really indeterminate - all the fruit ripens at about the same time. I seem to get better yields with hybrids that claim resistance to everything than with heirlooms. Some combination of soil viruses and less than a full day of sun (6-8 hours) is probably the culprit. I have inoculated these with various beneficial fungi, although I suspect my soil already has ample fungal colonies. Most of my seed has come from Fedco, but I'm willing to buy a packet fo tomato seeds from almost anyone. Here's my experience to date:

Big Beef - years ago, in a giant pot in very full sun. These were great if I remembered to water them every single day. The damn things needed more than a gallon of water on every sunny day or they wilted. I liked the tomatoes, but they are bigger than what I hope to grow this year.

Jetstar - tasty and a good size, but the season is short and there's too much at its peak. (Too much is not a serious problem, as I can give them away.)

Brandywine - One large delicious fruit and one tiny one.

Early Girl - lots of dry flavorless (but pretty) fruit.

Rutgers - Perfect fruit, but only two of them.

Cosmonaut Volkov - Not a single ripe fruit.

I usually grow one cherry tomato plant, too, and I've had good luck with both Sweet 100s and Peacevine Cherry. I have a lot of Peavevine Cherry seeds left from last year, so I'll probably grow that again. I'm not looking for cooking tomatoes, as I find some of the canned ones are very good, and my sunny space is very limited.

Thanks,
Ginda Fisher
eastern MA, zone 6

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Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, MI.

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