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Garden Gnome wrote:

Allan Matthews wrote:

A couple of years ago I built a raised garden and have planted four
tomato plants each year since then. What I am harvesting are loads of
same size, perfectly round tomatos with very little taste and baseball
hard. What variety can I plant to get tomatos like my Father had in
his garden 60 years ago? TIA Allan

My choice would be brandywine and some type of beefsteak tomato.
Brandywine is an heirloom tomato, quite tasty as well as hardy.

We really love pineapple stupice. Each year we try several different
heirloom varieties in addition to our standards. Seek out unique
varieties at the local garden center, farmers market or mail order
nursery. A nice site to read about the different varieties and what
they taste like is http://www.tomatofest.com/tomato_seeds_search.html
I like to browse, make note of what sounds good and then hunt them down
locally.

marcella