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Old 10-09-2010, 09:52 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default No More Heirloom Tomatoes For Me!

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:38:13 -0500, zxcvbob
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:18:55 -0600, "gloria.p"
wrote:

A Brandywine tomato is the best I have ever tasted. I have had no luck
growing them, but that doesn't mean that heirlooms aren't delicious with
superb flavor and few seeds.

They are just very selective about conditions which is why less-fussy
hybrids have been produced.


I didn't have a lot of luck growing them, but I like the taste as
well. The ones I did grow were huge, but only a few to each plant.

Kate
middle TN



The best I have ever tasted was a fully ripe Better Boy hybrid (not
just one in particular, but any fully-ripe one) from the garden. I
think the fully-ripe part is more important than the variety. Or
maybe I just like Better Boy. I do dabble with other varieties,
mostly open-pollenated, but I always plant at least a couple of BB's,
and the BB's usually win.

Bob


I'm fond of Bradley's, which do well here, but the "real" Bradley's,
not the ones from Home depot etc. I found seeds online a few years
back and they were prolific and acidic. I also liked First Ladies
when I was growing them. I grew Taxi's one year, but I guess the
yellow's are too mellow for me. (And they didn't sell well either.)

Kate