Sacha wrote in :

Sasha,
When you say 'real' tomatoes, do they taste as good as "Gardeners
Delight", or are they just bigger and not so tasty?

I think the cherry types are a lot sweeter but - to us - not as
tomato-ey.

I ask this because if I need to I can erect a greenhouse I have (in
pieces to erect as it is reclaimed)

If 'real' tomatoes are so tasty, I have a good reason or 'excuse' to
take up room for it.

If so which varieties for taste, not volume, would you suggest?

Thanks
Baz

Oh you'll get a host of answers to that because it's so much a matter
of preference. Ray always recommends Ailsa Craig and I'll ask him
about others. I'm such a tomato freak I'll eat any of them! One of
the girls here grew some Marmande and they were delicious but all
taste better with lots of sun and a chance to soak it up. If you can
manage to keep your greenhouse, I certainly would!


Sacha,
I hear you loud and clear, I am also a tomato freak.

Perhaps what I should have asked is which varieties to avoid, as in bland.

I can't see the point in growing tasteless toms, just because they look
like toms. Are you with me?

Yes! Ailsa Craig are lovely and I remember having them from my uncle years
ago as a lad. He always had a greenhouse full of them and we had them from
breakfast until supper, in season.

My son and I have decided today(just now in fact), because of information
from you and other users of this newsgroup to get the greenhouse up and
glazed before he goes off on his 'course', and before the winds really set
in.

Thanks for the Ailsa C. reminder, I had forgotten.
Baz