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tomato variety report
As I mentioned (IIRC) in a post some time back, I tried two new varieties
of tomatoes this year. Herewith a report. New Girl has an average yield and the size is between an apricot and a peach. They look like big red acorns - there's a little point on the bottom. Taste is good, but nothing to rave about unless you've never tasted a fresh garden tomato before. They did live up to the "early" claims. Only the cherry tomatoes got ripe before them. Brandy Boy is just starting to ripen and we ate the first two today. Not as good as its Brandywine ancestor, but darn good. Still ribbed, but not as deeply. The first two were about 3.5" diameter and 1.75" tall. I'll plant them both again next year. In fact I may replace Moskvich with New Girl. Oh yes, I'm in eastern WA - zone 5. -- Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs? |
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Larry Blanchard wrote:
As I mentioned (IIRC) in a post some time back, I tried two new varieties of tomatoes this year. Herewith a report. New Girl has an average yield and the size is between an apricot and a peach. They look like big red acorns - there's a little point on the bottom. Taste is good, but nothing to rave about unless you've never tasted a fresh garden tomato before. They did live up to the "early" claims. Only the cherry tomatoes got ripe before them. Brandy Boy is just starting to ripen and we ate the first two today. Not as good as its Brandywine ancestor, but darn good. Still ribbed, but not as deeply. The first two were about 3.5" diameter and 1.75" tall. I'll plant them both again next year. In fact I may replace Moskvich with New Girl. Oh yes, I'm in eastern WA - zone 5. I planted Mortgage Lifter exclusively. VERY meaty flesh, tomatoes too large to encompass with a man hand. Very productive. The first one is showing a fair amount of pink today -- enough to call my wife into the garden to see it. They have an excellent flavor when fried green. Approx 6 ft tall now and growing right along. BIll -- Zone 5b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message ... As I mentioned (IIRC) in a post some time back, I tried two new varieties of tomatoes this year. Herewith a report. New Girl has an average yield and the size is between an apricot and a peach. They look like big red acorns - there's a little point on the bottom. Taste is good, but nothing to rave about unless you've never tasted a fresh garden tomato before. They did live up to the "early" claims. Only the cherry tomatoes got ripe before them. Brandy Boy is just starting to ripen and we ate the first two today. Not as good as its Brandywine ancestor, but darn good. Still ribbed, but not as deeply. The first two were about 3.5" diameter and 1.75" tall. I'll plant them both again next year. In fact I may replace Moskvich with New Girl. Oh yes, I'm in eastern WA - zone 5. You must be way up north near the Canadian border, eh? I'm in eastern WA also, but way south near the Oregon line. The earliest and tastiest tomato for me is "Stupice." Zone 6 down here! Bill -- Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs? |
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