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snarfing said:
just watched this with echo'd the sun sugar rec for the same reasons.


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1) Bobcat (early red slicer), hybrid early determinant with a huge disease resistant
2) Rosella Purple (purple dwarf), indeterminate, open pollinated. Similar to much loved Cherokee purple but without some of its issues
3) Sun Sugar (orange cherry): combines vigor of Super Sweet 100/ cracking resistance with flavor of Sun Gold.
4) Celebrity Plus (Red Beefsteak): improved Celebrity Hybrid with tobacco mosaic virus resistance. Semi-determinate (not sure what this meaaaans)
5) Carmelo (Red slicer): hybrid indeterminate, very productive with reduced cracking.
6) Brandy Boy (Pink Beefsteak), hybrid of Brandywine with better disease resistance.

Runners up: Super Sweet 100 (Red cherry), Big Beef Plus (red slicer), Chef's Choice Yellow (Yellow Beefsteak, hybrid of Brandywine Yellow, fixes its disease resistance and bad production), and Dwarf Emerald Giant (green dwarf with a lot of disease resistance).

Personally my all star is Copia! It does great from me, never had any disease issues and its my fave, but of course my climate is less wet and less hot than Millennial Gardener
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Does anyone know who Greg LeHouiller is? He named Cherokee Purple and lives fairly close to me. In 2020, he gave away tray fulls of young tomato plants and Im beating myself for not saving the seeds. I'll have to reach back out to him to get more seeds.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Heirloom Gardening for All

Craig LeHoullier is a gardener, author and educator, sharing the joys of gardening (past, present and future).
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
 
Kompakfigs said:
Does anyone know who Greg LeHouiller is? He named Cherokee Purple and lives fairly close to me. In 2020, he gave away tray fulls of young tomato plants and Im beating myself for not saving the seeds. I'll have to reach back out to him to get more seeds.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Heirloom Gardening for All

Craig LeHoullier is a gardener, author and educator, sharing the joys of gardening (past, present and future).
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
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That’s so cool!!
He has a website with the seeds for sale:

Tomato Seeds

Victory Seed Company
victoryseeds.com victoryseeds.com
 
Kompakfigs said:
Does anyone know who Greg LeHouiller is? He named Cherokee Purple and lives fairly close to me. In 2020, he gave away tray fulls of young tomato plants and Im beating myself for not saving the seeds. I'll have to reach back out to him to get more seeds.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Heirloom Gardening for All

Craig LeHoullier is a gardener, author and educator, sharing the joys of gardening (past, present and future).
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
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Yes. We went to a Tomatopalooza event years ago and meet him. I have his Epic Tomatoes book.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Epic Tomatoes

Epic Tomatoes Get your copy here
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
We sampled many tomatoes at Tomatopalooza and I saved the seeds from them. That next year I bet I grew 100 different tomatoes. We pretty much settled on a handful that we liked though with Cherokee Purple always one of them.
 
superdave336 said:
Yes. We went to a Tomatopalooza event years ago and meet him. I have his Epic Tomatoes book.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Epic Tomatoes

Epic Tomatoes Get your copy here
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
We sampled many tomatoes at Tomatopalooza and I saved the seeds from them. That next year I bet I grew 100 different tomatoes. We pretty much settled on a handful that we liked though with Cherokee Purple always one of them.
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Maybe I’m just spoiled on eating sun golds but the Cherokee varieties don’t have enough acidity for my liking.
 
Sun gold is about the only hybrid Craig recommends. They are good. A really good Cherokee Purple is a magical thing for me. Especially with salt, pepper, mayo on a sandwich!!! 😋
 
superdave336 said:
Yes. We went to a Tomatopalooza event years ago and meet him. I have his Epic Tomatoes book.
www.craiglehoullier.com

Craig LeHoullier | Epic Tomatoes

Epic Tomatoes Get your copy here
www.craiglehoullier.com www.craiglehoullier.com
We sampled many tomatoes at Tomatopalooza and I saved the seeds from them. That next year I bet I grew 100 different tomatoes. We pretty much settled on a handful that we liked though with Cherokee Purple always one of them.
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I’m new to tomatoes. I like a large tomato, as high a brix as possible, low acidity as possible, and not pithy (so no ox hearts).

Is there any that you recommend that fit the bill?

I bought ‘Pineapple’ tomato seeds.
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
I’m new to tomatoes. I like a large tomato, as high a brix as possible, low acidity as possible, and not pithy (so no ox hearts).

Is there any that you recommend that fit the bill?

I bought ‘Pineapple’ tomato seeds.
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Try Cherokee Purple and its variants. Black Krim is supposedly good but I never tasted any of what AI mentioned.
Not liking acidic tomatoes...get outta here. :LOL:
 
I grew Super Sweet 100 and Celebrity Plus last season and will be growing them again this season. Although I dislike tomatoes, my family, friends and neighbors loved them. Both were very productive for me.
 
Kompakfigs said:
Try Cherokee Purple and its variants. Black Krim is supposedly good but I never tasted any of what AI mentioned.
Not liking acidic tomatoes...get outta here. :LOL:
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For some reason starting less than a year ago, I can’t eat anything that’s acidic anymore, but I refuse to give up tomatoes, so my compromise is to go with low acidic, tomatoes, lol.
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
For some reason starting less than a year ago, I can’t eat anything that’s acidic anymore, but I refuse to give up tomatoes, so my compromise is to go with low acidic, tomatoes, lol.
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Supposedly, Cherokee Purple and Black Krim are supposed to be acidic but I never tasted the tanginess from those 2 varieties. Oh well, with tomatoes, I just let them grow on their own.
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
For some reason starting less than a year ago, I can’t eat anything that’s acidic anymore, but I refuse to give up tomatoes, so my compromise is to go with low acidic, tomatoes, lol.
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Anything to be a pasting tomato should work for you. We have an old non-catalog heirloom in the family that would be perfect. Very little acid

TorontoJoe

Post in thread 'This is why I grow tomatoes...'

@Figgin' A

As the story goes. Sometime back in the late 70's, my father packed himself into car full of his cousins. "Apparently" one of them got a tip that this Calabrese guy in Leamington was growing this very different San Marzano variant. I was told they just arrived in town and apparently started asking around.... and someone actually pointed them in the direction of a farm... I don't know much beyond that but, this is a descendant of what they came back with and what I grow today. The pain in the culo is that they don't produce many seeds... but they're beautiful. I love them...
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TorontoJoe said:
Anything to be a pasting tomato should work for you. We have an old non-catalog heirloom in the family that would be perfect. Very little acid

TorontoJoe

Post in thread 'This is why I grow tomatoes...'

@Figgin' A

As the story goes. Sometime back in the late 70's, my father packed himself into car full of his cousins. "Apparently" one of them got a tip that this Calabrese guy in Leamington was growing this very different San Marzano variant. I was told they just arrived in town and apparently started asking around.... and someone actually pointed them in the direction of a farm... I don't know much beyond that but, this is a descendant of what they came back with and what I grow today. The pain in the culo is that they don't produce many seeds... but they're beautiful. I love them...
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You have a family heirloom tomato? That’s really special.
 
Kompakfigs said:
Millennial Gardener has that on his list for 2026.
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I grew it about 4 years ago and thought it was pretty good. I like acidic tomatoes and black tomatoes. No point in growing bland tomatoes. I also enjoy fried green tomatoes for the acidity.

I have also grown SunGold, Sun Sugar, and Sun Orange. I personally thought Sun Gold still tasted the best for me. I think the crack resistance came at the expense of thicker skins on the Sun Sugar and Sun Orange.
 
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