Tomatoes - the hunt goes on!
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I think there's probably a debate every year about best-flavoured tomatoes - and still I continue to look for a good flavoured large, slicing tomato. Possibly in vain. This year I've grown Burpee Delicious and Rose de Berne. Burpee is a very good looking, large tomato (I believe it holds the world record for largest tomato), but I find it almost tasteless. Rose de Berne is a bit better, but seems to split easily. Has anyone made any new, tasty discoveries this season?
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The tastiest one I'm growing this year is Gigante Liscio which is described as a salad tomato. It is very fleshy, not watery at all and holds it's seeds in place when sliced instead of them oozing away in a watery slush.
The first ones ready were a bit weird where 3 or so tomatoes morphed together so were really big & oddly shaped but that is not happening with the later ones.
Westi
The first ones ready were a bit weird where 3 or so tomatoes morphed together so were really big & oddly shaped but that is not happening with the later ones.
Westi
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Afraid I haven't got any suggestions as I haven't been very experimental this year, only Ferline, Gardener's Delight, Ildi and Sungold plus two plants growing from seeds of a nice Waitrose largish plum salad tomato eaten last year but they are nowhere near ripe yet. So far, from my few ripe cordon tomatoes Sungold comes first with Gardener's Delight second. Ildi and Ferline tomatoes rather lacklustre in flavour.
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My favourite large slicing tomato is Double Rich it comes true from saved seed and is a lovely fleshy tasty tomato with few seeds. I save some from the best plant every year to keep a good healthy strain.
Hi Plumpudding,
Re-Double Rich tomato
Might I ask were you can buy them from please
Regards
Arnie
Re-Double Rich tomato
Might I ask were you can buy them from please
Regards
Arnie
I've learned.... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
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Send me your address and I'll send you a few. I got them from someone on here a few years ago in the seed swap. I don't think she posts any more.
They don't have many seeds, but if you like it you can save your own as they always come true.
They don't have many seeds, but if you like it you can save your own as they always come true.
My favourite this year is Fandango, which should be renamed 'Fantastic Fandango'. Some are weighing in at 3 quarters of a pound each. Superb flavour, good for slicing and cooking. With an added bonus of being blight resistant. All so far have ripened evenly to. Far better than Ferline.
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Fandango sound great beryl. Which supplier did you get them from please?
I purchased through the Allotment Assoc. but they are available in their catalogue or on line.
http://www.kingsseeds.com/vegetable_see ... F1/P-18181
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http://www.kingsseeds.com/vegetable_see ... F1/P-18181
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Brilliant, thank you beryl!
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Green Grape is the best I've ever eaten. It's just as well the flavour's good because it's not an easy variety to grow, it's sprawling and does not crop heavily, is susceptible to blight. The fruits are, of course, green but don't let that put you off. Tibet-Appel, a Dutch variety, comes close second and at least you get red fruits on plants which are robust and can be grown as a cordon. I haven't grown either of these for many years and some hunting may be required to obtain seed.
Of varieties which are readily available, Sungold is consistently delicious, so is Gardener's Delight but it does not crop heavily, unlike Sweet Million which is nearly as tasty but bountiful. Alicante was the variety my grandma used to grow. Perhaps it's nostalgia that makes me remember it as being particularly tasty, it may also have been down to how she grew them, which is always an important point to consider when it comes to flavour in tomatoes.
Of varieties which are readily available, Sungold is consistently delicious, so is Gardener's Delight but it does not crop heavily, unlike Sweet Million which is nearly as tasty but bountiful. Alicante was the variety my grandma used to grow. Perhaps it's nostalgia that makes me remember it as being particularly tasty, it may also have been down to how she grew them, which is always an important point to consider when it comes to flavour in tomatoes.
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I think you are right Felix - it's what you grow them in. I use a soil, leaf mould and sand home made compost with FBB and potash as fertiliser with a bit of lime. Everybody we give them to says they are not looking forward to going back to shop bought. We like Sungold, Black Cherry, Bloody Butcher and Caspian Pink.