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kath · January 21, 2018

BER can be a big problem in my garden, depending on the year, so I did a paste trial in 2016 with dozens of pastes and found that the winners for me for production and no BER were Santa Maria and Heidi. As it turns out, they taste pretty good fresh, too, so for me it's a win-win with these two.

We're on opposite sides of the country, but my climate conditions are very humid here, and these varieties also were the earliest to produce ripe fruit.
Haven't tried Smiley Worms, Fiaschetto di Manduria, Dix Doights, Orange Roma, or Akers Plum Pink.

January 21, 2018	#10
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	BER can be a big problem in my garden, depending on the year, so I did a paste trial in 2016 with dozens of pastes and found that the winners for me for production and no BER were Santa Maria and Heidi. As it turns out, they taste pretty good fresh, too, so for me it's a win-win with these two. We're on opposite sides of the country, but my climate conditions are very humid here, and these varieties also were the earliest to produce ripe fruit. Haven't tried Smiley Worms, Fiaschetto di Manduria, Dix Doights, Orange Roma, or Akers Plum Pink. Last edited by kath; January 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM.