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Cole_Robbie · June 12, 2015

I grew Sunny Boy next to Lemon Boy, and I couldn't tell them apart. Sunny Boy is supposed to be determinate, but I picked off of it all summer.

bigpinks · June 12, 2015

I like Orange Slice better than either one. Productive and very good sized.

Worth1 · June 12, 2015

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Originally Posted by bigpinks

I like Orange Slice better than either one. Productive and very good sized.

Oh I like many more OP orange/yellows better but for overall productivity where I live and my situation this one has shined through.

Worth

bluee19 · June 13, 2015

OMG Worth, can u cook for me too. How I love comfort food!!

Great job!

peebee · June 13, 2015

I looked online and see that Bonnie's Plants sells the plants so if I see them at the big box stores I'll snag one (not that I have any more room, but I can maybe squeeze in another pot somehow). Otherwise I'll get around to buying the seeds next year. Where did you all get yours? Totally Tomatoes? Not many places have them.

Worth1 · June 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by peebee

I looked online and see that Bonnie's Plants sells the plants so if I see them at the big box stores I'll snag one (not that I have any more room, but I can maybe squeeze in another pot somehow). Otherwise I'll get around to buying the seeds next year. Where did you all get yours? Totally Tomatoes? Not many places have them.

I got mine from the local HEB grocery store in town as plants.
They are grown locally here in Texas by whom I do not know.

Worth

peebee · June 14, 2015

Hey Worth, last night after I logged off here and checked my email, there was a $5 birthday coupon from OSH so I went today and guess what the very first tomato I saw was? Yup, Lemon Boy! And it was the only one. It looked like it was a Bonnie Plant that was repackaged by OSH. It was in bad condition, pretty sickly looking but I figured it was fate so I got it. Sheesh, it was $4.99 too! Waaaaaaay overpriced. But it was free so what the heck. I have never paid over $1.50 for a tomato plant, and I almost never buy any either as I grow my own.
So I yanked out a tomato that was doing poorly and did not taste so good either, and planted LB. This LB had a short truss with 5 little toms on it so I cut that off as the plant was only about 6 in. tall. Needs to grow and catch up with the others.
Thought I'd let you know what a coincidental thing this all was.

CamuMahubah · June 14, 2015

How does Orange Jubilee compare to Lemon Boy?

Gardeneer · June 14, 2015

For this current season, I was seriously looking for some gold/orange/yellow tomatoes.
One of the varieties suggested was Lemon Boy. But I chose Azoychka and Kelloggs Breakfast instead. I did not have enough garden spot for more. So far Azoychka is doing much better than KB. Depending on the outcome Productio, taste), I might grow Lemon Boy OR Golden Jubilee the next season.

Gardeneer

bigpinks · June 14, 2015

in my garden, Orange Slice which is a Burpee hybrid makes many more tomatoes than KB and prob avg 12oz...but the taste maybe not the same. My neighbor thought they tasted great. Its as close to a yellow/orange Big Beef as I have grown.

wildcat62 · June 14, 2015

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Originally Posted by CamuMahubah

How does Orange Jubilee compare to Lemon Boy?

For me I prefer the Lemon Boy. I believe it's more tart. At least to my taste buds.

Worth,
My mouth is watering over that sandwich. My 1st tomato of the year is just starting to turn.

Dutch · June 14, 2015

Worth you may find this hard to believe, but I like Lemon Boy tomatoes too.

Dutch

tam91 · June 14, 2015

I love Lemon Boy - it's almost the only hybrid I ever grow besides Sungold. I don't like it as well as KBX etc., but it is a nice lemony yellow color, good taste, productive - and the color provides a nice contrast to the others.

Worth1 · June 14, 2015

Yet again I picked a Black Prince that was covered in stink bug bites and a lemon boy that had none.
Could it be the color fooling the bugs or something else?

Worth

heirloomtomaguy · June 14, 2015

I hate to be the only one, but for me there are far better tomatoes to grow than lemon boy. Everytime i grew it it produced well but what it produced was cracked meh tasting tomatoes. Sorry i wish i could like it but with 3 years of growing it with the same results i will never grow it again. Alright now let me hear how im wrong.

June 13, 2015	#19
bluee19 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: CA Posts: 214	OMG Worth, can u cook for me too. How I love comfort food!! Great job! __________________ Take care, Bluee19

June 14, 2015	#27
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Worth you may find this hard to believe, but I like Lemon Boy tomatoes too. Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries. Last edited by Dutch; June 14, 2015 at 12:37 PM.

June 14, 2015	#28
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I love Lemon Boy - it's almost the only hybrid I ever grow besides Sungold. I don't like it as well as KBX etc., but it is a nice lemony yellow color, good taste, productive - and the color provides a nice contrast to the others. __________________ Tracy

June 14, 2015	#30
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I hate to be the only one, but for me there are far better tomatoes to grow than lemon boy. Everytime i grew it it produced well but what it produced was cracked meh tasting tomatoes. Sorry i wish i could like it but with 3 years of growing it with the same results i will never grow it again. Alright now let me hear how im wrong. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

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June 12, 2015	#16
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I grew Sunny Boy next to Lemon Boy, and I couldn't tell them apart. Sunny Boy is supposed to be determinate, but I picked off of it all summer.

June 12, 2015	#17
bigpinks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: SC Ohio(proctorville) Posts: 192	I like Orange Slice better than either one. Productive and very good sized.

June 13, 2015	#20
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	I looked online and see that Bonnie's Plants sells the plants so if I see them at the big box stores I'll snag one (not that I have any more room, but I can maybe squeeze in another pot somehow). Otherwise I'll get around to buying the seeds next year. Where did you all get yours? Totally Tomatoes? Not many places have them.

June 14, 2015	#23
CamuMahubah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alliance Nebraska Posts: 169	How does Orange Jubilee compare to Lemon Boy?

June 14, 2015	#24
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,916	For this current season, I was seriously looking for some gold/orange/yellow tomatoes. One of the varieties suggested was Lemon Boy. But I chose Azoychka and Kelloggs Breakfast instead. I did not have enough garden spot for more. So far Azoychka is doing much better than KB. Depending on the outcome Productio, taste), I might grow Lemon Boy OR Golden Jubilee the next season. Gardeneer

June 14, 2015	#29
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Yet again I picked a Black Prince that was covered in stink bug bites and a lemon boy that had none. Could it be the color fooling the bugs or something else? Worth