Favorite by Color

[DeanRIowa]

I am looking to try some new tomatoes thus I thought I would get other people's favorites.

I personally determine my favorite by flavor to me eating raw.

• Red: Sudduth BrandyWine Red Brandywine
• Pink: Guker's Special
• Black: Paul Robeson
• Yellow: Dr Wyches Yellow
• Green:
• White: Wapsipinicon Peach

Others
Cherry: Sungold & Black Cherry
Paste: Opalka

I plan on making an order from Sandhill Preservation tomorrow and thought I might try something different.

thanks,
Dean

[Nan_PA_6b]

Isn't Sudduth pink?

Nan

[kath]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Isn't Sudduth pink?

Nan

Should be.

Mine (as best as I can remember ):

pink: Terhune
red: Moya
black: Blackberry
yellow: Hawaiian Pineapple (orange)
green: Aunt Ruby's German Green
white: Snow White cherry
cherry: Sungold F1
paste: Heidi

The only ones I grow anymore are Blackberry, Sungold and Heidi.

[jmsieglaff]

This is a fun one:

Pink: Aunt Ginny's Purple
GWR: Green Giant
Orange: Jaune Flammee (KBX close 2nd)
Black: Black Krim
Red: Neves Azorean Red
Yellow: Golden Monarch
Cherry: Sungold F1
Cherry not named Sungold: Garnet
Most productive with very good flavor: Big Beef F1
Dwarf Large Fruit: Rosella Purple
Dwarf Small Fruit: Teensy Chocolate (current dwarf project lead)

[Worth1]

One of the best hamburgers I ever had in my life was one with Black Angus beef and a big ole 1/2 thick slice of a giant persimmon tomato on it.
So there is my orange one.

Worth

[gssgarden]

Red - Shannon's
GWR - Green Giant
Black - Cherokee Purple
Pink - Marianna's Peace
White - don't grow them
Orange - KBX

Greg

[Labradors2]

Red: Bulgarian Triumph
Pink: Rose
Black: Indian Stripe
Bi-colour: Little Lucky
Green: Green Gables
Cherry: Sungold

Linda

[Worth1]

One of the best hamburgers I ever had in my life was one with Black Angus beef and a big ole 1/2 thick slice of a giant NAR tomato on it.
So there is my red one.

Worth

[rhines81]

• Red: Too many to list
• Pink: Brandywine - 100%
• Black: Paul Robeson - 100%
• Yellow: Do not currently grow yellow or gold, but have considered it
• Green: None and never will grow them
• White: I have never heard of a white tomato

[wxcrawler]

Pink: Aunt Ginny's Purple (Pinks are my favorite overall)
GWR: Cherokee Green
Orange: Jaune Flammee
Black: Carbon
Red: Break O'Day
Yellow: Yellow 1884
Cherry: Sungold
Cherry not named Sungold: Black Cherry
Oxheart: Kosovo
Bi-color: Girl Girl's Weird Thing

Lee

[Father'sDaughter]

I'm still looking for my favorites, but I use the same method for choosing varieties each year so that I end up with one beefsteak and one heart of each color -- red, pink, yellow/gold/multi. I don't grow blacks or greens as the few I've tasted did not appeal.

So far these would be my top picks:

Red - Russian 117 (still searching for a red beefsteak worth growing repeatedly)

Pink - Seek No Further Love Apple or Dester, and Cuor di Bue

Yellow/Gold/Bi-Color - Virginia Sweets and Orange Minsk Heart

[AlittleSalt]

The best way I can answer is that I've never grown a pink when ripe tomato that I did not like.

Japanese Pink Cherry is my favorite cherry tomato.

[ABlindHog]

Red
Break O' Day
When conditions are just right these are unbeatable.
Cool nights, and just the right amount of water are the key. I grow them in the Fall and pray.
God laughs at my watering schedule.


Black
JDs Early black
My overall favorite. If you ever get the chance it will be yours too.
F1 only available as plants from Conroe Greenhouse. They wholesale to Texas Garden centers.


Yellow
Summer Sunrise
My favorite dwarf project tomato.


Orange
Blazing Beauty
Another excellent dwarf project tomato.


Pink
Porter
Great for cooking, canning whole, and juice.
Best tomato soup ever.

[ABlindHog]

ALittleSalt
I just noticed we both joined in May of 2014 in that time I have Posted 106 times, and you have posted 10,406 times. Boy do I feel like a slacker.

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by ABlindHog

Red
Break O' Day
When conditions are just right these are unbeatable.
Cool nights, and just the right amount of water are the key. I grow them in the Fall and pray.
God laughs at my watering schedule.


Pink
Porter
Great for cooking, canning whole, and juice.
Best tomato soup ever.

Originally Posted by ABlindHog

ALittleSalt
I just noticed we both joined in May of 2014 in that time I have Posted 106 times, and you have posted 10,406 times. Boy do I feel like a slacker.

We both feel the same about Porter. It was THE tomato that made tomato growing fun for us. I still remember my wife saying after her first bite, "Now that's a real tomato!" I have six Porter plants in the solo cup stage already.