Tomatoes for Plant Sale 2011

[barbamWY]

I put on a community Home & Garden Show every year and about 6 growers raise plants and sell them. May I have opinions for good varieties for zone 4? Here is the list at this time:
Sub Artic Plenty, Beaver Lodge, Northern Delight,
Double Rich, Rutgers
Siletz, Legend, Moreton Hyb., Delicious,
Tigerella, Plum Regal, Defiant
Glacier, Break O' Day, Lemon Boy, Mountain Fresh
Stupice, Campbell's, Sheyenne, Ramapo
Jung's Wayahead, Peron's Sprayless, Oregon Spring
Neves Azoriean, Aunt Gerties Gold, Green Zebra
Cherokee Purple, Black Sea Man, Long Keeper
Amana Orange, Yellow Pear, Mexico Midget,
Chadwick Cherry, Chocolate Cherry, Sungold, Sugary
Super Marzino, Amish Paste, Heidi

The ones in red I personally am growing and could drop or change. Any stinkers on the list?

[montanamato]

Neves and Gerties Gold have a tough time ripening in my garden...

Amish Paste doesn't like rough conditions for me either...Early pastes I like best are Ropreco and Aker's Plum Pink...Heidi should do well though...

I like Siletz, as it withstands cold and heat and wet and dry and will produce many tomatoes no matter what...It earned my respect years ago...It tastes pretty good when it is the only plant producing !

Amana Orange is pretty late for zone 4 too...

Earlier orange/yellows that have done great for me are Dina, Azoychka, Orange 1, Dakota gold , and Jaune Flamee...

Jeanne

[dice]

You may find this thread on early varieties useful:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=16420
(More on Harnas, which is apparently not generally available
yet, unless you fly to the CIS; this thread mentions some other
early varieties as well):
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=15065

[barbamWY]

Thanks for the help. I took off the Ramapo, and Amana Orange. Thinking of Bloody Butcher instead of the Tigerella. I can get some of the late ones to grow here but am afraid others might not be able to. I can get Stump of the World, Neves, Kelloggs and Gerties to ripen. I thought I was never going to get the row covers and Wall O'Waters off last year. It was July before it warmed up. I grew the Sub Artic Plenty one year and thought was pretty tasteless but people want early. I used to grow the Wayahead back in the 80's and don't remember much about it. A friend wants to try it.

[JackE]

I'm surprised y'all can grow tomatoes on NW WY. I've been up there in the summer and it froze every night! We were camping at a higher elevation, though. I bet there aren't many bugs or diseases with those long, hard winters.

Jack

[barbamWY]

I ordered some Dakota Gold from Mariseeds.com I found out it is from a cross of Cannonball pollinated by a selection derived from Sheyenne x Fargo Yellow Pear. I have good luck with Sheyenne here so think this will be a good one. I also ordered some Flamee while I was there. Is the Flamee the smaller of the two? Also I can not locate a picture of Dakota Gold. Do you know where I find one?

[dice]

Dakota Gold (with photos):
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Dakota_Gold

PS: If people want early, Bloody Butcher is much earlier
than most of those you listed. Small fruit, like Stupice.
Kimberly, Kotlas, and Moravsky Div are in that group,
too (early start, saladette sized fruit, and season long
production). All have quite good flavor.

[montanamato]

My tomatoes get a bit more heat than those pictured, thus a bit darker gold...Smaller plants act semi-determinate...Bigger fruit is baseball size...Plants fall over from the load of fruit if not supported...A good tomato to bring in unripe in the fall as the texture stays good...Flavor is mild and typical of a yellow tomato....My original source was Sand Hill.

Jeanne

[RinTinTin]

Legend will mature at the same time as Stupice in your climate, but the fruits will be twice as big! It is probably the earliest 'slicer' for cooler climates. It was developed by Dr. Jim Baggett @ Oregon State U many years ago, and is widely grown in the PNW.

[habitat_gardener]

I grew Bloody Butcher and Moravsky Div last year. I got them in late, but they both started producing at around the same time. The BB (seed source was Marko), has larger fruit (3-8 oz.) than the usual strain. MD was about 1-2 oz.

[barbamWY]

Thought I would show this years list.
Stupice
Kimberly
Early Wonder
Glacier
Siletz
Northern Delight
Goliath
Defiant
Fireball
Sheyenne
Legend
Cosmonaut Volkov
Break O’ Day
Pruden’s Purple
Lemon Boy
Black Early
Sweet Tangerine
Moreton Hybrid
Ramapo
Green Zebra
Rutgers
Mountain Fresh
Delicious
Juan Flamme
Cour Di Bue
Willamette
Heidi
Super Marzano
Amish Paste
Plum Regal
Yellow Pear
Chadwick Cherry
Mexico Midget
Sugary
Chocolate Cherry
Sungold
Juliet

[dice]

Magyar Piros Boker set the same week as Sheyenne here in 2011:
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...ar_Piros_Boker

Good flavor similar to Early Rouge (on the sweet side of "balanced
flavor").

[barbamWY]

Thanks Dice, I always have requests for a early medium to large slicer. Magyar Piros Boker looks like one I am going to have to try.

[jennifer28]

I LOVE stupice. I always grow that. I'm wondering how you like Siletz?
I have heard it isn't the most flavorful. Also- what do you think of Northern Lights?

Jennifer

[barbamWY]

Hi Jennifer, Yes I love Stupice. It does very well here and I always sell out of it. Last year was the first time I grew Siletz. I did not keep good notes other than to grow again. I have not tried Northern Lights.