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Old August 4, 2018   #16
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One of my all-time favourites. Almost a permanent feature in the summer garden.
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Old August 4, 2018   #17
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I loved the egg carton pic. $5 is good for that since the plant gives so many. I need to grow it again; I remember it being really productive with perfect looking fruit.


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I planted around 25 different cherry tomatoes this year, so far mainly a waste of time.
What cherries did you grow that were /weren't a waste of time?
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I loved the egg carton pic. $5 is good for that since the plant gives so many. I need to grow it again; I remember it being really productive with perfect looking fruit.




What cherries did you grow that were /weren't a waste of time?
Tommy Toe : 7' tall plants, that produced a lot of ping pong size tomatoes, tasty! But is susceptible to blight or something.

(2) SunGold : both are tastin great but one has a lot of splitters (we've had 4" downpours then nothing for a week)

Snow White: grow a couple every year and have never been disappointed.

Riesentraube : second year heavy producer!

Barry's Crazy Cherry : millions of small grape tomatos that taste Great! Shake the plant and the ripe ones fall to the ground, easy harvest.

Brad's Atomic Grape : mine are just starting to get ripe... When they are, the taste is hard to beat. And lots of them.

Egg Yolk :tomato is an interesting color, but flavorless, and the plants are sprawling and not productive.

Pink Bumble Bee : Awsum production, and taste

Indigo Blueberries : Grest Color! No Flavor!

Matt's Wild Cherry : tons of flavor in a blueberry sized tomato

Japanese Pink Cherry : they taste great! So far, not many of them...

I need to walk the row of them tomorrow and do another taste test!
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Every Snow White plant I have planted has gone down fast to disease. Never again.



Egg Yolk - does well and has a good taste here in Atlanta.



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Tommy Toe : 7' tall plants, that produced a lot of ping pong size tomatoes, tasty! But is susceptible to blight or something.

(2) SunGold : both are tastin great but one has a lot of splitters (we've had 4" downpours then nothing for a week)

Snow White: grow a couple every year and have never been disappointed.

Riesentraube : second year heavy producer!

Barry's Crazy Cherry : millions of small grape tomatos that taste Great! Shake the plant and the ripe ones fall to the ground, easy harvest.

Brad's Atomic Grape : mine are just starting to get ripe... When they are, the taste is hard to beat. And lots of them.

Egg Yolk :tomato is an interesting color, but flavorless, and the plants are sprawling and not productive.

Pink Bumble Bee : Awsum production, and taste

Indigo Blueberries : Grest Color! No Flavor!

Matt's Wild Cherry : tons of flavor in a blueberry sized tomato

Japanese Pink Cherry : they taste great! So far, not many of them...

I need to walk the row of them tomorrow and do another taste test!
You have way more YEAHS than Nays. Try Sun Orange; it is an improved Sungold and doesn't split and slightly larger than SG. I grew it late this spring - Started seeds in March which is extremely late for Florida.

Atomic Grape is really good here too; bad splitter for me once it rains; even moreso than SunGold. I've grown twice now; I think since it was first introduced.

Pink Bumblebee - productive and beautiful fruit; just super bland; grown in a container like all my fruits.

Barry's Crazy Cherry - grew once but the plant died; then I didn't hear good things so didn't bother.

This '17-18 season for cherries I grew mainly hybrids from the Sun Series, Esterina plus Sakaru; all were great. I like thin skinned tomatoes; especially cherry tomatoes

Have you tried Marsha/KarenO KARMA PINK? It is also great although mine were ping pong ball size and larger. Will definitely grow again.

I want to try Maglia Rose and Blush again. I remember liking Blush and think I waited too long to pick MR when I grew it; it was determinate for me. Hopefully, they don't have thick skin.

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The one year I don't grow Egg Yolk and wish I did as most of my cherries are sub par. Egg Yolk's taste is a bit different. Not too sweet, no tartness at all and a somewhat soft flesh. I can understand why it didn't rank. It might be an acquired taste.
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I'm pretty sure, purple bumble bees were black Vernissage given away by Baker Creek...
I have this (1 plant) Awsum red grape tomato with a ? For a name tag... Big producer, may be a Grapapoli drying tomato?
Rose Quartz (not a cherry tomato) more of a large saladette, but it is multiflora
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My Black Verns had identical coloring, but were significantly larger than PBB. Yield was high, but the fruit had a tendency to be hollow, perhaps from sun scald. I like Bola Maciza much better as a dark saladette.
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Old August 8, 2018   #25
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Atomic Salad F3 top
Atomic Grape bottom


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What is Atomic Salad? Did you create that from Atomic Grape?

Your pictures look really good. You have better classic coloring in AG than I get.
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Yes Atomic Salad is my own creation, a large saladette started from Atomic Grape..
I grew 6 or so Atomic Grapes a few years ago and one threw large saladette so I decided to grow them... at F3 and F4 I'm seeing lots of variation, but the taste is awesome .


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What is Atomic Salad? Did you create that from Atomic Grape?



Your pictures look really good. You have better classic coloring in AG than I get.


I'll be fermenting seeds soon, I'm just now getting ripe atomic grapes/salads... PM me if you would like some seeds!


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Bumping thread, I sent out some Atomic Salad seeds awhile back, just wondering how they did.
Wild Boar Farms released 4 new varieties a couple days ago, one is called Atomic Fusion which is a larger Brad's Atomic Grape... Sounds like the Atomic Salad I've been growing out.
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