Just for fun

daylilydude · July 8, 2006

I was wondering just for fun what tomato have you grown and have eatin that was the most ugly and most spit out of your mouth nasty

and vice/versa which one was the most beautiful and tastiest that you would'nt even share it with your best friend

!
Richard

TheDens · July 8, 2006

An unknown cherry I grew in a pot a few years ago. It was supposed to be Better Boy. Whatever that thing really was, it was so bitter and nasty I just absolutely could not eat it.

Rena · July 8, 2006

A yellow cherry called Oro. I think that is latin for something.. I need to look it up. I have let it go but a woman who works for me loves them! (Go figure)?? So she picks them for me

I think Porter Cherry is beautiful like a pink pearl tomato but alas for me taste is ick. I would not spit it out but I won't eat another. Green Sausage not so good. I will have edit if I can think of more. The ones that stood out this particular year Orange Oxheart (that was a surprise as I do not hear much about it) Little lucky and the best of all time Green Giant.
EDIT Oro is Gold in Italian. So maybe that is also the Latin Translation.

MikeInCypress · July 8, 2006

Ceylon was a cute ruffled fruit. Taste was Blech. Almost as bad was Catherine Simms, a large yellow cherry. Vintage Wine was like wine past its prime and was almost vinegar.

Early Girl was a surprise taste wise for me this year. It was quite tasty not what I had remembered. Sort of Acid with a good tang.

Michael

gardenmama · July 8, 2006

I'd give the pretty to look at but nasty to eat award to....

Copia.

Gorgeous yellow/red striped globes but so sour I couldn't keep it in my mouth past one bite.

nancysil · July 8, 2006

Before I was into growing heirloom and better quality hybrids I picked up Sungold and Yellow pear to grow in pots. I'd say yellow pear was the worst (yeech, pfthhhp, gack) mealy, disgusting tomato I've tasted and there were lots of 'em. And sungold was the BEST.

Last year what I thought was Stump of The World was the best, but it shouldn't have been a regular leaf plant, so I don't know what the heck it REALLY was...but it was Deeelicious.

Bryan24 · July 9, 2006

I dont think I've ever had a tomato (that we grew) that I didn't like. Some have been better suited to eating fresh than others. I'm not overly fond of eating Souix fresh, but it makes great sauce. And what was supposed to be Livingston Gold Ball has produced yellow balls that are perfect on pizza, and bi-colors that are the single best tasting tomato (eaten fresh) this year. Even Yellow Pear has it's uses. It makes nice gifts at work. They're so mellow, everyone just loves the comparison in a tomato salad.

There are some I wouldn't want to grow again, because they were more trouble than reward (Juliette comes to mind, BER). But, we tend to read those favorite/least favorite posts quite heavily, and don't usually try varieties that are generally concidered icky. So, I guess you could say we're cheating!

Thanks for all the Cliff Notes!!!

laurel-tx

Denise_in_MI · July 9, 2006

Actually the worst tomato was a few years ago when we tried our very first heirloom out of the garden. We had waited with anticipation because we had been slobbering over the computer reading the descriptions on the web. It was...Black Krim (believe it or not). Yucky tooey first fruit to ripen. Well fast forward a few days and our Black Krim's started tasting FANTASTIC. They are now a staple in our garden.

I still cringe when I have to take that first one off the vine remembering the first one we had tasted a few years ago.

I don't like Snow White either. I think it tastes overripe kinda rancid.

Nothing, so far, beats the taste of Brandywine (Sudduth). I'm hoping to get seeds for Earl's Faux to try next year (this is not a request yet).

**Mischka** · July 9, 2006

Worst tasting: the F1 hybrid Granny Smith, hands down. The fruits never ripen and this variety was actually bred NOT to. The big box stores sold this last year to jump on the "other than red when ripe" bandwagon and there was no indication on the tag that they would stay hard and unripe until they rotted.

Best tasting: This is a tough one to answer.

I have lots of favorites but if I HAD to narrow it down, I'd say Cherokee Purple and Aunt Ruby's German Green. These two always do well for me. I've never seen ARGG develop the pink blush some see on the bottom when fully ripe, though.

Best Cherry: Three way tie between Black Cherry, Dr. Carolyn and SunGold F1.

geoguy_TN · July 9, 2006

The most beautiful looking that I have grown was Elberta Girl - silver foliage, striped fruit. Only problem with it was that it was mealy and tasted so-so at its best and nasty at worst. Couldn't get over the mealy mouth feel. You could grow this one in your flower bed.

Noreaster · July 9, 2006

Green Zebra.....such a disgusting taste, we decided to never again grow open-pollinated/heirloom tomatoes.

But after a while, we changed our mind and forgave Carolyn for including it as a recommendation in her otherwise inspiring book.

Trust us.......it's bad, REAL bad.

**nctomatoman** · July 9, 2006

Considering I've tasted over 600 varieties there are surprisingly few that have been spitters. Two showed up last year - Copia and Vintage Wine. Just awful tasting tomatoes! Add Heterosis and Muchameil as two other pretty terrible varieties.

Looking back through my garden logs, others that would never be grown again on the basis of its taste: Baxter Bush Cherry, Fireball, Bellstar, Banana Legs, German Garden Time (an ivory colored variety, truly awful), Toesnfeldt, Micado Violettor, Elberta Girl, Magellan Burgess Purple, Perestroika and Sasha's Altai (two from High Altitude that got lots of hype, but were just plain terrible), Frank Williams, Hungarian, Packard, Ridge, Speakeasy, King George, Queen Mary, Essex Wonder, Early Ruby, Amber, Oak, Raspberry colored, Azure, Bulls Heart, Whittemore, and the inedible, hard, Kasachstan Grune Fleisch.

I am sure there are others, but that was just a quick scan of my grow logs.

piegirl · July 9, 2006

Maybe it's just the soil or the year, the worst ones I've tasted were Ukranian pear, Pink Accordian, and Roman Streak - which is also the most beautiful tomato (group of tomatoes actually) I have ever seen. What a shocker. We sampled these at the 1st midwest tomato fest. Last year we didn't really have a truly awful one. A volunteer from Jet Star was really awful - so bad apparently, even the squirrels wouldn't take them. Piegirl

Suze · July 9, 2006

Worst -- BHN-444 and BHN-640. Blech! No wonder those two varieties are TSWV tolerant -- the thrips probably steer well clear of them!

Best/favorites -- Too many to list, though I could maybe see fightin' someone for a Prue or a Gary O'Sena. Or maybe an Aunt Gert or a Cherokee Green, or a Carbon, or, or ...

melody · July 9, 2006

Black Plum was the worst for me...'plum nasty'...other than that one, some have been bland..Taxi..and Yellow Pear

Favorites are Cherokee Purple, Wes, and Jaune Flammee.

July 8, 2006	#1
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Just for fun I was wondering just for fun what tomato have you grown and have eatin that was the most ugly and most spit out of your mouth nasty and vice/versa which one was the most beautiful and tastiest that you would'nt even share it with your best friend ! Richard __________________ Richard

July 8, 2006	#5
gardenmama Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 7b/8a SE VA Posts: 268	I'd give the pretty to look at but nasty to eat award to.... Copia. Gorgeous yellow/red striped globes but so sour I couldn't keep it in my mouth past one bite. __________________ -Martha SE VA

July 9, 2006	#8
Denise_in_MI Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Zone 4 in NLP and Zone 5b/6a in SE MI Posts: 79	Actually the worst tomato was a few years ago when we tried our very first heirloom out of the garden. We had waited with anticipation because we had been slobbering over the computer reading the descriptions on the web. It was...Black Krim (believe it or not). Yucky tooey first fruit to ripen. Well fast forward a few days and our Black Krim's started tasting FANTASTIC. They are now a staple in our garden. I still cringe when I have to take that first one off the vine remembering the first one we had tasted a few years ago. I don't like Snow White either. I think it tastes overripe kinda rancid. Nothing, so far, beats the taste of Brandywine (Sudduth). I'm hoping to get seeds for Earl's Faux to try next year (this is not a request yet). __________________ Denise

July 9, 2006	#9
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	Worst tasting: the F1 hybrid Granny Smith, hands down. The fruits never ripen and this variety was actually bred NOT to. The big box stores sold this last year to jump on the "other than red when ripe" bandwagon and there was no indication on the tag that they would stay hard and unripe until they rotted. Best tasting: This is a tough one to answer. I have lots of favorites but if I HAD to narrow it down, I'd say Cherokee Purple and Aunt Ruby's German Green. These two always do well for me. I've never seen ARGG develop the pink blush some see on the bottom when fully ripe, though. Best Cherry: Three way tie between Black Cherry, Dr. Carolyn and SunGold F1. __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

July 9, 2006	#10
geoguy_TN Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 63	The most beautiful looking that I have grown was Elberta Girl - silver foliage, striped fruit. Only problem with it was that it was mealy and tasted so-so at its best and nasty at worst. Couldn't get over the mealy mouth feel. You could grow this one in your flower bed. __________________ Place clever signature here

July 8, 2006	#2
TheDens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Georgia (Zone 7b) Posts: 233	An unknown cherry I grew in a pot a few years ago. It was supposed to be Better Boy. Whatever that thing really was, it was so bitter and nasty I just absolutely could not eat it.

July 8, 2006	#3
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	A yellow cherry called Oro. I think that is latin for something.. I need to look it up. I have let it go but a woman who works for me loves them! (Go figure)?? So she picks them for me I think Porter Cherry is beautiful like a pink pearl tomato but alas for me taste is ick. I would not spit it out but I won't eat another. Green Sausage not so good. I will have edit if I can think of more. The ones that stood out this particular year Orange Oxheart (that was a surprise as I do not hear much about it) Little lucky and the best of all time Green Giant. EDIT Oro is Gold in Italian. So maybe that is also the Latin Translation.

July 8, 2006	#4
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Ceylon was a cute ruffled fruit. Taste was Blech. Almost as bad was Catherine Simms, a large yellow cherry. Vintage Wine was like wine past its prime and was almost vinegar. Early Girl was a surprise taste wise for me this year. It was quite tasty not what I had remembered. Sort of Acid with a good tang. Michael

July 8, 2006	#6
nancysil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New England Posts: 13	Before I was into growing heirloom and better quality hybrids I picked up Sungold and Yellow pear to grow in pots. I'd say yellow pear was the worst (yeech, pfthhhp, gack) mealy, disgusting tomato I've tasted and there were lots of 'em. And sungold was the BEST. Last year what I thought was Stump of The World was the best, but it shouldn't have been a regular leaf plant, so I don't know what the heck it REALLY was...but it was Deeelicious.

July 9, 2006	#7
Bryan24 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 176	I dont think I've ever had a tomato (that we grew) that I didn't like. Some have been better suited to eating fresh than others. I'm not overly fond of eating Souix fresh, but it makes great sauce. And what was supposed to be Livingston Gold Ball has produced yellow balls that are perfect on pizza, and bi-colors that are the single best tasting tomato (eaten fresh) this year. Even Yellow Pear has it's uses. It makes nice gifts at work. They're so mellow, everyone just loves the comparison in a tomato salad. There are some I wouldn't want to grow again, because they were more trouble than reward (Juliette comes to mind, BER). But, we tend to read those favorite/least favorite posts quite heavily, and don't usually try varieties that are generally concidered icky. So, I guess you could say we're cheating! Thanks for all the Cliff Notes!!! laurel-tx

July 9, 2006	#11
Noreaster Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northeast Posts: 260	Green Zebra.....such a disgusting taste, we decided to never again grow open-pollinated/heirloom tomatoes. But after a while, we changed our mind and forgave Carolyn for including it as a recommendation in her otherwise inspiring book. Trust us.......it's bad, REAL bad.

July 9, 2006	#12
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Considering I've tasted over 600 varieties there are surprisingly few that have been spitters. Two showed up last year - Copia and Vintage Wine. Just awful tasting tomatoes! Add Heterosis and Muchameil as two other pretty terrible varieties. Looking back through my garden logs, others that would never be grown again on the basis of its taste: Baxter Bush Cherry, Fireball, Bellstar, Banana Legs, German Garden Time (an ivory colored variety, truly awful), Toesnfeldt, Micado Violettor, Elberta Girl, Magellan Burgess Purple, Perestroika and Sasha's Altai (two from High Altitude that got lots of hype, but were just plain terrible), Frank Williams, Hungarian, Packard, Ridge, Speakeasy, King George, Queen Mary, Essex Wonder, Early Ruby, Amber, Oak, Raspberry colored, Azure, Bulls Heart, Whittemore, and the inedible, hard, Kasachstan Grune Fleisch. I am sure there are others, but that was just a quick scan of my grow logs. __________________ Craig

July 9, 2006	#13
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	Maybe it's just the soil or the year, the worst ones I've tasted were Ukranian pear, Pink Accordian, and Roman Streak - which is also the most beautiful tomato (group of tomatoes actually) I have ever seen. What a shocker. We sampled these at the 1st midwest tomato fest. Last year we didn't really have a truly awful one. A volunteer from Jet Star was really awful - so bad apparently, even the squirrels wouldn't take them. Piegirl

July 9, 2006	#14
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Worst -- BHN-444 and BHN-640. Blech! No wonder those two varieties are TSWV tolerant -- the thrips probably steer well clear of them! Best/favorites -- Too many to list, though I could maybe see fightin' someone for a Prue or a Gary O'Sena. Or maybe an Aunt Gert or a Cherokee Green, or a Carbon, or, or ...

July 9, 2006	#15
melody Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 162	Black Plum was the worst for me...'plum nasty'...other than that one, some have been bland..Taxi..and Yellow Pear Favorites are Cherokee Purple, Wes, and Jaune Flammee.

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