Favorite Heirloom Tomato varieties?

[Auntiejessi3]

Atomic tomatoes are our favorite, they are so sweet! I also grew some black strawberry tomatoes this year, they're ok, but don't taste as good as they look, lol

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Love the Berkeley tie-dye tomatoes (will get a pic later) for slicers, and yellow pear for “cherry” type. They are bigger than cherry but ripen quick and grow tall!

Tried mortgage lifter this year, and they are just starting to ripen. By far the biggest tomato I’ve grown. I’m a fan of San Marzano as well, planted amish paste, Roma & SM and the SM’s are the biggest and most abundant.

Does anyone know what the elongated orange cherry tomatoes are? I got them at a CSA a few years ago and they were fantastic but I haven’t found anything that looks the same.

Could they have been "Blush"? They are the only orange long cherry tomatoes that I can think of right now

 

[Iluveggers]

Could they have been "Blush"? They are the only orange long cherry tomatoes that I can think of right now

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Maybe! I’ll add those to my seeds to try list lol.

 

[Sally PB]

Tried mortgage lifter this year, and they are just starting to ripen. By far the biggest tomato I’ve grown.

I planted those for the first time this year. They look good, but the Hungarian Heart and Italian Heirloom are blowing everything away.

Part of my criteria for what to grow is how they can. I grew German Pink one year, but they were a royal PITA to peel for canning, because of all the catfacing. Big 'maters, but I didn't get much from them. And the PITA factor was annoying. I can 55-60 quarts, so anything that slows me down is a factor.

Don't be impressed by my canning, though. My neighbor cans about 150 quarts of tomatoes.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I've not grown any, but I want to eat all of them.

All. Of. Them.

Tomatoes are like candy to me! Some folks like chocolate, I like tomatoes!

Ok. I like chocolate, too. But I'll take good heirlooms over good chocolate any day.

Bookmarking this thread.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I planted those for the first time this year. They look good, but the Hungarian Heart and Italian Heirloom are blowing everything away.

Part of my criteria for what to grow is how they can. I grew German Pink one year, but they were a royal PITA to peel for canning, because of all the catfacing. Big 'maters, but I didn't get much from them. And the PITA factor was annoying. I can 55-60 quarts, so anything that slows me down is a factor.

Don't be impressed by my canning, though. My neighbor cans about 150 quarts of tomatoes.

I might try the Hungarian Heart and Italian Heirloom next year. Do the Italian Heirlooms get bigger than the San Marzano?

 

[Sally PB]

I might try the Hungarian Heart and Italian Heirloom next year. Do the Italian Heirlooms get bigger than the San Marzano?

I will get some pictures later today and post them.

This is the biggest tomato I've had so far this season, and it's a Hungarian Heart.

Unfortunately, a deer got to it, and this is the other side.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I will get some pictures later today and post them.

This is the biggest tomato I've had so far this season, and it's a Hungarian Heart.
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Unfortunately, a deer got to it, and this is the other side.
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Wow that's like a grapefruit!

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I will get some pictures later today and post them.

This is the biggest tomato I've had so far this season, and it's a Hungarian Heart.
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Unfortunately, a deer got to it, and this is the other side.
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Are the Hungarian tomatoes good for sauce? I'm definitely trying those too next year. I am a sucker for Hungarian varieties of vegetables. Hungarian hot wax peppers especially are my favorite. I could eat those all day every day.

 

[Sally PB]

Are the Hungarian tomatoes good for sauce?

I can a lot of tomatoes and DH makes a lot of salsa, that I then can. No idea yet how these will work for either.

As hot as it is right now, I'm hoping I can wait a couple weeks before I have to start canning.