Author Topic: Which variety of tomato is your earliest? (Read 5891 times)

GrannieAnnie · « **on:** July 19, 2009, 21:29:50 »

I keep trying to beat my previous year's success for an early tom.
Two years in a row now it has been "Polfast", a Polish tomato which produces in June and now followed by "Black Krim" a Russian tomato that tastes much sweeter than Polfast.
My Pruden's Purple is still green as is Tigerella. Brandywine is a late variety so am not expecting it.

Has anyone tried toms created for the cold in Ontario Canada? Am thinking maybe next year to try one.

amphibian · « **Reply #1 on:** July 19, 2009, 21:39:18 »

Mine is nearly always Latah.

Eristic · « **Reply #2 on:** July 19, 2009, 21:45:00 »

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Mine is nearly always Latah.

Is that a joke? 8)

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #3 on:** July 19, 2009, 23:52:24 »

Quote from: amphibian on July 19, 2009, 21:39:18

Mine is nearly always Latah.

LOL!!! :D Good one!

amphibian · « **Reply #4 on:** July 19, 2009, 23:57:57 »

I see the unintentional joke.

However, my earliest tomato is nearly always the variety called Latah, quickly followed by Washington Cherry.

My third place this year went to Black Cherry, but too put it all in perspective I have eaten just six tomatoes off twenty plants and I have already had two ripe, outdoor grown, sweet peppers and two tomatillos.

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 20, 2009, 00:03:25 »

Quote from: amphibian on July 19, 2009, 23:57:57

I see the unintentional joke.

However, my earliest tomato is nearly always the variety called Latah, quickly followed by Washington Cherry.

My third place this year went to Black Cherry, but too put it all in perspective I have eaten just six tomatoes off twenty plants and I have already had two ripe, outdoor grown, sweet peppers and two tomatillos.

Isn't that funny, when you think of all the thought people put into naming plants, that they'd choose a word easily confused with just what one does not want in their tomatoes?

saddad · « **Reply #6 on:** July 20, 2009, 07:50:12 »

Whippersnapper and Gartenpearle, but only because I can keep the baskets in the big greenhouse... ;D

Trevor_D · « **Reply #7 on:** July 20, 2009, 07:58:15 »

Bloody Butcher is always the earliest - mid/late June in an unheated greenhouse - followed by Ildi. Shirley has only just started.

BarriedaleNick · « **Reply #8 on:** July 20, 2009, 08:17:56 »

Harbinger and Sungold for the last few years but managed to kill them this year! So Cherrolla.

manicscousers · « **Reply #9 on:** July 20, 2009, 08:22:47 »

tigerella, then golden sunrise followed closely by sundance and all the cherries I was given so, no name ;D

northener · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2009, 08:37:59 »

Gardners Delight for me not over impressed with the taste though.

tonybloke · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2009, 18:11:03 »

whippersnapper for me! followed closely by gardeners delight, which, if grown organically with extra seaweed and comfrey juice, have a superb flavour IMHO ;)

saddad · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2009, 18:11:55 »

Just been and picked another dozen for salad with tea... :)

Sinbad7 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2009, 18:17:58 »

Red Alert, have been picking them for a couple of weeks now.

Grown outside.

angle shades · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2009, 18:29:01 »

:) red tumbling tom, picked some last week and yesterday, grown in hanging baskets outside on my lottie shed / shades x

realfood · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2009, 20:02:36 »

Always sungold.

Deb P · « **Reply #16 on:** July 20, 2009, 20:34:42 »

Still no red ones yet, Sweet Olive looks the most likely, I'm not sure my new policy of letting the sideshoots grow after the first truss is helping! ::)

amphibian · « **Reply #17 on:** July 20, 2009, 21:45:15 »

Quote from: manicscousers on July 20, 2009, 08:22:47

tigerella, then golden sunrise followed closely by sundance and all the cherries I was given so, no name ;D

Is that outdoors? My Tigerella is loaded with fruit, but no sign of turning at all.

manicscousers · « **Reply #18 on:** July 20, 2009, 21:50:35 »

no, it's indoors, sowed end of january, planted in march under a glass cloche in the poly :)

thifasmom · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2009, 22:36:41 »

two of the new varieties i have grown this year have been 'Galina' and 'Broad Ripple Yellow Current' two yellow cherry tomatoes they have both been the first to set fruit and ripen, we enjoyed them yesterday, both grown outside.

i have never had outdoor tomatoes ready in July before so will definitely repeat them next year.

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