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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: desnz on March 07, 2008, 09:24:07

Title: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: desnz on March 07, 2008, 09:24:07
Morning! Any advice on the best type of cordon tomato would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Biscombe on March 07, 2008, 10:06:20
Gosh! hundreds to choose from! OK my favorites last year were I Cherokee Green, Fuzzy Peach, Sungold and Black Russian
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Gazfoz on March 07, 2008, 10:17:52
Best for what?
Taste, size, heavy cropper, disease resistance, shape, colour ??? ;D
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: desnz on March 07, 2008, 10:27:39
Cheers Biscombe!

Should've been more specific, taste most important, cropping and resistance, lost loads to blight last year...
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Biscombe on March 07, 2008, 11:13:56
Chose mine listed above for taste, don't get blight here!
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: desnz on March 07, 2008, 11:22:31
Excellent, thanks very much and lucky you with no blight, all the plots on our allotment were stricken. Right, seed shopping now...
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Barnowl on March 07, 2008, 11:53:58
I'm a big fan of Santa  F1 - a small plum variety
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Jeannine on March 07, 2008, 12:28:28
Big Beef no contest for me.Excellent  taste, large blemish free round toms, high disease resist, great yields .All American Winner a  few years ago.

Lesser yields  and shape, but for excellent taste I can give you several.

Smaller size fruit would have to be Sungold

XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: desnz on March 07, 2008, 13:02:08
Hey thanks Jeannine and Barnowl, think I'll get a few and see how they get on.
Title: Re: Best cordon tomato?
Post by: Barnowl on March 07, 2008, 15:15:58
Sungold did well despite the blighted conditions and has a great flavour.  Rather annoyed when sowing last night to find I only had two seeds left!