Nice reviews, Tom. I'm a little surprised that you rated Brandy Boy a "C" on flavor, as it was one of the best tasting tomatoes I grew this year. I don't have quite as many varieties as you have, though.

I grew 'KBX' this year, which is supposedly a 'Kellog's Breakfast' plant with potato-type leaves instead of normal leaves. I've only eaten one (plant hasn't produced much and I have been sharing with neighbors), but it tasted incredible. Very tender and sweet... perfect for tomato sandwiches.

Good review, guys. Thanks.

We need more participants with reports.

I have few to reports but most of my vars are just getting there.

However, I am with Tom on Brandy Boy (-) and Big Beef (+) on production. My KB seems to be a real failure, so are few others. But I should hold on them for a while.

Mini Roma =?=Juliet : Coming very strong. Production : A >> Taste B... Next year : Yes

Fourth Of July: Production B+ >>> Taste to me determined.. A return

Black From Tula: Production : B++ >>> taste to be determined...A return

Indigo Rose : Production B+ >>> Taste B ...Next year : Yes

>>>> enough for now <<<<

Sey

C'Mone ! we need more reports.

BTW: today I picked couple of blushed Fourth of July. 3 weeks belated. hehe

Sey

So far Brandy Boy is all show for me. Nothing to taste yet. I'm pretty sure it was due to weather at bloom time but starting to get impression it needs ideal conditions to thrive on production & earliness. Don't get me wrong, it is my biggest and most productive plant but just not ready yet. What a tease...Based on what i have seen, even without tasting, it will be a KEEPER in my garden!

goodground, ...thanks

Your Brandy Boy (F10) is loaded.

Do you also have F1 ? If "YES" , which one is doing better ?Here is a picture of mine : 2 Siamese Twins

and a single

There are no more than 2 growing in any truss.

Set

So far I've only picked Anna Russian, Black Krim, Brandy Boy and Cuostralee. The Anna Russians were very early, which was nice, but it's not producing great and the taste was so-so this year. Which is fine cuz I usually use it for sauce.

The Brandy Boy is producing great and the taste, i thought was good, maybe a B. I'll grow it again. The Black Krim is giving a good amount of fruit and the taste, as usual, is excellent. (The one cat has eaten several of them, but I'll start a thread about that one day. :) The Cuostralee has lots and lots of fruit, but they're on the small side and the taste, at least from the earliest ones, was kind of blah. Still waiting on 1884, Super Sauce, Sophies Choice, Constoluto Genovese and I think there's a Jet Star in there somewhere (the tags are at the base and it's getting tough to get in there with all the foliage).

I finally found time to make my report.

Black from Tula. Very good tomato overall. Do not crack, disease resistant. It has many seeds and plenty of gel, but still tastes good.

Production: A; Taste: A; Return next year: Yes.

Brandy Boy. Good tomato. The taste is good for the all purpose tomato, but not complex enough for the beefsteak.

Production: A; Taste: B; Return next year: Yes.

Japanese Truffle Pink. This one is too juicy for the real paste, but has a lot less juice, gel and seeds then in regular toms. Taste is mild and good. Will do well for drying and sauce. it has green shoulders which do not want to ripen.

Production: A; Taste: A; Return next year: Yes.

Malachite box. Very vigorous tomato, big fruits, disease resistant.

Production: B; Taste: A; Return next year: Yes.

Persimmon. Vigorous tomato, but not enough production. But the taste is very good, so I'll try it again.

Production: C; Taste: A; Return next year: Yes.

Lida Ukrainian. Good early determinant tomato. It keeps growing and setting fruit so it is more like a dwarf tomato. The fruits have green spots on the shoulders.

Production: A; Taste: B; Return next year: Yes.

Legend and Maria. Both are determinants. They started great, but were very susceptible to septotia = defoliated and runted out.

Production C; Taste:B; Return next year: No.

Japanese Truffle Red. I had big hopes for it. It looks very similar to pink version. However it is very susceptible to septoria and it has very few fruits. I did not taste it yet.

Production: D; Taste: ?; Return next year: No.

Bulgarian Triumph. Not impressed

Production: C; Taste: ?; Return next year: No.

Krasnodar Titans. This plant had herbicide damage in the beginning. So it did not do well.

Undecided about this one.

Indigo Rose. I purchased it late instead of purple eggplant, which I could not find. It is doing great and it sets fruits in the heat. I am undecided about this one.

Thanks Caryl and AntMary,

Despite of very warm ( HOT ?) June and July, I am behind on harvesting. .

I likee to review one at this posting:

Fourth Of July

Although it did not live up to its name, but I like it. I just picked couple of blushed ones off of it. So here it goes:

Production A ....Taste >> pending. Return next year : YES. no matter how it taste. Nothing else I can can them or use in cooking.

The next time I will review my dwarfs. Very interesting finds. some good some not so good.

Sey