Tomatoes that I hate because they are too acidic are:

Juliet F1 (a red grape)

Jaune Flammee

Lemon Drop (a yellow cherry)

You might like them :-)

Linda

I grew a great tomato last year called "Bonny's Best" that I ordered from Baker's Creek (www.rareseeds.com). A pkg was only $2.25 and contained a lot of seeds. I really liked them, but by the end of July they had died. I didn't use any disease control. I will grow them next year, because they had the old tart taste I like and I had loads of tomatoes to put up. I went back to "Better Boy" this year and they were not the tomato of several years ago. I just need to research how and what to spray for disease.

Tomatoes are a classic example of sweet-and-sour tongue appeal. I don't like the really sweet nor the really sour ones, but the way Sweet 100 grows out back it would blister the skin off a lemon. My wife will eat those by the bucketful and considers any tomato sweeter than that little ball of battery acid to be a poser (we both find the supermarket stuff too sweet). It grows in composted manure and sand with very hot full sun and skimpy sparse stingy barely-enough drip irrigation.

That MIGHT be a slight exaggeration of the taste. The taste isn't deliberate; it is just what we get. It's also a dirt cheap seed variety.

Thanks, friends! I'll give them both a try next spring.... meanwhile, anyone else out there with a tart, flavorful, favorite variety?

Take care... Gary (Swede)

"After God made flowers and Butterflies, he made Tomatoes!"

Not sure if acidic is the right word to describe it, but Druzba that is both sharply flavored and delicious.

Here's a few more ideas: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=38016

Steve

Brandy Boy? It's high in sugar but also high in acid. Very productive.

I find Green Zebra pretty sour. Growing it again this year after skipping the past few years and now I remember why...

I am trying to avoid acidic tomatoes, but here are some that I know as acidic. Silvery fur tree tomato, many people say that. Nineveh tomato from Baker creek seeds, they say it very acidic. In my experience many Russian determinants tomatoes such as Moskvich or Siberian are acidic types.

yes, do try Jaune Flammee

You can't do much better than Rutgers. Green Zebra is also fairly tart. You should try one of the seed swaps that will be conducted on this site in the near future. Most of them don't require that you contribute if you don't have anything.

John A

Great response, friends.... I do love Garden Web.... I'll research and try your suggestions, but I have just a small plot, I don't need tons of seeds, just a few of each variety like Wintersown would be great... I usually start about 30 or 40 plants, keep about 10, and give the rest away to neighbors, and relatives.... I, could of course, pass on any excesses to you.

John, when might I see something about Seed Exchanges, that you mentioned?

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato!"

Definitely try Silvery Fir Tree! It's small, pretty and (yuck) acidic! {LOL}

Sounds like that variety means I'm going to be eating my Christmas Tree, this year!.... (I'll look into it, though!)

I remember years ago their was a guy named Euell Gibbons, who promoted eating wild foods, and used to advertise for Grape Nuts cereal, because he was known for maintaining that there would be no world hunger if we eat all the free wild plants, like Cattails, Wild Hickory nuts, Hazel nuts, etc.... We used to make fun of him because he sold out to the cereal company.....

We'd make fun of him by making up fake commercials like "Hi, I'm Euell Gibbons, "Don't throw out your Christmas Trees! Did you know that Pine Needles make a Wonderful Tea!", and "Hi, I'm Euell Gibbons, "Did you know that the Sahara Desert was was once a lush tropical paradise until I had lunch?" Hah!

Take care, Gary

Yeah. I second Green Zebra, Rutgers, Silvery Fir. Those are the ones I have grown in the past. I personally lie a balanced tangy taste. Slightly sweet or sour is better than bland.

Either way a dash of salt is the cure for any and all tomatoes.Salt is an amazing tomato taste modifier.

Sey

Swede - I usually see the seed exchanges starting late Sept or Oct. Keep checking this forum.

John A

Great, John.... give me a lnk to them....

Take Care.... Gary

I grew one plant of chocolate stripe this year because I liked the picture. It was too sour for me. It is productive and good looking, though.