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Disappointed in cocktail tomatoes

7 years ago

Tried "Mountain Magic" for the first time this year -- not very sweet, doesn't even come close in flavor to the other tomatoes I grow, and the skin is *really* thick. Anyone have recs for cocktail varieties that are any good?

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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I grew Pink Ping Pong for the first time this year and it is an awesome salad/cocktail tomato. Most fruit are about 1 oz. ping pong ball size. Very sweet and very productive. I've harvested about 200 so far and there are close to 100 left on the plant right now. It is now on my must grow list.

    Jaune Flamme is also very good but the taste is very intense, both sweet and tart at the same time. They are about the size of a golf ball on average.

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