Tomatoes 2003

Varieties we ordered for this summer:

• Cherokee Purple
  
• Black Krim
  
• Sun Gold
  
• Sun Sugar
  
• Pruden's Purple
  
• Kellogg Breakfast
  
• Koralik Cherry
  
• Black
  

All time favorites -

Black Krim - Heirloom seeds
Bloody Butcher - Heirloom seeds from Burpee
Cherokee Purple - Heirloom seeds
German Johnson - Heirloom (We usually buy plants from the hardware store.)
Old Virginia - Heirloom plants from the hardware store
Sun Gold - Hybrid Cherry plants from the hardware store

Varieties we've tried over the past five years of growing tomatoes in the mountains of central Virginia without success are listed in the following table. They were bitten off at the root by deer or rabbits, they wilted or died outright, they tasted bland, the skins were thick enough to strangle a sea lion, they produced low yields, or the fruit was hideously catfaced. Admittedly, not all of these problems can be traced to the plant. So we occasionally give selected varieties from this list a second chance. But in general, just like people, there are too many great ones out there to waste time with the ones that aren't!

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