Tomato varieties from Flemmo's garden, 2004
Type	Variety	Notess from '04 growout - see weather info below. One plant of each variety, unless otherwise noted.	First harvest	Last harvest	# fruits harvested	Picture of fruit	# fruits composted	Seed saved?
		All data as of 10 Sept 2004.		* = ended early by choice				x = still collecting
Pink	Aunt Ginny's Purple	2 plants, potato leaf.  Moderate sized fruits, usually 8-12 oz.  Most have some scalloping. Some radial cracking with wet weather.  Very good flavor, rivaling that of Brandywine, although with unfavorable weather this year they are not as good as noted in past years.	27-Aug		5	photo		x
Other color	Aunt Ruby's German Green	2 plants. Mostly moderate sized fruits, a few larger approaching 1 lb.  Some radial cracking with wet weather.  Very good flavor but not that incredible spicy flavor observed some years.	19-Aug		12	photo	1	x
Pink	Bali	Sharp (acidic) flavor that I do not like.  Small (2-4 oz) fruits with much scalloping.  Most were directly discarded, will not grow this again.	14-Aug	29-Aug *	47	photo	3	LQ
Other color	Black Cherry	Good sweet flavor.  Shoulders usually stay green, d not take on purplish brown hue of rest of fruit.  These taste poorly if left on shelf too long (don't wait to eat more than a few days).  Grew 2 plants.  Relatively shy producer relative to most other cherry tomato varieties.	28-Jul		lots (did not count)	photo		LQ
Pink	Brandywine (PA WE R strain)	Potato leaf plant.  Planted in partly shady, drier corner of garden (near cherry tree and its roots).  Very late to mature this year.	11-Sep		2			x
Red	Bulgarian Triumph	Nice red large cherry, location in garden this year may have contributed to below-average yield relative to that observed in past years.  Usually is very good producer, with fruit in large clusters like that of cherry tomatoes; this year, mostly only 3-4 fruit per cluster.	14-Aug		5	photo		LQ
Pink/purple	Cherokee Purple	2 plants. Good producer, low fruits showing slug damage.  Good but not exceptional flavor this year; weather-related?  Some catfacing of fruits observed.  Not much cracking observed despite very wet weather around harvest dates.  Late in season (Sept) ripe fruits are yellowish near stem end, somewhat greenish yellow in middle, and lighter pink/brown toward blossom end than what is seen earlier in season.	19-Aug		16	photo	2	has
Yellow	Coyote	Many clusters of small (ca. 1/4 to 1/3-in dia) light yellow cherries.  Earthy flavor is something that some individuals may very much like, but I find it very unpleasant.	28-Jul		very many	photo	not tracked	LQ
Red	Costoluto Genovese	Fruits typically 4-6 oz, highly scalloped, usually ripen evenly (unripe shoulders rare).  Good rich flavor but not at all unique.	16-Aug	11-Sep	15	photo		LQ
Yellow	Garden Peach	Fruits 1-2 oz, light yellow sometimes with slight peach/orange blush, sometimes with a little green in shoulders, slightly fuzzy skin, juicy, seedy, nice mild flavor.  Prolific producer.	25-Aug	11-Sep	50	photo	1	LQ
Red	Giant Paste	6 plants. Large red elongated paste-type fruits that often come to a point, thick walls, not very juicy, good flavor for a paste var. A couple plants gave only slightly elongated fruits (seed not saved from these).  Grew 6 plants.	19-Aug		not tracked	photo		has
Orange	Glory of Moldova	Small 2-4 oz near round orange fruits, juicy, average flavor.	16-Aug	1-Sept *	16	photo	1	has
Yellow/orange	Golden Queen	Medium yellow fruits (4-5 oz) with orangish blush or streaking at blossom end of fruit. Good producing later variety.	3-Sep		11	photo	1	x
Red	Grandpa's Minnesota Hardy Cherry	Round red cherries about 3/4 inch in diameter, good flavor	8-Aug		many - not tracked	photo	not tracked	LQ
Pink	Grimpante du Mexique	Large dark pink cherries, about size of Bulgarian Triumph, good producer, good flavor	30-Aug		17	photo	3	x
Red	Heart's Delite	Large (up to 1 lb) red heart-shaped fruits, good flavor	6-Sep		2	photo
Red	Heidi	6 plants. Typical appearing paste variety, 4-5 oz fruits, good flavor for a paste variety.  Grew 6 plants.	19-Aug		not tracked	photo
Yellow	Hugh's	2 plants. Large (12-16 oz) bright yellow fruits, relatively late maturing, very good tasty flavor, a perennial favorite.	30-Aug		15	photo
Other color	Japanese Black Trifele	2 plants.  One plant produced one very early and one very late fruit; stunted in growth.  Second plant produced several fruits.  Fruits (mostly ca. 4-5 oz) are pear shaped, greenish tops that do not ripen, lower 2/3 are brownish hue, flavor is average.  Fruit appears to be more susceptible to anthracnose than most.	26-Jul	11-Sep	12	photo	6	LQ
Red	Lillian's Red Kansas	2 plants.  Red fruits, 6-10 oz, somewhat elongated with round cross-section, yellow tops near stem end, very good flavor, fairly productive.	16-Aug		24	photo	2	LQ
Yellow/orange	Lillian's Yellow Heirloom	Potato leaf plant.
Other color	Longkeeper	Fruits light orangish-silvery color, tend to fall from vine when still green, usually about 3 to 4 oz and round.  Very late to mature fruit for the size of fruit produced.	7-Sep		15
Pink	Magnus	2 large, healthy potato leaf plants.  Fruits light pink ripening to dark pink, round, 3 to 5 oz, juicy, very good flavor, very productive, later than most in producing mature fruit of this size.	25-Aug		14	photo		has
Red	Martino's Roma	6 plants. Average paste variety in many ways - size 3-4 oz, typical appearance for paste tomatoes, not particularly tasty.  Fruits often fall from vine as they ripen.	19-Aug		not tracked	photo
Red	Mayo's Delight	8 plants.  Large (to 1 lb) heart-shaped red fruits, yellow tops near stem end, some susceptibility to anthracnose, meaty and juicy, often provide limited amount of seed (liapparently due to limited pollination), excellent flavor.	26-Jul		50	photo	6	has
Other color	Pineapple	2 plants.  Fruits variable size (usu. 6 to 14 oz), yellow with red marbling from blossom end, somewhat flattened, nice mild flavor typical of bicolors, quite susceptible to cracking in wet weather.  Also troubled more than most other varieties by slug damage (see photo of sliced specimen).	25-Aug		6	photo	2	x
Pink	Pink Ping Pong	Fruits about 2 oz, ping-pong ball size, medium pink color, very good flavor.	21-Aug		13	2003 pic		x
Red	Red Brandywine	Red fruits about 6 oz in size, produces a few earlier fruits, then a lull of a couple of weeks before good production kicks in; very good flavor.	21-Aug		11	photo		x
Red	Riesentraube	Red cherry tomatoes with small pointed protrusion at blossom end, a.k.a. "goat's tit".  Usually highly productive, did not get very many fruit this year (LT 30 tomatoes total).	17-Aug		not tracked	photo		LQ
Red	San Marzano La Padino	10 plants.  Standard paste tomato in many respects, red fruits 3-4 oz, not particularly tasty.  Plants quite small, LT 3 ft tall.	19-Aug		not tracked	photo		LQ
Other color	Slovenian Black	2 plants.  Fruits 3-6 oz, slightly elongated from round, greenish shoulders, brownish color, juicy, bland.   Susceptible to anthracnose, esp. in wetter weather.	16-Aug	6 Sept *	48	photo	4	LQ
Yellow	Sungold (F1)	2 plants.  Abundant harvest of small (ca. 1 cm) dia. Cherries, outstanding flavor. Very late harvest for this variety, did not come on real strong until late August, beginning to taper off around 10 Sept.	21-Jul		very many			no
Pink	Thai Pink Egg	Pale yellow-white color before ripening to pink, egg-shaped.  Mild (not quite bland) flavor, nothing special.	14-Aug	1 Sept *	not tracked	photo	many	LQ
Pink	Tiffen Mennonite	2 large, healthy potato leaf plants.  Fruits slightly flattened, usually with green tops, resistant to separate from stem, usually 12-16 oz, excellent flavor rivals that of Brandywine.	27-Aug		10	photo		has
Best flavored varieties in 2004: Hugh's, Mayo's Delight, Tiffen Mennonite.  Honorable mention: Brandywine (pink), Magnus, Red Brandywine.
2004 weather in Kalamazoo county (SW Michigan):  Abundant rain (rarely excessive here in Augusta) but cool start for the garden after transplant in late May (our avg last frost date is May 15).  One week of hot dry weather in mid-June, then weather was persistently cool (temps rarely above 70s, nights usually in 50s, sometimes cooler) until the week immediately before Labor Day, when it FINALLY made it into the mid-80s again.  We never had hot weather (above the low 80s, which were rare in themselves) in July or early to mid-August!!  Cool nights have been the rule this year, so all crops that require relative high degree-days are significantly later than usual.  First harvest dates shown above are typically close to 2 weeks behind what I've usually observed.  However, we have had abundant rain almost all summer, and I only had to irrigate the garden once.