This was my 2006 effort. In 2007 I was away in August so did not get any good pictures. But I grew several of the types grown in 2006. http://xrl.us/qv9q Close-up photographs of the tomatoes in my garden. The pictures are complete with name in the lower left of the larger image. Most types are indeterminate and are for table use. This year so far for 2008 seed I have selected: Better Boy- A good standby. Lemon Boy- Yellow Prolific and almost all perfect. Japanese Monataro- Late and perfect shape. Black Prince-Wonderful flavour Probably our favourite. Pink Girl - Good standby. Manitoba- Good producer. Bush Type Early. Russian Krim- purple similar to Black Prince Favourite. Husky Red- Nice to have, little smaller than others. Burpee Big boy- A nice tomato. Hungarian Heart- large meaty tomato, prolific with few seeds. Not shown Sweet Million- one plant my favourite small tomato. http://xrl.us/q4dv Cherokee Purple. I have added the Cherokee Purple tomato to the list. The one plant has about 23 large tomatoes all about the same size. Some split due to a day of rain then hot sun the next day. The tomatoes are of good flavour and texture. Two plants of each are planted. This year (2008)I have space for about 28 plants. I am interested if posters have good experience with other types. Any suggestions would be most welcome. The seeds will be started indoors about the end of February 2008. http://tomatoss.notlong.com/ Pictures of my support system for Tomato plants.
Durgan, have you tried Arkansas Travler? I grew it last summer and it did fairly well. I like Better Boy flavor and I found the Arkansas Travler to have similar flavor. It has a pinker color, where Better Boy has more orange as they are turning red. I am interested in the one you listed as your favorite-- Black Prince-- how does it compare to the flavor of Better Boy? Do you know how well it handles the heat it will get down here? How about virus resistance? Skeet
The Black Prince has been grown for two seasons. This is almost identical to Black Krim. They may even be the same. They(it) are totally different from Better Boy (which is a fine tomato). When picking tomatoes for a meal, we always check to see if a Black Prince is available. Clearly this is our favourite. The flesh is a dark red, with a most pleasant taste. The size of the Black Prince is not large, about a good palm fit. The plant is prolific though. Most tomatoe like heat, but my area is not overly high in humidity. Most of the red tomatoes taste about the same. The main attraction is the slightly different colour of red, and the pleasing shape. I have never tried Arkansas Traveller, but will look it up. I like pink fleshed tomatoe for some reason.
I will give it a try and let you know how it does down here. We tend to like the tomatoes that are more acidic--more flavor to me. Size doesn't matter much, but I actually prefer the palm sized ones. Skeet
