I'm starting to plan next years gardens, looking for feed-back.

[Cats Critters and Garden]

More plants for the thoughts on list:
Cherokee Purple
Tomato Stupice
Yellow Pear

My biggest producer this year is the Russian Black Plum tomatoes I got from Baker Creek (www.rareseeds.com)

I can't seem to find one under that exact name, but is this it?: http://rareseeds.com/cart/products/Black_Plum-1956-51.html

 

[wifezilla]

That's it! Like other people who commented, I got these by accident. I was supposed to get black cherry tomatoes. I have no regrets though and Baker Creek sent me new seeds after I called.

 

[digitS']

More plants for the thoughts on list:
Cherokee Purple
Tomato Stupice
Yellow Pear

. . .

I have grown 2 of these: Stupice and Yellow Pear.

Your climate is quite a bit different from mine (my son now lives in western Pennsylvania - Loretto )

DW called my Stupice, my "stupid tomato" :/. Reason was, every fruit off those plants was oddly shaped . . . over a very long season. And, to think that she was comfortable teasing me about Stupice after I tried to grow Yellow Pear over 4 seasons for her!

Here is the climate difference -- During the 4th and final season, I doubt that there was more than a handful of Yellow Pear that didn't crack. That was the end of my efforts on that variety. I have grown Ildi for the last 4 years and have been happy with that little yellow tomato.

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

Cats...My climate is very different from yours so I can't really comment.

I did grow Stupice this year and like Digits wife I also am calling it stupid! It was small and flavorless. Needless to say I won't be growing this tomatoe again. But it was supposed to do well in my area so I decided to try it.

Mary

 

[Cats Critters and Garden]

I don't think I'll be growing Stupice tomatoes, then.

 

[journey11]

I grew Cherokee purples and black krims this year (among others) and I preferred the black krims myself. The flavor is good on cherokee purples, but I thought the black krims were even better! Also, Cherokee purples are prone to cracking... But if you just want them to feed to the chickens, I'm sure they won't mind!

 

[chicken stalker]

I grew pink ponderosa from bakers creek...very nice big tomatoes. And this is coming from someone who despises the smell and taste of raw tomatoes. Made awesome sauce with them. I just pick 10 more today and there are a bunch of green ones still.

 

[beavis]

. And this is coming from someone who despises the smell and taste of raw tomatoes.

AHHHHHHH,

how can this be?

 

[Collector]

Does anybody order Gurney anymore. Remember I am A newbie so go easy on me I am just asking?

 

[digitS']

Does anybody order Gurney anymore. Remember I am A newbie so go easy on me I am just asking?

I'm sure that people order from Gurneys. "Who Owns What" tells us that they are part of the Gardens Alive conglomerate. That corporation must be making $$.

I was upset with Gurneys quite a few years ago. I don't remember why but it seems like it was what I thought was poor performance for a product. It was probably my own fault.

One thing I didn't realize back then is that these catalog companies don't usually raise their own seed - large wholesale outfits do that. They own the patents and the parents of the hybrids.

There might be differences between packaging and storage of the seed and that may make a difference in our gardens but that would be about it. If I bought Early Girl tomato seed from any one of a hundred different sources, the seed should be all about the same.

. . . just suspect that's true and hope that Cats Critters and Garden is okay with drifting off topic here.

Steve