Before joining TEG, I thought red was the only color tomatoes came in. I was very surprized when people started talking about yellow and black tomatoes. I have learned so much here.
I could be wrong but I think that what often "turns people on" to heirlooms is that the first one they try is a tomato with a different color than what they have had before.
We know that different vitamins are associated with different plant pigments. I have come to believe that different flavors are associated with different colors. It is hard to qualify flavor. Saying, "that tastes yellow" sounds like an 8 year old who knows Kool aid and not much else.
Still, I have come to think that there is a "yellow tomato" flavor. The more "orange" it is, the more pronounced the flavor. It may or may not be very sweet.
I have yet to eat a strongly-flavored "pink." I don't know if there is a "pink tomato" flavor, just that they are mild. The one "white" that I have grown was, not surprisingly, very mild.
Like or don't like, that is all a matter of personal taste!
i got from someone last year on here, Linnie's Oxheart. very large and sweet tomatoes with few seeds. i did keep seeds from my largest 2 before the cat decided she really like the taste too! it didn't seem to have any issues with blight. i had a few other tomato varieties i grew last year that had issues with blight but this wasn't touched. it also grew nicely in a 3 gal pot!
I've noticed that about the pinks I grew too last year. Flavor was milder but that was it really. I thought it might be the variety too so we'll see.
I did read that about the ox hearts they have a whispy/droopy leaf. So will be watching them to see it it's really a factor. If they are productive & flavors good leaf shape isn't really a factor for me.
I like having a bunch of different colored & different varieties within those colored tomatoes. I think it makes for a better sauce, pico, salsa etc because of the different flavors each color has.
Whispy was a poor choice of words since I couldn't remember the term......"fern-like". That's what I keep seeing it described as. Should have looked it up. Only production issue I've read about is low seed production for saving but we'll see.
Good I don't feel so bad now. I was trying to pull that from the deep recesses of my brain glad I got it right. I haven't tried any ox hearts yet so the foliage is just what Ive read.
However I always grow enough of my usual suspects so I can dabble with something new to me. If I get a good crop it's a bonus if it isn't then it's not a great loss because there's no expectations for them. I do that with any new variety I grow of any type of plant. Better safe than sorry, but it does mean it takes longer to try things. Anna Russians are on my need to try list too.