Viewing comments posted by TimHoover

This plant is remarkable due to the fact that almost nothing short of a hard freeze shuts down flowering. In 2011, in Texas, we had a severe drought and temps in the triple digits for days and days. My yard was severely damaged: 100-year-old Oak trees died! The last man standing was this one. Among all the dead, brown plants that had once been my perennial border, were wands of cheerful pink flowers. Honestly, it was the only thing still going and I had long since given up watering. Self seeds a bit, just enough so that you will never have to purchase one again. This plant would be a good backbone for any hard-scrabble type flower garden.
I have a lot of respect for this plant now.

This variety, as so many of the "heirloom" Eggplants, is valuable only to show off in the garden. Not productive, and I found the flavor ordinary. Really, just a novelty that has been hyperpromoted by seed catalogs (along with all the other "unusual" Eggplants).

If you are able to only grow one variety of eggplant, grow this one. Amazingly drought tolerant and productive. Flavor, as eggplants go, is top-notch. I much prefer the Asian style eggplant- much easier to cook with because all slices are roughly the same size. I have tried a number of the Asian types and Ichiban is still number 1!

The skin is tough as an old football. Kind of pretty but flavor is lacking. I suspect that if grown in a "good" tomato growing region with plenty of rain, this might be a much better tomato. I grew it 2X...there will not be a third, at least here in Texas.

White Wonder is an old variety. It is a reasonably good producer of white (imagine that!) tomatoes. The flavor is good, almost as good as any ordinary variety. Largish, medium-sized fruit is good when used on a plate sliced with other colors. Has not been difficult for me to grow although it did much better in the midwest than the south for me (stronger soils in Iowa!).

This tomato is fun to grow. Hugely productive and weirdly sweet! Not quite white, more of a palest yellow when ripe. It is somewhat prone to cracking, but with its outlandish production, this is not an issue. It is my favorite of the pimpinellifolium group. Kids will often like this one even if they do not care for tomatoes. Tell them it is a "new" type of fruit! Will often self-sow for me. Once established, it does not require much pampering, but be ready for its rampant growth. Fruit is very small, marble sized.

If you like to grow foliage and not tomatoes, grow this one. Even in the best of climates, it does not earn its keep. Flavor is fine, if unremarkable. If this tomato had an unattractive name, no one would ever grow it twice.

Very overrated variety. To my palate, it has a doggy underflavor. Bland and kind of dry. I have grown this plant in several climates and the results are the same. Many people think this is a good tomato because it is one of the few cherry types offered consistently by garden centers, etc., and they have very little to compare it with. Once you have grown it side by side with many other cherry types, you will realize how blah it is. I continue to grow it simply due to its form and color. I use it as part of a huge mix of cherry varieties I offer for sale at the farmers market. It IS big and you WILL get lots of fruit. That's about all I have to say about it.

Very attractive and worthwhile tomato to grow. Plant is covered in a short silver down, giving the whole plant a very bright and unique appearance in the garden. The fruit is very good: smallish, bright red, mid-sized, and juicy. Has been disease resistant. I recently read that the down on the leaves makes it unattractive to Tomato Horn Worm. Looking back over the years, I realize that I have never had one of these eaten up! I first bought these seeds from Gleckner Seedsmen in 1993 and have grown it out many times over the years.

Lemon Boy is an outstanding tomato for a person wanting a true yellow, rather than orangish tomato. A hybrid, It will outproduce the available yellow heirlooms hands down. This is a variety that is ALWAYS in my garden. Strong foliage that is somewhat disease resistant, will even continue to produce after it has been defoliated! Lemon Boy makes an excellent fall tomato for those of us who can have that second crop.
In 2000, I grew these for sale at the garden center. I really had to nearly force these on customers. I even resorted to giving a plant free to many customers. The following year I could not keep up with the demand for this variety! That is a good example of why a person should consider this one. This is in East Texas, not the easiest of climates for tomatoes!
Flavor is very good, typical of yellows, not too sharp. Fruit is remarkably beautiful.

I have grown Evergreen on and off for decades. Has a nice flavor. In fact, it is surprising when you bite into it. You expect something "wrong," yet it is very good! Does remarkably well in the midwest.