Sweet Mojo is a very good producer of red grape tomatoes. No cracking or disease problems. Firm fruit with a pretty mild (almost bland) flavor. Good for cooking, just split lengthwise, holds up well.

Bonehead said:Sweet Mojo is a very good producer of red grape tomatoes. No cracking or disease problems. Firm fruit with a pretty mild (almost bland) flavor. Good for cooking, just split lengthwise, holds up well.

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That looks like a very productive one!

I love my Juliet Grape tomatoes., Since I first tried Juliet I grow it each season. I can count on it to produce lots and lots of grape tomatoes. And they are large for a grape type which is another bonus. So my Hybrid tomato report is that Juliet is always a winner in my garden.

The other two cherry types that are must grows in my garden are Black Cherry and Sunsugar. Black Cherry has the true black tomato taste and is nice and large for a cherry type. SunSugar is smaller but oh so sweet. Love them both.

Today's harvest of Rutgers tomatoes.

I have grown Rutgers before but it was not in the garden last year. Back again this year. The tomatoes have a nice flavor but they have been small in size. Even the largest of the ones picked are on the small side compared to other varieties I grow.

That said I am pretty sure I will be growing Rutgers again next season.

Bush Beefsteak. New for me this year.

I am really liking these and will be growing them again next year. I have picked ones much larger than the largest of today's haul but even these are a nice enough size.

Flavor is nice, not as great as the heirlooms. But it is a Determinate and I love that there are lots of tomatoes to be had.

Ball's Beefsteak.

This has been a very big hit for me this year. New to the garden as I have never had them before but I will be having them again next year.

It does throw some smaller tomatoes but most are really perfect stunning big and just perfect looking tomatoes. Lots of tomatoes coming on so looks to be a really great production.

I have the Ball's Beefsteak growing near some heirlooms and while I don't get much from those heirlooms I just keep picking from the Ball's Beefsteak.

I do wish the taste was slightly better. It is okay but not the best. However the productivity, large size and good looks makes up for the slightly lower marks in taste.

Big Beef

This is a variety I have grown before but not last year. I decided to try a plant again this year. I guess it is okay but nothing special about it and it just doesn't stand out in my mind for any reason. I doubt I will grow it again next season.

Beefsteak. First year I have had these but I simply love them. Big juicy tomatoes and lots of them. Taste is really good. Pretty much the same taste as the BeefMasters that I also grow.

Black Cherry.

I just love the size and taste of these cherry tomatoes. Plus the plant is masive and just keeps setting tomatoes. They seem to ripen slowly or maybe it is just that I am greedy to get more to eat.

I'm usually rather put off by the 'black' tomatoes (they tend to look half rotten to me, not a 'yum' moment) - but these are rather pretty looking so might be worth a try.

Bonehead said:I'm usually rather put off by the 'black' tomatoes (they tend to look half rotten to me, not a 'yum' moment) - but these are rather pretty looking so might be worth a try.

So these would be the perfect ones to try and grow. The taste is marvelous and they are pop in your mouth size.

I don't think Black Cherry is a hybrid, though -- is it?

Whatever they are, OP or hybrid, I have them this year too, and love the taste!

Our database and Tatiana mostly agree:

OP, indeterminate, regular leaf, early.

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Cherry')
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Our database says "early or mid-season".

Oh Boy. I thought they were hybrids! So Sorry!

Well, they are relatively NEW OP varieties. They were "experimental hybrids" not many years ago.

So, a bit off topic (but still about tomatoes), what is the difference between an open pollinated tomato and an heirloom? Same distinction as between literature and simply a novel (i.e., who the heck knows)?

Had to dig a little, but I thought I remembered this discussion about OP and heirloom varieties: The thread "Let's talk about the definition heirloom, hybrids & GMOs" in All Things Gardening forum

Hope that's helpful, Deb -- and I don't think you were off topic at all !

Good read! I missed that thread the first time around.

I'v always grown and loved sun gold but this year I tried what is sometimes called Aunt Molly
Husk cherry tomato





I also grew for the first time parks whopper tomatoes. They are by far rhe best tasting and largest tomatoes I've ever grown.

DonShirer said:I have had good success with Mountain Fresh this year. Grew one plant in a 3 gallon container in the sun and it is producing at least a dozen perfect medium-sized globes so far. I put another plant in an "overflow" area that only gets 4-5 hours sun and although it took 2 weeks longer, I have started to harvest fruits from that as well.

By the way, I have a SunGold plant in that shaded "overflow" area as well, and its fruit does not crack as much as a plant in full sun, but is still producing well. I picked 32 of them yesterday minus several that somehow did not make it back to the house (but tasted great!).

I would like to get seeds for Mountain Magic. That would be a size I am looking for. Plus I read that it produces a lot of fruit.

On the Sungolds, I just ordered seeds for ones called Orange Parauche which are supposed to be even an improvement over the Sungolds. Currently am growing SunSugar and I go love it.