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Sep 15, 2016 1:43 PM CST
Name: Dillard Haley
Augusta Georgia (Zone 8a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Master Level
Concur , Rick.
Extra early tomatoes like the extra early sweet corn usually leave a lot to be desired. The Canadien tomatoes are early, but leave much to be desired for flavor. The June Pink that I use to grow as a kid apparently dissappeared with the demise of T.W. Wood. My main competition in early tomato contests at that time was Spark's Earlianna ( still available from Victory seeds) 65 DTM. Oregon Spring, Polbig and Valley Girl are baseball size 65 DTM round reds. I tried Early Girl when it first came out and was not impressed with its earliness. It does continue bearing where many of the better earlies are one and done but starts out with maybe baseball size and gets smaller and smaller until late crop is golfball size. have not tried its successors, Fourth of July and New Girl.
Of course there are current and cherry tomatoes with shorter DTM.
When I lived in Z6 (south west Virginia) planted a few Hi-X for early tomatoes, Ace 55 or similar for canning, Mortgage Lifter and Trip-L-Crop for big slicers. Did not have disease problems there that destroy those varieties here in Georgia.

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