I totally agree with your top 2 tomatoes! I still remember the first time I ate a Black Krim... the best tomato I ever had. And then I grew Aunt Ruby's German Green Giant for the first time last year, and absolutely fell in love with it. One of my top 3 without a doubt! Amazing flavour, and also keeps producing big tomatoes all the way up the vine. I strongly suggest you try my other favourite (I can't pick between my top 3!), which is Brandywine Sudduth's strain. It's an old variety with a classic tomato taste, but it's flavour and texture is just PERFECT. It's heavenly.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will definatly try that Brandywine next year. Seems like we have the same taste in tomatoes! Thanks for watching! Happy gardening!
Grew Sudduth strain of the brandywine last year. My favorite of 15 different varieties for flavor and texture. It had large beautiful tomatoes. Trying Aunt Ruby's German green this year, glad to hear it's good.
@@anitamurphy2454 I can't wait to try the Brandywine Sudduth this year! It is at the top of my list this year since it comes so highly recommended. I also want to try Ananas Noir (black pineapple) this year too. Have you ever grown that one?
I usually like the meatier varieties but right now in the dead of winter I would eat any homegrown tomato I could get my hands on. Lol I really miss tomatoes in the off season. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Midnight Snack last season was the favorite in our circle Hillbilly is delicious but I have to much failure but delicious and inside the most beautiful tomato little fruit taste. Black krim is great and early and very productive and believe as I age will be last tomato variety I ever raise. Black Brandywine is favorite favor 🙌 My worst of 25 was Black Beauty
Good reviews! I know tomatoes taste great when paired with salt but always try to taste a tomato first without salt. To judge be able to judge the sweetness and tartness properly. And also, most of the sweetness / tartness in a tomato actually comes from the goop / slime.
Are you binge watching tomato videos too ? I am starting my seeds indoors in a couple of weeks and am trying some new ones as I do every year , I am so excited for the upcoming growing season.
@@maxinemcclurd1288 YES! Look for the Tomato Tasting series from Mark’s Garden Life. GREAT CHANNEL! I pray God blesses your garden this year with abundant, delicious harvests! 🙏🏼
Thanks for your tomato taste test! Hillbilly was my gateway mater to bi-color tomatoes, one of my favorites. I think I am doing 15 orange bi-colors and maybe 5 green bi-colors this coming season? My other favorite tomatoes are Curtis Cheek and all of Fred Hempel's tomatoes. He bred the Bumblebee series; I love his Pink Tiger and Agi Red tomatoes. True Colors is BEYOND and yeah, Aunt Ruby's German Green is so dang good.
Pink tiger sounds interesting! My tomato wish list keeps growing, but my budget doesn't. I will have to give that one a try in 2023. Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment! Happy gardening!
According to Wikipedia there are two different types of mortgage lifters both are from West Virginia. One is from Byles (aka hot rod Charlie) and the other is from William Estler.
Really!?! I didn't know that. I don't think I have ever seen the seeds sold as one strain or the other. I will pay more attention now when ordering seeds! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I like this type of video so thank you for sharing. One bit of advice, when you are holding things up to the camera don’t get it too close because it doesn’t focus well and we can’t see how beautiful those tomatoes are.
The Blue Cream Berries that I grew were yellow with dark shoulders. I don’t think they are ripe when the are still green. That’s probably why they’re sour. Mine were super sweet.
I do agree that the tomatoes I picked for the video were a little under ripe. I had a really hard time with them cracking. As soon as they would ripen all the way they would crack. I will probably have a million volunteer tomato plants where that one was planted come spring. Lol Maybe I would like that variety better if I lived in a drier climate. Thanks for watching! Happy gardening!
There are a lot of people who only grow red tomatoes. I am with you though, the garden would be boring without a rainbow of tomatoes😆. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 love all the Cherokee, purple, chocolate green, not the most prolific. Green giant is super prolific for me, tastes so good. Cherokee green on a BLT rocks.
a bit more light in your porch studio makes a difference Using salt says the tomato is not fantastic, if it needs more flavor enhancement. many really do sadly.
Your Black Krims are beautiful! What did you use to fertilize them? I grow them but I don't think mine have ever been that big! Maybe a couple of them but not so many at once.
I think I used espoma gardentone and homemade compost that year. My production always depends on the year though. Last year (22 season) we had so much rain and humidity that my tomatoes struggled. The 2021 season was probably the best tomato year I have ever had. Black krim has always been more productive for me than the other dark slicer tomatoes I've tried. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 Thank you for responding back. Hopefully this year will be better weatherwise. I'm in Northeast Missouri, and last year was just horrible!
Mortgage Lifter tomatoes come in several variations with different names attached to them so the one you have there is very likely a different one than the one you had before..
Loved your review. Juliet is one of my favorites and a must grow. It always keeps going until frost long after all the others have given in to my Georgia heat and humidity. you save seeds the way I do. I learned it from my grandmother who saved hers on muslin bundled up and stored in her cupboard after drying.
You grew all of those tomatoes just fine. I see no user errors. Also you describe flavors very well. Next time you might add info on the thickness of the skins. I’m going to assume you had none that were that objectionable as you didn’t mention it. Thank you for doing this.
Paul Robeson is one of if not my favorite or Black krim or Black Brandywine or Charokee purple for slicers and Sungold or Isis candy for cherry. As you had mentioned I like most tomatoes just some more than others I have tried about 30 varieties but adding 10 more new varieties this coming season.
I love the dark tomatoes! I am trying a few new varieties this year too. One that I am really looking forward to is Ananas Noire "black pineapple". Thanks for watching and commenting! Happy gardening!
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 that's one of the ones I'm trying this year along with Virginia sweets I heard about it on Mark's garden life UA-cam channel I don't know where you found out about it but it's supposed to be his favorite tomato.
The specks on your Paul Robeson's could be a bacterial tomato disease. Bacterial diseases tend to create those kind of patterns on the fruit. Safe to eat, but don't save their seeds - bacterial diseases can be passed on through seeds.
Thanks for commenting. I will get rid of the seeds I saved from that variety. I still have some seeds left that I purchased last year. Hopefully I will have better luck with it next year.
I second that. Calling it goop reminds me too much of a Friends episode. Where Chandler is constantly referring to mascara goop in the corners of his girlfriends eyes. 😝lol Outside of that this is one of the best tomato tasting description videos I’ve seen.
Everyone always talks shit about store tomatoes and although I agree they aren’t as good as garden fresh ones…they aren’t awful or bad like they’re made out to be. They’re just bland…
They’re not only nasty tasting, the texture is mealy. I only buy cherry tomatoes from a grocery store. I’ll quote Jess and she says they taste like disappointment.
My favorite cherry tomato from that year was black cherry. My favorite large tomatoes from that year were black krim and aunt ruby's german green. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I love watching Tomato Taste Tests. Thanks for sharing these varieties. Many I grow and want to grown. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thanks so much for watching! I would love to know your favorite varieties. Happy gardening!
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 They are beautiful
@@wisdomandlove1661 Thanks! I will be planting some new beautiful varieties this season.
I totally agree with your top 2 tomatoes! I still remember the first time I ate a Black Krim... the best tomato I ever had. And then I grew Aunt Ruby's German Green Giant for the first time last year, and absolutely fell in love with it. One of my top 3 without a doubt! Amazing flavour, and also keeps producing big tomatoes all the way up the vine. I strongly suggest you try my other favourite (I can't pick between my top 3!), which is Brandywine Sudduth's strain. It's an old variety with a classic tomato taste, but it's flavour and texture is just PERFECT. It's heavenly.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will definatly try that Brandywine next year. Seems like we have the same taste in tomatoes! Thanks for watching! Happy gardening!
Grew Sudduth strain of the brandywine last year. My favorite of 15 different varieties for flavor and texture. It had large beautiful tomatoes. Trying Aunt Ruby's German green this year, glad to hear it's good.
@@anitamurphy2454 I can't wait to try the Brandywine Sudduth this year! It is at the top of my list this year since it comes so highly recommended. I also want to try Ananas Noir (black pineapple) this year too. Have you ever grown that one?
Green giant!
I just googled the green giant tomato. The description sounds amazing. I will have to put that one on my list for next year.
Thanks for the review! I love a good tomato taste test video. ❤
You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I like the juicy (goop filled) tomatoes. I use them more for sandwich slicers than cooking and the more liquid the better.
I usually like the meatier varieties but right now in the dead of winter I would eat any homegrown tomato I could get my hands on. Lol I really miss tomatoes in the off season. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Midnight Snack last season was the favorite in our circle
Hillbilly is delicious but I have to much failure but delicious and inside the most beautiful tomato little fruit taste.
Black krim is great and early and very productive and believe as I age will be last tomato variety I ever raise.
Black Brandywine is favorite favor 🙌
My worst of 25 was Black Beauty
I have never tried Black Brandywine. I tried the Suddeth Strain last year and it was pretty good. Thanks for commenting!
Good reviews! I know tomatoes taste great when paired with salt but always try to taste a tomato first without salt. To judge be able to judge the sweetness and tartness properly. And also, most of the sweetness / tartness in a tomato actually comes from the goop / slime.
100% agreed.
Are you binge watching tomato videos too ? I am starting my seeds indoors in a couple of weeks and am trying some new ones as I do every year , I am so excited for the upcoming growing season.
@@maxinemcclurd1288 YES! Look for the Tomato Tasting series from Mark’s Garden Life. GREAT CHANNEL! I pray God blesses your garden this year with abundant, delicious harvests! 🙏🏼
Thanks for your tomato taste test! Hillbilly was my gateway mater to bi-color tomatoes, one of my favorites. I think I am doing 15 orange bi-colors and maybe 5 green bi-colors this coming season? My other favorite tomatoes are Curtis Cheek and all of Fred Hempel's tomatoes. He bred the Bumblebee series; I love his Pink Tiger and Agi Red tomatoes. True Colors is BEYOND and yeah, Aunt Ruby's German Green is so dang good.
Pink tiger sounds interesting! My tomato wish list keeps growing, but my budget doesn't. I will have to give that one a try in 2023. Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment! Happy gardening!
According to Wikipedia there are two different types of mortgage lifters both are from West Virginia. One is from Byles (aka hot rod Charlie) and the other is from William Estler.
Really!?! I didn't know that. I don't think I have ever seen the seeds sold as one strain or the other. I will pay more attention now when ordering seeds! Thanks for watching and commenting!
By the way your 3 favorite are 3 of my favorites and I grow them every year. You should try black pineapple if you haven't already.
@@seanmorgan2678 I am growing that one this year! Also trying Thorburns Terra Cotta and Chef's Choice Black this year too for the first time.
That's awesome! I'm also trying the Thornburns Terra Cotta this year. Hope it's as good as people are saying!
I like this type of video so thank you for sharing. One bit of advice, when you are holding things up to the camera don’t get it too close because it doesn’t focus well and we can’t see how beautiful those tomatoes are.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I will try to be more mindful of things being out of focus. Happy gardening!
The Blue Cream Berries that I grew were yellow with dark shoulders. I don’t think they are ripe when the are still green. That’s probably why they’re sour. Mine were super sweet.
I do agree that the tomatoes I picked for the video were a little under ripe. I had a really hard time with them cracking. As soon as they would ripen all the way they would crack. I will probably have a million volunteer tomato plants where that one was planted come spring. Lol Maybe I would like that variety better if I lived in a drier climate. Thanks for watching! Happy gardening!
My husband said tomatoes are not supposed to be psychedelic, but that's boring.
There are a lot of people who only grow red tomatoes. I am with you though, the garden would be boring without a rainbow of tomatoes😆. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I love green tomatoes, green giant, spear's Tennessee green, malachite box, Cherokee green,ARGG are my favorites.
I am trying Cherokee Green this year. Super excited about it!
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 love all the Cherokee, purple, chocolate green, not the most prolific. Green giant is super prolific for me, tastes so good. Cherokee green on a BLT rocks.
Dang. I might have to try Green Giant too. Wish I had a bigger garden!😆
Love Paul Robeson, grow it again.
I did end up growing Paul Robeson again last year and it did pretty well. Glad I gave it another chance.
a bit more light in your porch studio makes a difference Using salt says the tomato is not fantastic, if it needs more flavor enhancement. many really do sadly.
Your Black Krims are beautiful! What did you use to fertilize them? I grow them but I don't think mine have ever been that big! Maybe a couple of them but not so many at once.
I think I used espoma gardentone and homemade compost that year. My production always depends on the year though. Last year (22 season) we had so much rain and humidity that my tomatoes struggled. The 2021 season was probably the best tomato year I have ever had. Black krim has always been more productive for me than the other dark slicer tomatoes I've tried. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 Thank you for responding back. Hopefully this year will be better weatherwise. I'm in Northeast Missouri, and last year was just horrible!
Hopefully the weather cooperates this year and we both have an awesome tomato year!☺
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 Thanks!
Mortgage Lifter tomatoes come in several variations with different names attached to them so the one you have there is very likely a different one than the one you had before..
Dang. I wish I could remember what variety I ordered the first time. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Radiator Charlie is a common one.
I will have to try that one. I really wish I would have saved seeds from the one I grew the first time.
This is a great video and very easy to watch!! Thank you!!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the nice comment.
I heard that the cream cherry tomatoes have a thin skin. I tried the blueberry ones but hated the thick skin on them.
Loved your review. Juliet is one of my favorites and a must grow. It always keeps going until frost long after all the others have given in to my Georgia heat and humidity. you save seeds the way I do. I learned it from my grandmother who saved hers on muslin bundled up and stored in her cupboard after drying.
Juliet is an awesome tomato! What a sweet memory of your Granny. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy gardening!
You grew all of those tomatoes just fine. I see no user errors. Also you describe flavors very well. Next time you might add info on the thickness of the skins. I’m going to assume you had none that were that objectionable as you didn’t mention it. Thank you for doing this.
I remembered a word for the Black Krispy type ones. Umami.
Paul Robeson is one of if not my favorite or Black krim or Black Brandywine or Charokee purple for slicers and Sungold or Isis candy for cherry. As you had mentioned I like most tomatoes just some more than others I have tried about 30 varieties but adding 10 more new varieties this coming season.
I love the dark tomatoes! I am trying a few new varieties this year too. One that I am really looking forward to is Ananas Noire "black pineapple". Thanks for watching and commenting! Happy gardening!
@@thewilsonhomestead7679 that's one of the ones I'm trying this year along with Virginia sweets I heard about it on Mark's garden life UA-cam channel I don't know where you found out about it but it's supposed to be his favorite tomato.
Finally a tomato person that likes the type I prefer 😊
Glad we are on the same page 😆😆😆! Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy gardening!
The specks on your Paul Robeson's could be a bacterial tomato disease. Bacterial diseases tend to create those kind of patterns on the fruit. Safe to eat, but don't save their seeds - bacterial diseases can be passed on through seeds.
Thanks for commenting. I will get rid of the seeds I saved from that variety. I still have some seeds left that I purchased last year. Hopefully I will have better luck with it next year.
You shouldn’t feed wild animals. But I love your video!
You should try chocolate cherry tomatoes I think you would like it
Cracked tomatoes are still perfectly good to eat, please don't throw them out in the future! At worst, you can cook or dry them.
Yes! Cracked cherries are great for a quick, fresh tomato sauce.
add worst they rot quicker but that's it
Please call it gel, not goop. Otherwise, we agree on most of your top choices. Big fan of Hillbilly tomato leaf.
😆😆😆 but goop is more fun to say
I second that. Calling it goop reminds me too much of a Friends episode. Where Chandler is constantly referring to mascara goop in the corners of his girlfriends eyes. 😝lol Outside of that this is one of the best tomato tasting description videos I’ve seen.
Everyone always talks shit about store tomatoes and although I agree they aren’t as good as garden fresh ones…they aren’t awful or bad like they’re made out to be. They’re just bland…
Oh yes they are .
@@kenmorley2339 oh no they’re not…see where these answers don’t get anywhere? A better, more thought out opinion would be appreciated…
They’re not only nasty tasting, the texture is mealy. I only buy cherry tomatoes from a grocery store. I’ll quote Jess and she says they taste like disappointment.
@@VickiTakacs. · I stopped buying even cherry tomatoes: - The quality went down significantly from what they tasted a couple of years ago.
I’m sorry, but I did not catch your favourite. Which one did you like best?
My favorite cherry tomato from that year was black cherry. My favorite large tomatoes from that year were black krim and aunt ruby's german green. Thanks for watching and commenting!