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Originally Posted by redforever
I will agree that Early Girl or Ultra Girl don't have that real heirloom taste. But if you are looking for an early variety, then you dont get that same taste. The longer tomatoes are on the vine and the longer they are exposed to sunlight, the more deep and authentic the taste of the tomato. So in Calgary, to get tomatoes to grow and ripen on the vine, we end up choosing varieties that have a short growing season.....which compromises taste to a certain extent.
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Yeah, I know. But there's always hope
There's a zillion varieties out there; I'll find something I like
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I have found that Celebrity, Champion and most of the varieties that end with Boy are pretty good for taste. They mature around 8 to 12 days later than Early Girl.
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Yeah, I've grown a lot of those varieties very successfully as well. I've grown Better Boy especially for a number of years.
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The picture I am posting was taken 2 years ago, I forget which it was, but was one of Big Boy, Better Boy or Ultra boy. That variety of tomato grows quite large so I usually dont put that tomato on my tomato wagon. I have a sheltered corner on my garage pad, up against the deck where there is wind protection as well. It bears a lot of fruit, has a fairly large sized fruit and has a very good taste.
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I'll see if I can take a picture of Sungold this year. Last year, it was 12 feet long.
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Not sure if you can notice, but I planted a Tumbler tomato in the front and it is hanging down with some fruit on it. I think I took the picture sometime around the end of June or early July as I don't see any ripe fruit yet and Tumbler do ripen very quickly.
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Yeah, I start some Tumblers in February. They already have fruit on them right now.