The best TASTING tomato that I have EVER grown is the ‘Grandma’s Pick.’
Followed by, ‘Chef’s Choice Orange’ and then the ‘Cherokee Purple.’ :)
Noted. What I thought were mislabeled Golden Jubilees, last year, would top my list, but then I’ve not tried Grandma’s Pick or Chef’s Choice Orange. I tried Cherokee Purples one year, but made the mistake of trying to let them ripen until all the “greenish” near the stem was gone.
Apparently, the CCO’s are a hybrid of heirloom Amana Orange toms crossed with something for faster maturity. Do you know what the 2nd half of the cross was? I didn’t find it in a quick search.
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My Golden Jubilee fruits (I think) on plants from seeds from last year’s fruits continue to grow and are still green: Now they are much bigger than the fruits from the Bonnies Golden Jubilee plants I bought this year. The latter still match up with my Cherry Falls: Color, taste, size, and interior structure. I took these latter 4 supposedly Golden Jubilee plants right from the 4” pots to into the ground, and used the original labels, doing no other tomato planting that day, so it sure looks like Bonnies made a mistake.
The real mystery is my super-vigorous solitary volunteer-from-the-chicken-guano/bedding. The fruits are still green and growing. If these turn out tasting good, I’m definitely saving some seeds. I suppose there is a slight chance it came up from last year’s “Golden Jubilees” (scraps fed to the birdies).