When I helped my In-Laws with their Farm Market and growing for local restaurants, Big John always grew ‘Celebrity.’
They are a great tomato. Don’t crack, look nice, good slicer, tasty and travel well. :)
We also had ‘Heritage’ Raspberries which were HUGE sellers, but a PITA to pick. Ever pick Raspberries for 8 hours a day, Sunday through Friday night? Aarrgghh!
Very LUCRATIVE, though - selling $3K worth on a Saturday was the norm...and still better than picking strawberries for a living! ;)
Do I miss those days? Nope! :)
You might check out Baker Creek seed for some of your tomato seeds. That’s where I get mine. Hundreds of different heirloom varieties.
Because I get so many tomatoes from friends and neighbors I stopped planting them a few years ago.
One time, I decided to grow one of he biggest tomatoes, so I went and bought the tomato bush, carefully planted it, and took good care of it.
When it bloomed, it was all cherry tomatoes, as someone had put that bush in with the giant tomato bushes, and changed the label.
My son was happy, since he uses home grown cherry tomatoes for salads. -Tom
Well... gotta say this somewhere!
Gave some ‘Beefsteak’ tomato plants to a neighbor a cfew years ago.
She gets ‘true’ volounteers every year.
And I get some of the crop: just terrific!
Lot of Beefsteaks are labelled without regard to fact IMO.
So share with your neighbors everyone.
You don’t even have to tend a crop to get results LOL!
(Seriously, I do get some of the volounteers and plant them. So great to be able to rely on a variety.)