IIRC, Rutgers tomatoes were developed with the thick skin to resist cracking / splitting. I concur that their taste is just “so-so”.
I can’t figure out these Golden Jubilees from Menards. Their fruit size is no larger than my right-beside-them Cherry Tomato plants’ (which fruits are actually running slightly larger than expected.) Taste, etc., of the Golden Jubilees is good, but the biggest was maybe 1-1/4” diameter. Last year’s gave me nice 3” fruits regularly. These are redder than last year’s GJ’s, but not “red”.
Yeah I also didn’t realize they were thee commercial variety back in the day for sauce/soup companies. The thick skins don’t matter for a paste tomato and probably helped with shipping and keeping qualities.
All I know is I consider Menard’s the same way I think of Walmart and the Dollar Store. Not great quality. Were they brand name seeds or something only found at Menard’s?