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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1813929" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>I have always for years raised they hybrids Early Girl and Better Boy. Disease resitance, heavy production and great flavor. I always snubbed hairlooms because of all the yuppies raving about them on the internet. Because I am not paying $4+ a plant this year I tried a variety of 'hairlooms", started in the house in February I grew from seed I bought on amazon. Cherokee Purple-- small horribly deformed tomatos that had a sweetish/bland flavor where the first to produce in late July (Early Girl is makin maters in early June) I also tried the Great White hairloom. They are supposed to be green tomatos but just now starting to get ripe they are red tomatos Also tried Lemon Boy. They are not yellow and round at all, they are red plum tomatos of some sort with a crappy flavor. I also tried a Polish hairloomthat has yet to produce. The Early Girls I grew from seed this year have yet to ripen a single tomato-- My fault because Early Girls are a hybrid therefor can not be grown from seed. The only good flavored variety that is just now starting toproduce is Siltz, a tomato grown by University of Oregon Agriculture especially for growing in Oregon.</p><p></p><p>Learned my lesson. Next year, I am gladly paying $4 a plant for Early Girl plant produced by Bonnie Bell and sold by walmart. Root the hybrid suckers and two crops a year can be obtained forever</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1813929, member: 42782"] I have always for years raised they hybrids Early Girl and Better Boy. Disease resitance, heavy production and great flavor. I always snubbed hairlooms because of all the yuppies raving about them on the internet. Because I am not paying $4+ a plant this year I tried a variety of 'hairlooms", started in the house in February I grew from seed I bought on amazon. Cherokee Purple-- small horribly deformed tomatos that had a sweetish/bland flavor where the first to produce in late July (Early Girl is makin maters in early June) I also tried the Great White hairloom. They are supposed to be green tomatos but just now starting to get ripe they are red tomatos Also tried Lemon Boy. They are not yellow and round at all, they are red plum tomatos of some sort with a crappy flavor. I also tried a Polish hairloomthat has yet to produce. The Early Girls I grew from seed this year have yet to ripen a single tomato-- My fault because Early Girls are a hybrid therefor can not be grown from seed. The only good flavored variety that is just now starting toproduce is Siltz, a tomato grown by University of Oregon Agriculture especially for growing in Oregon. Learned my lesson. Next year, I am gladly paying $4 a plant for Early Girl plant produced by Bonnie Bell and sold by walmart. Root the hybrid suckers and two crops a year can be obtained forever [/QUOTE]
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