Tomato Taste Test 2014

Please post your experiences

If you want to refer back to earlier years we had similar threads:

2013 http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tomato-taste-test-2013.54203/
2012 http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/rate-your-tomato-varieties.46207/
2011 http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tomato-taste-test-again.37163/
2010 http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tomato-taste-test.1748/
2008 http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tomato-variety-taste-test.13239/

 

I will post here soon, just waiting for my outdoor Manx Marvel to ripen.

 

Tried the Gardener's Delight, still don't like it much. Sungold and Rosada are delicious as usual. Others aren't ready yet. They are all in the greenhouse this year as I got so fed up with wilt in Wiltshire (well named county) but most people on the allotments say they always grow outside, and there is no sign of wilt in the plots I have looked at. Something to do with city air, maybe?

 

'Golden Pearl' have excelled themselves again, oh so sweet with a mild flavour and so easy to eat as sweets! I'm disappointed with 'Gardeners Delight' this year, a rather sharp flavour. I've grown them for many years but will give them a miss next year and try something else. I've grown 'Shirley' for the first time and still yet to taste those. I came home today to find a truss had snapped off with a dozen large green toms on it, I'm hoping they'll ripen indoors.

 

I picked an Indigo Rose - black yes but nowhere near ripe. Pithy, green and virtually no juice or seeds. I wonder whether they will ripen enough this year,
Jenny

 

Mine are ripening slowly but surely

Golden sunrise,nice and juicy if a little acidic ,quite a strong flavour..

Tumbling Toms...Sweet...

Gardeners delight...Tasty,juicy and sweet..

Alicante...Perfect in a sandwich...

Looking forward to tasting the Beefmasters,my favorite Beef tomato,never fail to disappoint

 

Tomato taste test crop ripening taste
Sungold 9 9 9 As good as always
Amish Gold 10 9 9 Surprisingly good very sweet
Matina 7 7 8 Best red for flavour
Orange Paruche 9 9 9 very similar to sungold
Vanessa 8 8 3 very poor thick hard walls
Gardeners Delight 5 5 0 Tried seeds from yet another supplier still rubbish
Amish Paste 5 7 6 OK Best cooked

Regds happy growing

 

On taste alone...

'Divine' Lypso F3: 9
Chereola: 8
Mysterious brown cherry of unknown variety: 8
Bloody Butcher: 7
Sungold: insufficently tomatoey for me: 6
Everything else (incl. Indigo Rose) bringing up the rear or too lazy to be ripe yet (outdoors)

 

Omar Lebanese ...I'd give a 9 out of ten I was pleasantly surprise on how tasty and sweet it was,I wasn't expecting it from such a large tomato

 

In my order of preference.
Out of 10 where 10 is the best.
Taste : Yield (Crop) : Earliness (ripening)

Sungold 10 : 8 : 9 Cherry Orange Sweet, tangy, firm - the best all rounder
New Girl 8: 4 : 7 Medium Red Traditional tangy, firm (Mrs JWK's favourite)
Floridity 8 : 7 : 6 Plum Red Tangy, very firm (RHS Taste Test winner - great for cooking)
Golden Pearl 8 : 7 : 7 Small cherry yellow Lots of very small fruit, similar to sungold but not quite as sweet/tangy
Golden Sunrise 7 : 6 : 7 Medium Yellow Soft texture, thin skinned, juicy, distinctive mellow not tangy taste
Black Krim 7 : 3 : 4 Large Black Savoury, meaty – best cooked
Black Cherry 7 : 7 : 6 Cherry Black Savoury, firm, thick skinned
Sungella 7 : 6 : 6 Medium Yellow Medium sweet, thin skinned, a bit watery - not as good as Golden Sunrise
Gardener's Delight 4 : 7 : 6 Cherry Red A bit bland - disappointing compared to past years





All the above grown in a greenhouse.
I'm still waiting for my last variety - outdoor Manx Marvel - to ripen.

 

Interesting John. As you know I grow Golden Pearl and I can't understand why your fruit are so small, mine are all around the size of a 50p piece or larger.

 

hi JWK
I agree with gardeners delight very poor taste, I remember it as being sweet and tangy, I have tried seed from various suppliers but all poor, I will not try them again
rgds Alex

 

Cont.....
Omar lebanese..7-7-9
Chocolate Cherry..9-5-6...tough skin and quite bitter.
Manx Marvel...7-6-8...Not a strong flavour but very Juicy..
Beefmaster...9-9-9...Juicy,sweet ,almost perfect IMO