it's kind of funny in a way b'c in my current seed offer elsewhere I'm offering Indian Stripe Heart and in the Spring I was told about the Cherokee Purple Heart one.

Cherokee Purple has gone on to spawn several different colored ones but Indian Stripe, its relative, has not, at least not yet. LOL

I can get back to your list, but not now, just too rushed for time.

Carolyn

If any on your list had to come off, I would remove kelloggs breakfast as it didnt do nearly as well in neighborhood taste tests, plus is much later to ripen than black krim.

Also, if you do want to try something in a container, I would go with Sophie's Choice. I havent grown it personally, but I know someone who did - it was a little nubbin of a plant and seemed to take to the container just fine.

Indian Stripe Heart I'm offering new in this seed offer and don't think I SSE listed it b;c of so few seeds and I won't be sending seeds out for it to the owners of seed sites where I know them well and trust them, for another month or so. So no,no commercial source although there ar fe several seed site owners who are participating in my current seed offer and I can then skip them, b'c I have very few seeds. Last year I offered an Indian Stripe PL.

I'm also offering an Orange Minsk Heart, which is also a blunt heart.

I've been blessed with many versions of original varieties by many folks,and right now I can't tell you how many brand new ones have come my way for this season.You know that I'm dependent on othes for seed production and Craig in Raleigh raises all my plants for me and someone has to take care of them and all the gardening here at home.

I've grown most on your list but just don't have time to comment on them right now. Maybe when things get a bit more quiet around here we'll see, but don't wait for me to comment. LOL

Carolyn

I meant to get back to this thread and comment on some other varieties, but things got really hectic around here. I did indeed intend high praise for Stump of the World; it is my all-time favorite tomato. However, I like pretty much all of the tomatoes on your list that I have tried. If you like strong, "acidic" flavor, I'd recommend replacing Sophie's Choice with Silvery Fir Tree. Sophie's Choice is good, but for me has always been on the mild side.(Sorry; I realize the last thing you want is a recommendation for yet another tomato, especially one you don't have seeds for). I would drop all paste tomatoes from the list; IMHO, German Red Strawberry (and most other hearts) are great for paste, and taste way, way better. Marianna's Peace also has always been a bit on the mild side for me.

My Brandywine curse has generally not been weather-related. One year (long ago) I ordered plants from a well-known nursery. I later got a letter from them apologizing and saying that the plants they had sent out were not Brandywine (they also refunded my money and sent a gift certificate, so I have no complaints there, just disappointment). One year, all my plants died from disease before I got any tomatoes. Something has gone wrong every time I've tried to grow them. I finally gave up.

Your list, IMO, is a very good one. I don't think you can go wrong, no matter which ones you pick. Good luck!

Paula

I agree with Paula that you have a very nice list. Taste is always so subjective, so I tend not to give recommendations based on it. I've had many a tomato that others rave over that I found was average to me. Growing conditions can affect flavor a great deal. I've had tomatoes that I wouldn't have grown again, except that I grew them before and they were very good to excellent in previous years. I try to give all my tomatoes a second (& sometimes third) chance if they are marginal the first year(s) I grow them.

I've grown several of the ones on your list, and some of them last year. But we had a cold rotten spring that went straight to the upper 90s range, so what I got from my garden were mostly cherries and small early season tomatoes. So bear in mind, "Your mileage may vary."

Wes - Most around one pound, good flavor, later in season so had many green at frost.
Kosovo - Very good flavor, about half pound or larger heart, few seeds.
Kelloggs Breakfast - I've grown this one several times since the early 2000s and if I get ripe fruit (it's kinda late season), it never disappoints.
Brandywine Sudduth - another rather late season one that has fallen to early frosts, but what we got was delicious!
Anna Russian - Very good flavor, if you aren't comfortable with tomatoes that can crack, be prepared to have very consistent moisture, or give it a pass, but if you can get past that, it's worth trimming the ugly stuff.
Brandywine, OTV - Outstanding, on my grow again list.
Cherokee Purple - one of the first heirlooms I grew when I came back to gardening after a long hiatus, I was hooked! I see posts lamenting the lack of production, but I have not had that problem.
Black Krim - another one that I grew the first year when I started gardening again. This is a delicious eat-it-in-the-garden and let the juice run down your chin and arms tomato!
Hillbilly - One of my favorite bicolors.
Marianna's Peace - Excellent flavor, as I recall, not as productive as others, but very good.
Pruden's Purple - Very good flavor
Aunt Ruby's German Green - My favorite green when ripe. Didn't really like it until I figured out how to tell when it really was ripe.
Great White - Pretty, but I thought it was kind of bland, but I still grow it because I like to add the pale color to some dishes.
Eva Purple Ball - A good standby, very good flavor, produces well when others struggle. (wish I had grown it last year!)
Anna's Noir - Do you mean Ananas Noire? If so it was outstanding in flavor, one of the largest in my garden in 2010 (last time I grew it) and one of the prettiest sliced tomatoes you will ever see!
German Red Strawberry - Late season, I only had one ripen last time I grew it, tasty, made me wish for more.
Caspian Pink - Very good production, excellent flavor.
Omar's Lebanese - Very good flavor, seems to do better in heat than some others.
Dr. Carolyn - Good flavor and like many cherries it just kept on pumping when larger fruited varieties were struggling.
Orange Russian 117 - another good flavored tomato that I don't get too many ripe ones of because of season length.
Orange Minsk - excellent flavor, and I would not put this one in a container unless it was a big container.
Orange Strawberry - Kinda late season for me, very good flavor, really pretty tomato.
Cherokee Chocolate - Outstanding flavor, good production.
Opalka - very meaty large plum, good fresh eating, few seeds, excellent for canning or sauce.
Black Cherry - we had a lousy gowing season last year, I had 3 plants of Black Cherry last summer and they outproduced all the others added together, good thing they also taste good. My grown son would wander out to the garden and come back with his pockets full of these and snack on them.

I hope that helps.

Betsy

Seeker11, lol, you right the last thing I need right now is another tomato to buy seeds for. :) I will remember it when I do need to reorder my standards, though.

I do like strong acid tomatoes, as well as a few sweet ones for different purposes, but I don't seek out the milder ones. If German Red Strawberry is good for canning and cooking I need to include that one. I tend to get a lot of brandywines and KB late in season when its canning time, and KB is great for taste but both are a little more juicy than would be ideal for canning and I end up with half a jar of tomato water.

In the garden:

Repeats
Brandywine Sudduth
Kellogg's Breakfast
Wes

New to me:
Estler's Mortgage Lifter
German Red Strawberry
Cherokee Purple Heart
Linnie's Oxheart
Fishlake Oxheart

In large pots:
Kosovo
Anna Russian
Orange Minsk

I would love to include Hillbilly, Omar's Lebanese and Box Car Willie, but have limited space. I am not sure if I should substitute one or more of the potted plants for Danko or Donskoi. If you would recommend changing any of these out for others on the list, please give me your opinions. I am going to start planting hopefully tomorrow and do some more next Monday and Tuesday since I am working all weekend. I hope to be finished by then. I really appreciate all the help I have received. Wish I had the time and energy to expand the garden.