...so many good ones out there... not sure where to start :)

Coustralee
Purple Brandy (a.k.a. Marizol Bratka)
Red Penna (very good but very low productivity for me)
Aventuniai (super productive)
1884 Purple (not the same as '1884')
Caspian Pink
Gillogly Pink
Gogosha
Heatherington Pink
Kartofelnyi Malinovyi (yummm!)
Neves Azorean Red
Nicholaevna Pink
Tennessee Britches

Cheers,
Tania

Giant Belgium
Brandy Boy
Supersteak
Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
any Brandywine variety
Pink Ponderosa
Olena Ukrainian (excellent!!)
German Johnson (the PL variety)

Just to name a few. ;)

Dave

ooops, how could I forget?

Dr. Neal and Dr. Lyle are also great.
And I'll second Olena Ukrainian.

Tania

I've tried several, but think Marianna's Peace is the best so far.

cat2, I don't think you're going to get much consensus here b'c we all have our favorites and with thousands of varieties available, it shouldn't surprising to see such different lists.

But I will name some of my favorites:

Omes that I introduced I'll star

Reds

*Neves Azorean Red
Chapman
Red Penna
*OTV Brandywine ( with Craig LeHoullier)
Russian Bogatyr
*Milka's Red Bulgarian
Aker's West Virginia
Rostova, aka Sunset Red Horizon
Cuostralee
Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red ( not jumbo)

.......for starters

Pinks:

*Large Pink Bulgarian
*Omar's Lebanese
Tidwell German
*Olena Ukrainian
Brandywine ( Sudduth/Quisenberry)
*Soldacki
Tennessee Britches
Dr. Lyle
Dr. Neal
*Crnkovic Yuglslavian
Aunt Ginny's Purple
*Lithuanian
*Sandul Moldovan

....for starters

Carolyn, who has no doubt forgotten some faves as well. ( smile)

I second Omars Lebanese - but I wouldn't say its *a bit of acid/strong flavor*. I find it to be perfectly balanced... not considered IMO sweet though either... Huh. :)

But it grows whoopers without ANY effort.

I'll second these pinks- Soldacki, Crinkovic Yugo. and Aunt Ginny's Purple. Allthough non of mine got beefsteak size because of my watering regimen, boy are they good.

Damon

I'll second these:

From Carolyn's list: Aunt Ginny's Purple & Sandul Moldovan
these are great on taste but not terribly productive.

I'll also second Brandy Boy which tastes good and is more productive. Since I'm mentioning Hybrids, I always grow a couple of Better Boy because they can be counted on for production and taste very good in a classic garden tomato kind of way.

My 2 favorites in the monster-size category are Kellogg's Breakfast and Pineapple.

I know it has a pointy bottom but German Orange Strawberry would be on that list too (if an oxeheart shape is allowed:)

I'd add Stump of the World to the many yummies posted.

Carla in Sac

cat2, I have never grown Neves Azorean, but I'm curious why contributors didnÂt recommend ÂBig BeefÂ.
YouÂre probably not going to harvest a 16 oz., but youÂre going to be close.
In my growing - the Âtotal yields will make up for individual lack of ounce per fruit.
Available at most seed sources and also there is a dehybridized version if you prefer open pollinated types.

Would you recommend a container larger than 5 gal for these big Toms? 7 or 10..

Thanks,

Al

Anyone know of a supplier that has Stump Of The World in stock, I would like a few seed to try this one and cant seem to find any supplier that is not out of it, also Indian Stripe. Thanks

White Wonder...not acidic, no real tomato flavor. Will not grow again. Lol

This year I'm actually growing a few good varieties. Can't say how good they are yet cause they haven't set any fruit yet. In fact, they've only set their first true leaves. Looking good so far, I can't wait to make tomato sandwiches...

jigsaw... try www.dianeseeds.com for Stump of the World seeds.

For simmran1,

Bingster who frequently grow quite a lot of tomatoes has decided to grow just Big Beef and Parks Whopper and his reasoning was "I found that the Big Beef and Whopper give me excellent production and nice big tomatoes." "I tried a lot of different varieties last year...lots of heirlooms ...and was really disappointed with the production I got. All my plants were beautiful but on some I got absolutely no tomatoes. Last year I had 30 containers...60 plants. Will do the same this year." So a serious nod to Big Beef in terms of production and I would thing more than acceptable in terms of taste.

Some of Bingsters Tomatoes growing from last year.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bingster

geeboss 7, You got my attention with big beef and whopper. With my small garden last year, my notes list those two as the most out standing. That was NE Co with late, cold spring. Big beef was the first tomato I picked, except for stupice of course.