Matina and Jaune Flammee showing tint of not so green in my garden.

If Siletz does well for you you might want to consider growing some of the other tomato varieties that Dr. Baggett bred. link at the bottom.

As far as I know, all of them are parthenocarpic varieties, which means they set fruits in the absence of pollination. But there are also some negatives that can accompany parthenocarpic varieties as well.

They were bred especially for the PNWest since springs can be so cool that pollination is not always successful.

And here's Siletz, from Victory Seeds who is also based in Oregon:

http://www.victoryseeds.com/tomato_siletz.html

Many years ago I grew both his Oregon Spring and Gold Nugget, but I gave up growing really early varieties since I found that where I grew my tomatoes that those that were early mid season varieties tasted much better.

It's all about personal choice and where they are grown and the season in which they are grown and of course, how they taste/

Carolyn

Here is a link that might be useful: Dr. Baggett tomato varieties

Thank you Carolyn.

I am also growing LEGENG, from OSU. That one is not so early.
We shall see.

Linda,

My Matina is way behind. So is Siberian. Stupice is loaded but tiny ones. So is SFT.

I have few other varieties too, like: JBT, Kumato, CP, Pineapple, ML, Beef Steak, Husky Red, another red cherry. I just wanted to get it started with Earlies.

4th of july hybrid has been doing good for me. Picked my first ripe ones last week.

You are not yet growing early varieties, those are just mid-early.

Jagodka is a golf ball size extra early tomato. Sub Arctic Plenty is a medium large fruited tomato that is in the same maturity range as Siletz. Boney-M is the earliest tomato I've grown with mature fruit 38 days from transplant, but it is an ultra dwarf plant that only gets 1 ft tall. Nevskiy Red is another extra early.

Do early tomatoes have taste?

You are not yet growing early varieties, those are just mid-early.

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Thanks for suggestions. But all those in my EARLY list are in early category, with published DTM of 60 and under. But here in this part of PNW, West Central Washington we have some unusual climate, not found anywher else in USA. Just as an example: Our LFD is late March. You would think that is good. But cool weather will drag on. This coming SAT night our low is forecast at 47F. We have seen that happen many times in June. Might even happen in July.

So it is a challenge even to grow early tomatoes here.

About Taste:
I don't know yet. But probably early fruits are not generally very tasty as the one ripened later in the season.

Do early tomatoes have taste?

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it depends on the specific variety, how the plants are grown, what amendments are used, several other variables, but being so called early varieties and the weather being unsettled early in the season,I think that the weather in any one season is close to THE most important variable,especially when it comes to taste..

Carolyn

My Stupice was started from seed on March 16th. It's almost vine ripe now, and will be in the next few days. They taste great IMO. I will post a pic in the next few days and ask if there is anybody in Z5 or colder that has a red tomato in June from a seed planted March 16 or earlier. I will be tempted to try Siletz, but I really like my Stupice and I can usually get a ripe one in June.

I bought my Stupice as a very small seedling ($1.49). After hardening it off, I planted it like early May. Now it has bean size fruits, tons of them. I started the rest of my tomatoes Feb. 27 and few of them earlier. Planted out from April 6 onwards (average April 15).

Red Alert is an early cherry tomato.

one of early ones Little bells.

Gribovsky

Yaponskiy Karlik is under 2 feet.

and we did have our first red tomato, although it is cheating LOL
It is Minibel which I started during the winter as indoor plant, it is super dwarf one

Seysonn, of the early varieties I've grown, Bloody Butcher has the best overall flavor and is the most adaptable. Matina is a nice early PL variety that is a bit sweeter than Stupice and Stupice is a bit more productive for me than Matina. Kimberly is a decent early tomato. Given my choice, I would grow Bloody Butcher because it is a bit larger fruit than the others yet still ripens very good flavored tomatoes in about 55 to 60 days.

For your area, I would suggest getting Betimes Macbeth from Tom Wagner. It is somewhat susceptible to septoria, but produces a very early crop of tomatoes. It originated in your area, he grows it about 10 miles south of the Canada border.

We had a ripe Sungold Cherry yesterday! Surprised that was the first one and that it's only June. It's a small plant with few tomatoes on it so far, having planted late.

Prairiemoon , ... That is nice even to have a single in june.

Fusion -power,

I have most of the early ones you mentioned, except Kimberly and Betimes Macbeth.
My Stupice and Bloody Butcher are coming along nicely but I am disappointed about Matina so far. Maybe if will comeback from behind. So far my winner is Siletz, specially developed for our PNW weather by OSU. Sun Gold has also near full size fruits but no color break yet.

OK folks. We are technically in the first week of summer and at least have 3 more months to go. Maybe 4 depending where you are. Other than early ones I also have MID and Late varieties like: Legend, Kumato, JBT, Mortgage Lifter, Pineapple, Green zebra, Cherokee purple, and few other. The all have some small fruits too. So a lot remains to be seen.

Good luck to all !

I hope this helps...

Here is a little archive of photos that I saved from last years planting of the "4th of July tomato" of 2013 for the first tomato. I got the seeds from amazon, and they came in a ziplock bag just stating "4th of July" but no Burpee package.

I posted a link below when I first planted it. I think the date was May 16th according to my youtube video.

Here is a link that might be useful: When I planted the 4th along with Ramapo LInk

Somehow this thread got forgotten. So, I know what happened later in the season in my garden:

1) Siletz was the star performer, in earliness, size and continued production.

2) Bloody butcher was also early but it was a poor performer.
3) Matina came from behind and kept on producing consistently.
4) Stupice failed. Not only it was not early but also a mediocre performer with small inconsistent size fruits.
4) I also had Silvery Fir Tree. I liked its foliage. It did just one flush. Early ones were good size but a lot of cat faces. Nothing to write home about.

ZAP: Stupice definitely is banned from my garden. Bloody Butcher is 50/50.

I will plant just one SFT in pot. I just like its foliage.
Winners in early category: Siletz and Matina.