This year, after reading numerous recommendations, I decided to give Kellogg's a try. So far, it's given a good yield and the tomatoes are as tasty as they are meaty - they're a great size to boot.

Long story short (I know, too late), while Kellogg's Breakfast has been a great tomato, I've heard that KBX is even better in terms of production and general vigor - and now that I know it's good I'd like to see if I can get a little better yield of them.

I did some searches, but I can't seem to find much in the way of personal experiences of people who've grown both. I still have seed of Kellogg's Breakfast, so I'll plant those again next year, but I've been considering planting it side-by-side with KBX for comparison.

Does anyone here have experience with growing both? Do you still grow both or have you settled on one?

You can find the history at Tania's tomato data base.

It's one of the varieties where it seems pretty clear to me that a ***single*** spontaneous mutation caused a change in the leaf form from RL to PL.Probably most PL versions of RL's have arisen with more than one gene mutation, meaning more than one gene involved so that you can't easily say that the RL and PL versions of the same variety are exactly the same.

And I put forward the three following varieties as an example of that:

Cherokee Purple is the original, then there's Cherokee Purple Potato Leaf and Spudokee.

I like Indian Stripe very much and was sent seeds for a PL version of that and I couldn't tell the difference between the two except for leaf form/

But for me KB and KBX have been the same with regard to all traits except leaf form.

For me PL varieties seem to have a greater degree of tolerance to the common foliage diseases, so I prefer KBX for that reason only.

I grew Amana Orange as my fave large orange for quite a while until KB appeared and while I do like it my favorite orange is now Orange Minsk which I really love.

I think I answered all your questions based on my experience but if I didn't please remind me as to what I didn't answer. ( smile)

Carolyn

I have mixed results with PL plants, in general (don't know why exactly) RL plants seem to do better for me; It could be purely luck, but it just seems that way. That said, I still want to give KBX a try, it can't hurt as far as I'm concerned.

I'll also look into adding orange minsk to my trials list.

To be honest, KB is the first non-pink/red OP type that I've really had that excelled in my garden, so I'm just glad I was able to bring a little more color to the table.

It's funny that every place that sells KBX always touts its vigor and productivity; I guess that type of marketing shouldn't surprise me anymore.

Just sayin' that KB and KBX are orange, not yellow, and AGG IS gold, not yellow. LOL

And I love AGG as well and another newer one called Maiden's Gold which is a family heirloom of T. Maiden.

Carolyn