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Post by paulf on Jan 22, 2019 12:26:07 GMT -5
We are looking for a recommendation for a salad sized tomato for my wife. I grow tomatoes but don't pay much attention to small ones. Last year we had a misnamed variety that was excellent but all those seeds got planted. She likes smaller than beefsteak but larger than cherry, so maybe around two ounces. It can be red or pink and needs to be on the sweet side. I grow mostly heirloom/OPs but a stray hybrid might be acceptable. Any suggestions?
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Post by carolyn on Jan 22, 2019 13:15:11 GMT -5
4th of July from Burpees is an excellent small tomato. larger than a cherry smaller than a cluster tomato from the store. I would guess it at 2 to 3 oz generally for me. it will produce a boatload of tomatoes though. You will need only one plant I am guessing, but plant two just incase something happens to one of them. the other I like is also from burpees but maybe a hair smaller is a Honey Delight it is a yellow lg cherry from Burpees also. excellent, too. or maybe one of each of these.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 22, 2019 14:02:48 GMT -5
I have just the thing that suits both of your tastes. Kiss The Sky. It's super sweet, dark, and produces tomatoes that tend to be saladette sized. I will look and see if I have seeds that I can send you.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 22, 2019 15:16:28 GMT -5
Those tiger tomatoes, in the Artisan group, are some of my favorites. About 2" x 1", and they come in green, pink, and orange/red, all striped. Incredible production, and the appearance makes them really good for salad tomatoes.
Those Black Vernissage tomatoes I got free from Baker's a couple years ago were really good, productive, and about 2 oz each. Only drawback was the splitting, but that was later in the season, when it rained almost constantly. I was thinking of doing those again this year, if I needed something smaller.
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 23, 2019 9:08:02 GMT -5
Everyone I know who likes the sweet ones loves the Sun Sugar but they are a hybrid and also yellow (actually a deep orange like yellow)
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Post by carolyn on Jan 23, 2019 9:28:45 GMT -5
tiger tomatoes, in the Artisan group
Sun Sugar
these are both cherry sized tomatoes not saladettes. both are excellent bit still cherry sized.
Kiss the sky I have never heard of but they are beautiful. Is this yours or an available seed. I want to try them, too.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 23, 2019 9:49:51 GMT -5
I love SunSugar and it is ridiculously productive. Blush is also really tasty, but not nearly as productive for me since it doesn't stand up to foliage diseases nearly as well. But both both are cherry/grape sized tomatoes, so I didn't suggest them earlier.
Sweet Carneros Pink is a very good small "salad-sized" tomato. Fruits are round, 2-4 oz, deep pink with yellow stripes, and are very tasty - sweet with a slight tang. Ind, RL, a vigorous grower, very prolific, crack-resistant. Like most tomatoes, it doesn't set well in very hot conditions, and it doesn't have any special resistance to foliage diseases, which means it has a short season in FL. But if you don't have a lot of trouble with foliage diseases, it's worth considering.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 23, 2019 12:09:41 GMT -5
tiger tomatoes, in the Artisan group Sun Sugar these are both cherry sized tomatoes not saladettes. both are excellent bit still cherry sized. Kiss the sky I have never heard of but they are beautiful. Is this yours or an available seed. I want to try them, too. I got them from Bunny Hop Seeds, but I see she doesn't have them listed this year. Secret Seed Cartel has them though. I'll look for them today and see how many seeds I have. Hopefully enough to share!
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 23, 2019 13:13:45 GMT -5
these are both cherry sized tomatoes not saladettes. What is the difference? Are saladettes bigger than cherry?
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 23, 2019 13:17:24 GMT -5
these are both cherry sized tomatoes not saladettes. What is the difference? Are saladettes bigger than cherry? Saladette tomatoes tend to run golf-ball sized. Cherry tomatoes you can pop in your mouth like a grape or cherry. Saladette's take a bite or two.
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 23, 2019 13:18:14 GMT -5
Thanks ladymarmalade, I never knew that. I guess that I have never grown them either.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 23, 2019 13:19:03 GMT -5
I found my seeds. I have four small packets of seed I can share, so I'm sending PM's to paulf and carolyn. I have two remaining packets of Kiss The Sky that I would love to send to someone to grow! I'll be growing it again this year to refresh my supply as well. ETA: I have one packet left that would love a new home!
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Post by tomato on Jan 24, 2019 17:07:49 GMT -5
Saladette is actually the name of a tomato as is Saladmaster. You can guess the size fruit they produce. The easiest way to get a salad size tomato is to cross a cherry tomato to a large beefsteak. There are a few varieties worth chasing down for salad use:
Riesentraube - small, nippled, excellent flavor just right in a salad Porter - An older pink tomato that is low in sugar but works well with strong flavored salad dressings Maglia Rosa - Elongated good flavor, works well if cut into 2 or 3 pieces in a salad Blush - Similar to Maglia Rosa in many ways, but a different flavor and color Bloody Butcher - Technically a very early tomato, but the fruit size is right for salads Pink Ping Pong - Makes a very good salad tomato and has extended harvest Kimberly is similar to Stupice but works better in northern climates Matina - similar to Kimberly and Stupice but slightly better flavor Jaune Flammee - have to cut this one up, but it has an excellent tart flavor complimentary to most salads
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Post by paulf on Jan 24, 2019 17:43:36 GMT -5
Thanks Darrel and everybody else. That helps.
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Post by paquebot on Jan 24, 2019 21:41:59 GMT -5
As DJ stated, saladettte size is not cherry. I call them "two-bite" size. Using that as criteria, there are a lot of them in the 1 to 1½-ounce. I've grown many in that range and none really stand out. They all need some dressing in the salad rather than stand alone. One that I did like in recent years was Brandywine Cherry. Too big for a real cherry type but one of the better-tasting of its size.
For best taste, I'd stay away from any with blue in its lineage. Grown a lot of them and none have impressed me yet.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jan 24, 2019 23:51:40 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Jan 28, 2019 12:17:48 GMT -5
Rutgers, or Long keeper.
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