Favorite GWR Tomato

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Aunt Ruby's German Green, Cherokee Green, or...?

The Gotch

[PlainJane]

Green Bee, Fred Hempel’s fabulously unique GWR cherry.

After that Lime Green Salad and Green Gables.

[Mark_Thompson]

GG babeeeee! Green Giant one of my all time favorites.

[Tormahto]

Ditto on Green Giant. The only green tomato that I really like, as it tastes like a typical pink.

[Yak54]

These are GG from a few years ago.

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[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

These are GG from a few years ago.

Impressive! But even the Reddies in the back?

The Gotch

[Yak54]

These are GG from a few years ago.

Impressive! But even the Reddies in the back?

The Gotch

Those are probably Polish and or SOTW perhaps.

[PNW_D]

Captain Lucky ...... a bi-colour green

[maxjohnson]

Actually Green Giant so far is my favorite tomato overall, particularly of the refreshing flavor, but also my overall success with it. I might give Dwarf Emerald Giant a go, which has Green Giant as one of the parent, though it's a 90 days.

In term of flavor, Copper River has been the best, it gets very sweet. It has a more mahogany blush from bottom up. Unfortunately haven't had much great success with it majority of the time, I think it want more sun and hate the wet. It did better in grow bag with new potting mix compared the several time I grew in the soil. It has a semidwarf growth habit from what I observed.

ARGG was also a good performer, but don't remember much about the taste.

Tbh, growing in zone 6a, a lot of tomatoes regardless of color become a green eating tomato at the end of the season.

[DriftlessRoots]

Do the shoulders on Green Giant get ripe green or are they hard green. This season I declared myself officially over wasteful hard green shoulders.

[Gardadore]

I love Green Giant but it produces too late in the season. I miss out on those falls when we start with travels in Sept. so I have to have some earlier producers like Malachite Box and Green Gables which produce well and are often my first ripe tomatoes. If I can pick MB at just the right level of ripeness it has the most awesome flavor which surpasses even GG. But I don’t hit that magic moment often. The rest of the time it is still amazingly good. This summer both greens were incredibly prolific. MB produced longer than usual but was still the first to be pulled up. No matter what GWR are favorite tomatoes for us.

[Cole_Robbie]

Dwarf Jade Beauty was the sweetest gwr for me. Cherokee Green had more tartness, if that is what one prefers. Brad's Atomic Grape is an excellent gwr in a large cherry or saladette size.

[Whwoz]

Haven't tasted that many GWR . Malachite Box and Grubs Mystery Green would be the most popular here. Brindabella, a potato leaf dwarf from Patrina NS is a bit different but still tasty. Must get Green Giant sometime.

[MissTee]

Malachite Box has been my favourite in past growing seasons. This year I loved Green Mustang — earlier and much better taste than either Green Gables or Romovaya Baba, which were musty. Muddy Waters is a great choice for an antho GWR.

I grew Casey’s Pure Yellow before and it ripened very late, so I assume it’s parent Green Giant would be the same. It sounds like a great Green, but probably too late for my zone.

Edit. Forgot about Dwarf Emerald Giant and Dwarf Kelly Green — great tasting beefsteaks, but too late for me here. Same for Captain Lucky and Copper River. Wish I had a longer season.

[Doffer]

Sungreen 4029. So sweet.

[Lotte]

My favorites are the smaller ones, Datterino Verde a Punta, All Green Cherry, Cherry Verde and then a new one for me this year, a beef Manaxntobar Watyrka I got the seeds from a trade with a German friend.

[Frosti]

Green Giant! Haven't tried a GWR I didn't like yet. Next year I'll try Green Moldovan.
@DriftlessRoots I believe there are multiple strains of GG. Some seem to turn a lot more yellow green than others. The ripeness of mine was best determined by touch. Green shoulders were no problem. fully edible.

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[habitat-gardener]

Green Gables tasted great this year, and so far is the best-performing GWR in my climate — produces pretty consistently throughout the season, good quality fruit, great flavor, etc. I also grew Cherokee Green, which was just ok — shorter shelf life than GG, less productive, fruit less consistent.

Early in the season, Green Tiger was the best-tasting tomato in my garden. I also love Green Bee F1, but didn’t grow it this year.

[Laurrie]

Granted, I don't have much experience with GWR. This year, I grew out Yamali Green and Glacial Zebra. I liked both of them well enough. Next year, I'm growing:
Abraham Green
Absinthe
Ananas Verte
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Berkeley Tie-Dye Green
Butter Apple
Cherokee Green
Cherokee Lime
Glacial Zebra
Green Doctors Frosted
Green Bumblebee
Green Giant
Green Moldovan
Green Sausage
Green Zebra
Havard Square
Malachite Box
Maple Syrup
Green Grape
Green Zebra Hawai
Green Krim Cherry
Green Lantern Lights
Queen Aliquippa
Emerald Brocade F5
Marchenelf
Marchenwald
Flanders Contrast

I'm on a quest to find the best tasting GWR tomato in 2024.

[Mark_Thompson]

@Laurrie That’s the best list I’ve ever seen, you’ll have to give us the full reviews and rankings