Desert Island & Knock-Your-Socks-Off tomatoes

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Desert Island & Knock-Your-Socks-Off tomatoes

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Post: # 87435Unread post Tormahto
Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:44 pm

I'd like this to be a thread, about TWO, and only two, of your favorite tomatoes.

Desert Island...This is your absolute favorite tasting tomato. If you could only take one tomato to a desert island, this would be it.

Knock-Your-Socks-Off...This would perhaps be a tomato not known or circulated very well, that is near the top of your list for flavor.

Pleeeeeese, no third tomato. Another thread will be started for your favorites in the various category/types of tomatoes. Info is needed for the next swap.

I'll start off.

Desert Island...Aunt Ginny's Purple

K-Y-S-O...Urbanite ( I haven't seen any seeds for about a decade)

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Post: # 87438Unread post Julianna
Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:51 pm

Stump of the World and Wildthyme Purple. This was harder because this place is so strange that i have multiple top 2s by location now. So i picked one of each.
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Post: # 87440Unread post Yak54
Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:42 pm

Polish & Dester ! Of course I really don"t know How they would be when grown in a dessert Island climate ;)


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Post: # 87445Unread post PlainJane
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:24 pm

KBX and Daniel Burson.
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Post: # 87447Unread post Acer Rubrum
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:54 pm

Desert Island - Cherokee Purple Heart
Knock your socks off - Pink Giant Ukrainian

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Post: # 87456Unread post worth1
Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:04 pm

Aunt Ruby's German Green = desert island and a healthy robust plant.
Arkansas traveler= knock your socks off for that old fashioned taste.
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25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.

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Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:49 pm

Acer Rubrum wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:54 pm Desert Island - Cherokee Purple Heart
Knock your socks off - Pink Giant Ukrainian
That's good to know, as I can send some this swap to those requesting DI & KYSO tomatoes.

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Post: # 87460Unread post wxcrawler
Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:34 pm

Desert Island - Aunt Ginny's Purple
When it's right, there isn't a better tomato to me.

Knock Your Socks Off - Captain Lucky
I just think "wow" with every bite.

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Post: # 87486Unread post Labradors
Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:05 am

Desert Island: Little Lucky

Knock Your Socks Off: EM Champion

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Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:13 pm

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Post: # 87506Unread post habitat-gardener
Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:52 pm

DI: Polaris (has been one of the best-tasting the last 3 years)
KYSO: Russian Rose (last grew it 9 years ago in a different climate but remember it as having a special and distinctive flavor)

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Post: # 87545Unread post AKgardener
Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:58 pm

Let’s see desert island would cherry falls I really loved it this summer!!still waiting for the knock your socks off tomato so I only have 1

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Post: # 87551Unread post HL2601
Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:51 pm

Dessert Island: Japanese Pink Cherry
KYSO-1884 Yellow Pink Heart- not a heart at all, but a really unique flavor and good producer

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Post: # 87579Unread post Shortcut Slim
Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:44 am

Desert Island: Wes

KYSO: Aunt Ginnys Purple

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