You say tomato, I say TomatoeS!

Memories of 2010 - what will be the favorite varieties for 2011?

We've started the prioritization process for this years garden space and of course, tomatoes are at the top of the list!  We've added some varieties and removed some.  We'll have plenty of the salad types in a range of new colors, flavors and shapes.  Yellow pear was a favorite from last year and we'll have those again, but in the Cyclone tradition of gold and cardinal, we'll also add red pear!  Here's the current list, all 26 types. for those that are new to our garden, we've indicated with "first time" in the list below.   If you are one of our North Grand Farmer's Market customers, let us know what you think of the list.

• 4th of July - nice flavor, prolific
• Big Beef - large, red hybrid, first time offering this year
• Brandywine in red, yellow, and black - heirlooms with great flavor and colors.  Yellow and black (I guess Hawkeye fans should be happy) will be new for us but we really liked the red brandywines from last season.  
• Celebrity - dependable and great for roasted tomato soup
• Cherokee Purple - flavor, flavor, flavor - our favorite heirloom from last year
• Dona - first time offering - medium size, red
• Emerald Evergreen - first time offering - medium size, green
• Golden Egg - first time offering - egg shaped yellow salad tomato
• Golden Rave - favorite yellow roma from 2010 - very prolific
• Green Grape - first time offering, salad tomato
• Green Zebra Stripe - favorite from 2010
• Hartmen's Yellow Gooseberry - first time offering, salad tomato
• Juliet - one of our favorite large grape tomato, great for dehydrating
• Pineapple - beautiful and tasty heirloom with yellow, orange and red stripes
• Razzleberry - favorite pink hybrid from 2010, great producer with mild flavor
• Red Calabash - first time offering, heirloom
• Red Pear - first time offering, should be great "pearing" with the yellow pear, both are heirlooms
• Schellenberg's - first time offering, large orange tomato
• Scotland Yellow - first time offering, yellow salad tomato
• Sweet Baby Girl - favorite red cherry - very sweet
• Sweet Heart - favorite red grape, yummy
• Yellow Pear - always a favorite
• Orange Paruche - first time offering, sweet orange salad tomato