Need to downsize 2013 list!

[johno]

Hi gang. I wonder if you can help me by picking your top few from this list, and maybe noting any varieties with poor production. Sorry it is not alphabetized, but time is a commodity... Thanks!

First draft tomato grow list for 2013
(In no particular order)
Evan’s Purple Pear
Chocolate Stripes
Oud Holland
Lucky Leprechaun
White Queen
Pink Berkley Tie Die
Black Brandywine (plum shaped)
Gold Medal
Indian Stripe – Burson strain/ Indian Zebra
Fantome du Laos
Brandy Boy F6
RAF tomato
Betimes MacBeth
Blackballed
Shadow Boxing
Santa Ana
Polar Beauty
Honkin’ Big Black Cherry
Chocolate Cherry
Lucky Cross PL
Bear Creek
Black Tom
Worley Red
Sweet Carneros Pink
Milka’s Red Bulgarian
Veni Vidi Vici Cherry
Mrs. Kennedy
White Oxheart
Boxcar Willie
Dagma’s Perfection
Weeping Charlie
Amazon Chocolate
Lemon Giant
Big Ben/ Stump…
Orange Strawberry
Isis Candy
Manyel
Southern Night
Cherokee Chocolate
Hughs
Everlasting
Black Giant
Spear’s Tennessee Green
Red Zebra
Striped Roman
Virginia Sweets
Mama Irene’s

[surf4grrl]

Top ones for taste, productivity and looks -

Cherokee chocolate, virginia sweets, amazon chocolate, southern night,lucky cross, PBTD, orange strawberry, spears tenn green and red zebra.

Others are great on taste, or productivity, or looks but not all 3.

You know some are still segregating like shadow boxing right? I've grown most of those except for maybe 6 or 7.

[johno]

Hi grrl. Thanks for your advice. All the ones you listed except Orange Strawberry and Red Zebra are on my tentative final list.

[swampr]

I'd vote no on Evans Purple Pear (great production and looks but bland flavor), and Amazon Chocolate. I'm assuming I might have gotten a poor selection of AC though. I've heard it was released and widely circulated before it was stable. I'm curious about the honkin black cherry.