Decisions are being made. Colours pinned to masts, I have the first fab four!
I’ve started with the smaller fruits, which will be dual purpose. Providing tangy flavour and freshness for salads and summer bites but also destined for roasting. Roasted cherry tomatoes became my favourite thing to emerge from the oven last summer.
So (as they say)… in no particular order, the tomatoes going through to the 2010 Tomato Lover Patch are :
Floridity F1
Bright red, early to ripen, indeterminate mini plum; described by a RHS tasting panel as ‘outstanding flavour, fleshy and juicy, with the perfect acid/sugar balance’. Average yield is 150 fruits.
It also holds an AGM (award for garden merit).
On the seed website it’s described as ‘best grown under glass’ but also as indoor/outdoor variety so I’m going to hope for a Style Council inspired Long Hot Summer…..and going to plant it out.
Snowberry
Oval, creamy yellow cherry, indeterminate tomato; described by the same panel as ‘long lasting clean flavour with citrus notes,good acid/sugar balance, juicy and fleshy’.
Again I’m going to need good weather to make this a wise choice as it’s described as suitable for a greenhouse/plastic tunnel or outdoors in a warm area.
Rosada F1
Red, cherry plum tomato. Described as ‘sweet flavour,beautiful balance of sweetness and acidity’.
And a gambling on the weather theme emerging here ‘Indoors or out in a sunny protected site….’
And then a returner, the star of last year in terms of quantity, flavour and all round gutsy , go grow attitude…. Sungold F1.
(All these varieties are available from Nicky’s Nursery)
Greed also led me to consider Ildi. It’s small in size (it’s referred to as a cocktail tomato) but large in number. In the RHS trials each Ildi plant averaged over 650 fruit ! If ever there’s such a thing as a jackpot on a tomato fruit machine that has to be it.
It ‘s on the reserve list .
More deep breaths and dividing lines tomorrow.
