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DonShirer said:@mom2goldens
     Linda, thanks for the additional details, very helpful!
I’ll have to add Belmonte to the list of good sauce tomatoes that are not plum-shaped. Some large tomato growers said they got fruit over 3 lb!

Candy’s Old Yellow. Your report that they can get big confirms one seller who says they can be medium to very big while others just say medium sized. Would be interesting to trial this side-by-side with Azoychka.

I grew Andrew Rahart several years ago and liked it a lot too.

Sweet Aperitif sounds like a good cherry to try. Thanks for mentioning it! One report said it was 5-6’ tall, was that your experience?

Tasty Wine also sounds like a winner! Interesting that you mentioned yours was striped. Neither of the parents are, and the fruit in pictures from the sources and the Dwarf Tomato Project all seem solid pink. I’m going to have to try this one too.

I’ll pass on “Humph” (funny name!). I’ve had problems with green tomatoes, as I’ll post later this season.

Please take Sandy’s suggestion to put some of your results in the Garden.org Plants Database. I’ve also incorporated your impressions in the Todd datasheet and hope to publish a much expanded version in a few months.

Well, now I'm not convinced my Tasty Wine are the right seeds--everything I've read seem to indicate they are a solid color. Hmm......

Belmonte is amazing--I like a slightly sweet tomato. It is so meaty and has such a great flavor. I will definitely grow again. The shape is a little odd, but we thought it was kind of cool!!!

My Sweet Apertif are all of 6', but remember I grow in Earthboxes--tomatoes get to be giant in those boxes.

Humph is a green tomato worth growing--I've grown a different green tomato every year for the past 5-6 years, and this is the first one I've ever liked.

For me, Candy's Old yellow was way better in flavor and production than Azoychka (which I've tried at least twice). I found Azoychka to be pretty bland in flavor.

I will try to put my comments on the database, as soon as I can find time (hopefully this weekend). Thank you all for your encouraging comments.