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Sakura Honey |
Grape varieties from
Johnny's Selected Seeds came in the top three positions in Penn State Extension, Franklin County's 11th annual
Tomato Taste Day.
Sakura Honey was number 1, followed by
Red Pearl and
Five Star.
"Sakura Honey produces high yields of oval, avg. 15 gm fruits with excellent flavor. A good combination with Five Star Grape and Solid gold in a mixed container. Better flavor and more crack resistant than Chiquita, which it replaces. Indeterminate"
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Red Pearl |
"Compared with Red Grape, Red Pearl fruits are slightly larger, with more tender skin and fewer seeds for improved flavor. Resists cracking and stores well on and off the vine. Tall, healthy plants. High resistance (HR) to fusarium wilt races 1 and 2. Indeterminate."
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Five Star Grape |
"Five Star Grape has excellent, sweet flavor and firm, meaty texture with few seeds and little juice. Healthy plants bear high yields of bright red, 15-20 gm, crack resistant grape tomatoes. Indeterminate."
Rounding out the top five are heirloom varieties,
Principe Borghese, an Italian heirloom noted for its ability to dry well and
Old Brooks (seed from
Totally Tomatoes). Originally the seed for Principe Borghese came from
Pine Tree Gardens.
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Principe Borghese |
"HEIRLOOM Determinate. This is the tomato used for sun drying in Italy. It is very small (1-2 ounces), plum shaped, and pointed at one end. Fruits are born in large clusters of several dozen, like grapes. They are meaty with little juice and branches can be hung to dry until leathery. In Italy they just throw the vines over a fence. We've had success in our cool, wet climate with slicing them in half and drying them in an oven with just the pilot light."
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Old Brooks |
"Smooth, blemish-free fruits known for their superior resistance to blossom end-rot as well as to early and late blights. Gourmet quality flesh, with a fine, even texture. The taste is somewhat acidic, which proves to be an asset in home canning. Good all-around variety."
164 people participated in the event. Here are the full results:
Taste
1 Sakura Honey 665.50
2 Red Pearl 623.50
3 Five Star 608.00
4 Principe Borghese 555.50
5 Old Brooks 535.50
6 Arbason 525.00
7 Fabulous 521.50
8 Heritage Hybrid 518.50
9 Cherokee Green 499.50
10 SX 605 493.50
11 Copper River 493.50
12 Ceylon 492.00
13 Lyn's Mahogany Garnet 491.50
14 Green Zebra 475.50
15 Big Beef 469.00
16 Tribeca 466.50
17 Delicious 466.00
18 Defiant 457.50
19 Rocky Top 451.50
20 Dr. Carolyn 436.50
21 BHN 876 432.00
22 Scarlet Red 429.00
23 Bison 417.00
24 BHN 189 412.00
Aesthetics
1 Red Pearl 713.50
2 Sakura Honey 670.50
3 Big Beef 656.50
4 Old Brooks 631.00
5 Rocky Top 629.00
6 Principe Borghese 613.50
7 Arbason 613.00
8 Scarlet Red 611.00
9 Tribeca 603.00
10 Heritage Hybrid 602.50
11 Five Star 591.50
12 Dr. Carolyn 578.50
13 SX 605 578.00
14 Delicious 573.00
15 BHN 189 568.50
16 Defiant 563.50
17 Fabulous 558.50
18 Green Zebra 552.50
19 Lyn's Mahogany Garnet 550.00
20 Copper River 541.50
21 BHN 876 534.00
22 Ceylon 525.50
23 Cherokee Green 499.50
24 Bison 477.00
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