Heirloom Tomatoes?

[Davylp25]

Hi...

Okay how do you know which heirloom tomatoes are good? I saw them and was like YUCK! They were yellowy orangy greeny... Whats the diffrence with the color? Do they taste better then red ones?

[juliebove]

Just because they're yellow and green doesn't mean they'll taste bad. You can get yellow tomatoes that aren't heirloom. You can also get orange ones. They taste a bit sweeter, I think, than the red ones. But not necessarily different. When I get different colored tomatoes it's mainly for the contrast of colors and not the taste.

[honeybee joy]

This is what they guy at the farmers market told me. He said the yellow and the orange ones were more mild flavored and less acidic. He said the darker ones like the deep reds and green and purplish ones were more acidic, and have more of that to acidic tomato taste. I think they taste nice. I would reccomend trying them, at least once.

Hope you enjoy them.

[lifelover]

You don't know what your missng if you haven't had yellow tomatoes. They are very good.

[misslinda]

Heavenly are Heirloom Tomatoes...........they are lucious and tasteful. I haven't not eaten other kinds since meeting them. :)

[seand11]

heirloom tomatoes are one of my favorite foods! i go for the ugliest, gnarliest looking ones! and i buy them in multiples of 25lb flats :)

[Davylp25]

So whats the big diffrence on Heirloom and Regular Tomatoes? Besides less acidic? Are they grown diffren cuz there sure as hell more moolah.

[berrymarymac]

Well heirloom tomatoes are grown from old tomato seeds and they are amazing!!!!! I love them soooo much! Yum yum!

[misslinda]

heirloom tomatoes are one of my favorite foods! i go for the ugliest, gnarliest looking ones! and i buy them in multiples of 25lb flats :)

LOL, you got it dude,,,,the more gnarly the better tasting! how much do you pay for a flat?

[PATH301]

Does anybody have these in there gardens?

[mcasburn]

The more gnarly and tangled they look, the better they taste... not sure why, though. I buy them in any color: red, orange, yellow, red, purple, green. The taste is just richer... they are one of my favorite foods.

[misslinda]

Yes,the purple ones are my favorite. Path, I think RP grows them ;)

[PATH301]

I used to grow them awhile back, and the end of my garden was infested with them. But I have not seen them for a while.

[Ginger]

Yea they even have white ones! I love to use different colors in different dishes to make my food beautyfull!

[Graciebeliever]

The more gnarly and tangled they look, the better they taste... not sure why, though. I buy them in any color: red, orange, yellow, red, purple, green. The taste is just richer... they are one of my favorite foods.

I'll Tell you why :) Because that is how tomatoes used to look before they were bred to look perfect and changed and altered so that the public would buy more of them.

Lemme ask you this, If you cut your tomato plant with 4 tomatoes on it, how long do you think it would take for the vine to dry and get brown? a day?
Did you ever wonder WHY the vines stay so green on those ones in the store for so long? They are treated with chemicals and dyes to make them look or stay green. A BIG YUCKAROO!

So, I will eat the wonderful, bumply, imperfect, delicious heirlooms with all their colors and shapes.

Don't hesitate! Buy a few different kinds and have a tomato sampler, you will NOT be disapointed that you tried them :)

Just a little bit of info, "Seeds of Change" http://www.seedsofchange.com/
rescues LOTS of families tomato seeds (along with tons of other stuff) that long seeing people have been saving for years. You can benefit from their love and dedication and buy these seeds from the company.
It is a site that I highly recomend. They give you information and a variety that you can't imagine.
My Dad (82 years young) still grows a garden and includes one new tomato every year and yellows types are his favorites.