Tomato Variety Trials - Spring 2008
Variety of Tomato Seed source Foliage* Fruit Set* Comments

SHN 602

 BHN 5.0 4.0
Nice round fruit

Fauna

 Hazera 5.0 4.0
Besty set for a large variety

Solar Fire

 Harris Moran 5.0 2.0
Good foliage

Christa

 Harris Moran 5.0 2.0
Good foliage

BHN 444

 BHN 5.0 2.0
Good foliage

Celebrity

 Seminis 5.0 2.0
Large plants

Shanty

 Hazera 5.0 2.0
Roma

Sunpride

 Seminis 5.0 1.0
Good foliage

Tours

 Hazera 5.0 1.0
Many flowers

Amelia

 Harris Moran 4.0 2.0
Good foliage

Valley Girl

 Johnny's 4.0 2.0
Good foliage

Surefire

 A&M 4.0 2.0
Few fruit

Top Gun

 Seminis 4.0 2.0
Good foliage

Ofril

 Hazera 4.0 2.0
Good foliage

Galilea

 Hazera 4.0 1.0
Over 1/2 plants died

Sunpride

 Seminis 5.0 4.0
Good set

BHN 602

 BHN 5.0 4.0
Nice round; good size

BHN 705

 BHN 5.0 5.0
Excellent set and flavor

BHN 444

 BHN 4.0 4.0
Good set

Solar Fire

 Harris Moran 4.0 4.0
Some Southern Blight damage

BHN 704

 BHN 5.0 4.0
Smaller fruit; not as good as 705

Surefire

 A&M 4.0 4.0
Good set
* Average ratings on 6/9, 6/19, and 7/7; 1 = poor, 5 = good

Transplants set out in mid-April; 60 to 70 mph wind storm removed all flowers and fruit in mid-May; Hence, set was late; Crop ruined by 15+ inches of rain in May and June.  Best two new varieties were Crista and Phoenix; Surefire made the most fruit; Sunpride and 444 performed well.