2018 Tomato Tasting Results:
This year’s Taste of Tomato was a blast! We love the new location at Growing Gardens’ https://www.harlequinsgardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0725.jpgBarn, with its’ beautiful view of the Flatirons, easy access, and wonderful staff. The tasting featured 44 different varieties of tomatoes, with Aunt Ruby’s German Green winning the greatest number of votes. Participants brought in some wonderful new varieties this year, including Brad’s Atomic Grape, Thornburn’s Terracotta, and Indigo 
Cherry. Look for the most popular varieties from this year and previous years when you come to buy your organic tomato starts next spring at Harlequin’s Gardens. Every year we grow 80+ great varieties for all kinds of uses and growing conditions!
A huge thank-you to Growing Gardens for providing our new location, helping us publicize the event, and for bringing us some fabulous volunteers. Thank you also to the volunteers of Slow Food Boulder County and the CSU Extension Service. We couldn’t have done it without you!
| CHERRY | BEEFSTEAK | |||
| Votes | Tomato Variety | Votes | Tomato Variety | |
| 35 | Sungold hybrid | 38 | Aunt Ruby’s German Green | |
| 25 | Matt’s Wild Cerry | 23 | Berkeley Tie Dye | |
| 22 | BHN 624 | 20 | Malachite Box | |
| 20 | Brad’s Atomic Grape | 18 | Black from Tula | |
| 14 | Chocolate Cherry | 18 | Paul Robeson | |
| 10 | Sweet 100 | 17 | Cherokee Purple | |
| 10 | Indigo Cherry | 10 | Black Krim | |
| 11 | Yellow Pear | 7 | German Johnson | |
| 9 | Chocolate Sprinkles | 6 | Super Fantastic hybrid | |
| 6 | Fourth of July | 5 | Lucid Gem | |
| 5 | Negro Azteca | 3 | Big Rainbow | |
| 4 | Indigo Rose | 3 | White Beauty | |
| 3 | Juliet | |||
| 3 | Sweet Chelsea | |||
| 3 | Grape | |||
| 1 | Early Doll | |||
| 1 | Principe Borghese | |||
| SALAD/SLICER | PASTE | |||
| Votes | Tomato Variety | Votes | Tomato Variety | |
| 21 | Japanese Black Trifele/Black Truffle | 7 | Airyleaf | |
| 14 | Thornburn’s Terracotta | 6 | Costoluto Genovese | |
| 13 | Siberian Pink Honey | |||
| 11 | Celebrity | |||
| 9 | Green Zebra | |||
| 8 | Glacier | |||
| 5 | Early Girl | |||
| 5 | Black Prince | |||
| 4 | Jaune Flamme | |||
| 4 | Stupice | |||
| 3 | Boxcar Willy | |||
| 3 | Lemon Yellow Plum | |||
| 1 | Black Icicle |
A Tomato Celebration and Tasting
Savor the Flavors of Dozens of varieties of Home-Grown Tomatoes!
Learn about Tomato Growing and Care!
Find out which tomato varieties you want to grow in your own garden or buy from your local farmers!
On Saturday August 25th, from 10am-1pm come to the new, modern Growing Gardens Barn at 1630 Hawthorn Avenue, Boulder 80304
Here’s the lowdown:
If you bring 3 or more medium to large tomatoes (or 10+ small or cherry tomatoes) of one named variety, with its variety name on a card, to donate to the tasting you will get in FREE. You are encouraged to share more than the minimum, and enter more than one variety! NOTE: If the correct name for your tomatoes is unknown we cannot use them in our tasting.
If you have no tomatoes to bring, come anyway, for an entrance fee of $5.
Volunteers will be cutting tomatoes for your tasting. The samples will be grouped by type: Cherry, Beefsteak, Paste, and Slicing/Salad and will be labeled by name. In past years we’ve had from 65 to more than 100 different varieties to taste!
You will be able to vote for 6 of your favorite tomatoes. Voting results will be assembled and emailed to participants. Results will also be posted at www.HarlequinsGardens.com.
Valuable DOOR PRIZES will be awarded every half hour!
Two demonstrations of Tomato Seed-saving procedures will take place during the tasting, at 10:30 and 12 noon.
Master Gardeners and Harlequin’s Gardens staff will be on hand to answer your tomato questions.
This is always a lot of fun, and educational, too!
Please do not bring dogs.
Children are welcome with adult supervision.
Presented by
Harlequin’s Gardens Nursery, Growing Gardens, & Slow Food Boulder
2017 TOMATO TASTING RESULTS
| VOTES | CHERRY/CURRANT/GRAPE/PEAR VARIETIES |
| 23 | Matt’s Wild Cherry |
| 23 | Green Doctors / Green Doctors Frosted, Grape |
| 23 | Sungold Cherry |
| 14 | Honeydrop Cherry |
| 13 | Coyote Currant |
| 7 | WOW Cherry |
| 6 | Jelly Bean Grape |
| 6 | Super Sweet 100 Cherry |
| 5 | Black Plum |
| 4 | Napa Chardonnay Cherry |
| 3 | Bumblebee Sunrise Cherry |
| 3 | Rebel Alliance Cherry |
| 3 | Green Grape |
| 3 | Sunshine Gold Cherry |
| 3 | Sweetie Cherry |
| 3 | Snow White Cherry |
| 2 | Chocolate Cherry |
| 2 | Purple Bumblebee Cherry |
| 1 | Galina Cherry |
| 1 | Sunsugar Cherry |
| Blondekopfchen Cherry | |
| Indigo Cherry Drops | |
| Juliet Grape | |
| Rapunzel Cherry | |
| Yellow Pear | |
| VOTES | BEEFSTEAK VARIETIES |
| 15 | Berkeley Tie Dye |
| 14 | Stump of the World |
| 13 | Cherokee Chocolate |
| 9 | Gold Medal |
| 9 | Paul Robeson |
| 8 | Amana Orange |
| 8 | Siberian Pink Honey |
| 6 | Black Krim |
| 6 | Purple Calabash |
| 5 | Dagma’s Perfection |
| 5 | Lavender Lake |
| 4 | Chapman |
| 4 | Humph |
| 3 | Chocolate Stripes |
| 3 | Thessaloniki |
| 2 | Green Zebra |
| 1 | Ananas Noire |
| 1 | Black from Tula |
| 1 | Cherokee Purple |
| 1 | Hillbilly |
| Big Beef | |
| Big Rainbow | |
| Sicilian Rosso | |
| Vinson Watts’ | |
| VOTES | SALAD/SLICER VARIETIES |
| 14 | “Anasazi” |
| 14 | Dwarf Purple Heart |
| 11 | Northern Light |
| 10 | Japanese Black Trifele/Black Truffle |
| 9 | Green Zebra |
| 8 | Early Girl |
| 8 | Jaune Flamme |
| 7 | Siberian |
| 4 | Black Prince |
| 4 | Carmello |
| 4 | Fourth of July |
| 4 | Indigo Apple |
| 3 | Aurora |
| 2 | BHN 876 |
| 1 | Principe Borghese |
| 1 | Indigo Rose |
| 1 | Quick Pick |
| Big Zac | |
| Costoluto Genovese | |
| Early Doll | |
| Oregon Spring | |
| Sasha’s Altai | |
| VOTES | PASTE VARIETIES |
| 5 | Amish Paste |
| 2 | San Marzano |
| 1 | Roma |
| 1 | Speckled Roman |
2016 TOMATO TASTING RESULTS
| Votes | Name | Type | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Striped German | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 27 | Isis Candy | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 18 | Sungold | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 17 | Black Truffle ( aka Japanese Black Trifele) | Salad | Heirloom |
| 15 | Chocolate Cherry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 14 | Malakhitova Shkatulka (Malachite Box) | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 14 | Hillbilly | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 14 | Black from Tula | Salad | Heirloom |
| 13 | Matt's Wild Cherry | Currant | Heirloom |
| 13 | Brandy Boy | Beefsteak | Hybrid |
| 12 | Mexico Midget | Cherry | Heirloom |
| 11 | Lucid Gem | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 11 | Thessaloniki | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 8 | Tami G Grape | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 8 | Gold Medal | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 7 | Chocolate Chestnut | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 6 | Cherokee Purple | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 6 | Afghan Orange | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 6 | Black Krim | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 6 | Pineapple Pig | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 6 | Jen's Christmas | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 6 | Siberian | Salad | Heirloom |
| 6 | Roma | Paste | Heirloom |
| 5 | Chef's Choice Pink | Beefsteak | F1 Hybrid |
| 4 | Indigo Cherry Drops | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 4 | Super Sweet 100 | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 3 | Brown Berry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 3 | Big Beef | Beefsteak | Hybrid |
| 3 | Pomodoro | Paste | Heirloom |
| 3 | Glacier | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 3 | Blue Berries | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 3 | Black Cherry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 3 | Yellow Pear | Cherry | Heirloom |
| 3 | Yellow Cherry | Cherry | |
| 3 | Abe Lincoln | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Pruden's Purple | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 2 | Cowlick Brandywine | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 2 | Beauty King | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 2 | Anasazi | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Moskovich | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Rose de Berne | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Mountain Mist | Beefsteak | |
| 2 | Celebrity | Salad | Hybrid |
| 1 | San Marzano | Paste | Heirloom |
| 1 | Early Girl | Salad | Hybrid |
| 1 | Stupice | Salad | Heirloom |
| 1 | Carmello | Salad | Hybrid |
| 1 | Sweetie | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 1 | Striped Green | Cherry | |
| 1 | Omar’s Lebanese | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 1 | Pineapple | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 1 | Lemon Boy | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| Park’s Whopper | Beefsteak | Hybrid | |
| Siletz | Salad | Hybrid | |
| Jaune Flamme | Salad | Heirloom | |
| Betterbush | Salad | Hybrid | |
| Indigo Rose | Cherry | Hybrid | |
| Jelly Bean | Cherry | Hybrid | |
| Sprite Grape | Cherry | Open Pollinated | |
| Lozane | Cherry | ||
| Tomato Berry | Cherry | F1 Hybrid | |
| Cherry Baby | Cherry | Hybrid | |
| Valencia | Beefsteak | Heirloom | |
| German Johnson | Beefsteak | Heirloom | |
| Grandma Aiello | Beefsteak | Heirloom | |
| Golden King of Siberia | Beefsteak | Heirloom | |
| Pink Girl | Beefsteak | Hybrid | |
| Gilbertie | Paste | Heirloom |
| 2015 TOMATO TASTING RESULTS | |||
| Votes | Variety Name | Category | Seed Type |
| 0 | German Johnson | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 0 | Green Grape | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 0 | Hard Rock | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 0 | Husky | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 0 | Moonglow | Salad | Heirloom |
| 0 | Valencia | Salad | Heirloom |
| 1 | Amana Orange | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 1 | Celebrity | Salad | Hybrid |
| 1 | Cuostralee | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 1 | Indigo Blueberry | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 1 | Mr. Stripey | Salad | Heirloom |
| 1 | San Marzano | Paste | Heirloom |
| 1 | Stupice | Salad | Heirloom |
| 1 | Sweet 100 | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 1 | Sweet Pea Currant | Cherry | Heirloom |
| 2 | Anasazi | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Aunt Ruby’s German Green | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 2 | Basrawya | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 2 | Bella Rosa | Salad | hybrid |
| 2 | Fruity Cherry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 2 | Green Doctors | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 2 | Hillbilly | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 2 | Jaune Flamme | Salad | Heirloom |
| 2 | Jelly Bean | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 2 | Margaret Curtain | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 2 | Pork Chop | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 2 | Primo Red | Beefsteak | Hybrid |
| 2 | Punta Banda | Cherry/Paste | Heirloom |
| 2 | Yellow Taxi | Salad | Heirloom |
| 3 | Brandywine | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 3 | Pink Ponderosa | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 3 | Yellow Pear | Cherry | Heirloom |
| 4 | Amish Paste | Paste | Heirloom |
| 4 | Grandma’s Pick | Beefsteak | Hybrid |
| 5 | Black Cherry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 5 | Costoluto Genovese | Salad, Paste | Heirloom |
| 5 | Glacier | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 5 | Green Doctors’ Frosted | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 5 | Siberian | Salad | Heirloom |
| 5 | Super Fantastic | Beefsteak | Hybrid |
| 5 | Vintage Wine | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 6 | Green Zebra | Salad | Open Pollinated |
| 6 | Siletz | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 8 | Juliet | Salad | Hybrid |
| 8 | Pineapple | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 9 | Chianti Rose | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 9 | Peron Sprayless | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 9 | Tangerine | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 10 | Indigo Kumquat | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 10 | Super Sweet 100 | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 11 | Berner Rose | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 11 | Black Krim | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 11 | Chocolate Cherry | Cherry | Open Pollinated |
| 11 | German Striped | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 11 | Grandma Aiello | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 12 | Paul Robeson | Salad | Heirloom |
| 13 | Mariana’s Peace | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 14 | Jasper | Cherry | Hybrid |
| 18 | Pink Brandywine | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 20 | Japanese Black Triefle/Black Truffle | Salad | Heirloom |
| 21 | Black From Tula | Salad | Heirloom |
| 21 | Jen’s Christmas | Beefsteak | Open Pollinated |
| 21 | Lemon Boy | Salad | Hybrid |
| 22 | Indigo Apple | Salad/Cherry | Hybrid |
| 23 | Matt’s Wild Cherry | Cherry | Heirloom |
| 26 | Cherokee Purple | Beefsteak | Heirloom |
| 50 | Sungold | Cherry | Hybrid |