2013 tomato wish list

Varieties in bold type below are on my "wish list". If you want information or seeds for another variety, let me know. SEED CATALOGS ARE COMING IN. If you live in the Valley and want to start your own plants or supply your favorite nursery with seeds to start a favored variety for you, you need to act fairly soon. These are the varieties we planted this year:
German Johnson regular leaf vs. Big Pink Hybrid (Burpee)

Brandy Boy Hybrid vs. Pink Brandy Master Hybrid 

Black Krim vs. Black Prince (already know Nyagous does well here)
Cherokee Purple

Jetsetter vs. Early Girl 

Better Boy vs. Champion

 Big Beef vs. Park Whopper vs. Goliath vs Beefmaster

 Yellow Brandywine vs. Golden Jubilee vs. Lemon Boy
Solar Power (Burpee) vs. Orange Wellington 

Husky Cherry Red vs. Cherry Punch (new variety, compact plants)

Black Cherry vs. Chocolate Cherry

Sun Gold vs. SunSugar
2013 CHERRY AND GRAPE TOMATOES
Yesterday, December 14, we had a light frost, which did not affect our surviving cherry tomatoes. The best-flavored ones still in the garden are Chocolate Cherry, a dark-colored tomato which is picked while it still has green shoulders (like most dark tomatoes. It was not outstanding in hot weather. It is available from Bonnie Plants, in their children's garden series. Black Cherry, the favorite of tomato nuts, does not seem to be particularly well-suited to our climate. For those with cooler summers, be aware that it is sort of late for a cherry.
We also compared Sun Gold and SunSugar. Both were lovely at certain times during the summer, but are not so great now. Sun Gold is the favorite of tomato nuts for its unique, fruity flavor. Sun Sugar is even sweeter, but less fruity. It is resistant to a couple of tomato diseases. Our red varieties of cherry types were nothing to brag about. Many people who like "tomato flavor" recommend Husky Cherry Red, a Short Internode Indeterminate variety. I like sweet cherries better. Cherry Punch was not good. Plants looked nice, though. Neither of our compact red cherry plants look so good this time of year.
Reds to try in 2013: Sweet Million (sweet, disease-resistant) and/or Sweet Baby Girl (Compact indeterminate, some disease resistance).
Napa Grape is a red Burpee grape we grew one year. It is very sweet and maintains its quality in cool weather. Burpee generally doesn't release information on disease resistance. Also recommended for the Valley: Golden Honey Bunch. Might also try Rosalita (pink grape) Sweet Quartz (pink cherry) Jenny Hybrid, Orange Paruche, Ladybug and/or Cherry Roma. Already have seeds.
2013 COCKTAIL/SALAD-SIZED WISH LIST
Moravski Div (Wonder of Moravia) The only extra-early tomato recommended by tomato expert Carolyn Male. May be the only tomato I try to plant in a container (to protect during frost). Semi-determinate. Container tomato growers in cooler-summer climates may want to try some of the new internationally developed (by amateurs) Dwarf Indeterminate varieties.
Mountain Magic F1. Cocktail tomato (large cherry) recommended for flavor. Good choice for humid climates also, as it is blight-resistant and resistant to several other tomato diseases.
Flamme (Jaune Flammee) Old French cocktail-sized tomato, intense flavor, holds color when dried or roasted. Productive.
Bulgarian Triumph (the round ones). Love the name. Not real early. Or Brandysweet Plum.
Moskvich Does well here. Starts early, keeps going in heat.
Cosmonaut Volkov from Ukraine. Does well here. Nice flavor.
Nyagous - a "black" tomato, picked with green shoulders. Beautiful little tomatoes, my healthiest plants the year I grew it.
AAA Sweet Solano - Yellow/orange striped tomato - sweet, firm, beautiful, on the late side.
DARK TOMATOES, STANDARD TO LARGE
Indian Stripe, the slightly smaller, slightly earlier, slightly more heat-tolerant cousin of Cherokee Purple. May be picked fully ripe, unlike most dark tomatoes. Cherokee Purple is wonderful, but is not productive here.
JD's Special C Tex or Gary O Sena - have grown before. Similar to Cherokee Purple. Large.
Burgundy Traveler - Better than Arkansas traveler, medium-sized.
No larger "blacks" this year, I think. Nyagous may be my only "black". No luck with other blacks last year.