This video is so old, but she’s such a good tomato taster. I’m watching tasting videos right now, and tomato growers are lousy at describing their own tomatoes lol
Totally kept waiting for Beth to call it a "stupid" tomato... LOL... Loved the Marglobe... Its a 1917 cross between a Marvel and a Globe - hence the name... Beth tossing the leftovers was hilarious... Perhaps the next vid will be "Beth's volunteer garden" LOL Good choice on the Brandywine Beth ! A fave here too... And who can deny the age 'ole Amish paste... Great vid... Thumbs up to both of ya... And if you see a strange TN guy sneaking around your garden with a salt shaker, pay no attention... LOL
The genes for being very good-looking clearly run in your family! Beth, you were delightful! I thought you described your first impressions of each variety really well and you were funny and witty to boot. I gave you a standing ovation for your, "How Stupice of me," comment. Brava, sis!
The guy that made the mortgage lifter sold starts and paid off his mortgage. People would come from far and wide to buy his starts. He stabilised maybe 5 or 6 different varieties. Brandywine was one included in his group.
There are several varieties of Mortgage Lifter, the first was 1920, the best known "radiator charlie" type is from 1930s... I love trying to make them grow.
This year was the first time I grew an Amish Paste. It grew to soft ball size and was delicious. I will be keeping the seeds from this one for sure. My mouth was watering all the while Beth was taste testing the different ones. Most I've never heard of.
Such a super cute and informative video!! Beth is a doll! Loved her personality. She reminds me of my daughter. Fun, lighthearted and a cutie patootie! (My daughter and Beth both are probably rolling their eyes with my "mom" comments. LOL) I'm very excited to order some seeds from you when you get some in. I'm on a very tight budget now because I have a lot of health issues and your pricing is very fair. I really appreciate that. I want to try and be as healthy as possible with my foods so I can be here a bit longer with my grand babies. So thank you to you and Cindy for being such generous spirits with your videos, time and garden! God Bless!!
What a beautiful introduction to some of your favorite verities. Here, big box stores only sell 4 or 5 verities over and over. Luckily I got an access to a greenhouse for next year and I can start a few things that I have been trying, like okra, bitter, water and musk melon, tinda (Indian apple gourd) and eggplant.
Beth is awesome! Do have her back for more videos. I just added the Japanese Black Trifele to my list for next year. I may also try the Pink Brandywine. Thanks for the inspiration.
As a newbie, this is 100% THEE best info needed and greatly appreciated! Thank you! I really needed something w descriptors of various varieties. I’m flying blind... thank you!!
A few varieties that I have never heard of, good stuff. I tried growing Mortgage Lifter a few times with no luck, so I gave up. The story that I heard was that some farmer during The Depression was about about lose his farm and he grew them, cloned the suckers, and sold the plants. They were so popular and grew so well in his area that he was able to "lift his mortage" and kept the farm.
What a great video! I am planning to experiment more next year! I have only grown Roma and Amish paste (for sauce) so far. Until this year, I didn't even like tomatoes except in sauce or ketchup. But I had such an abundance of Amish paste and watching RUclips videos, I absolutely have to expand next year and try different tomatoes in my sauces! Thank you for all the information that you share!
And this is why you need to plant many tomato varieties. They all taste different. And the Black Japanese Trifle is one of my faves. And the Brandywines are all good.
Hey Luke, I thought Beth did a great job! I am growing the Stupice (pronounced Stu-pee-za or Stu-pee-chay) and I haven't grown it before, so I didn't even know it was a cherry tomato. I was happy to hear how she liked it. You should have more taste tests. It sounds like I should have bought Opalka seeds instead of the Amish paste.
Never had most of those. This was my first year growing tomatoes actually. I have mine in 5gal buckets, and I put some out at my grandpa's house in some rather large, rectangular containers he has. He's about to turn 94, but he's always had a garden, so I saw it as him getting his garden and me getting to try a couple of new varieties. I grew large cherry and red beefsteak tomatoes on my patio, and pink Brandywine, German queen, Rutgers, and yellow pear cherry tomatoes at his house. The pink Brandywine are probably my favorite tomatoes ever (and I'm not much on tomatoes other than cherry varieties). I think I'll have to grow some of the varieties in this video next season. Thanks for the vids you put out. Your container gardening series helped me immensely with this first attempt at it. A lot of the things I was second guessing myself on I was actually right about, but sometimes reassurance is just as valuable as instruction. Seemed like every time I'd start to worry about something, I'd come home and see that you'd posted a video and you happened to touch on the topic.
I was a very entertaining video! I love the idea of a new gardener tasting different varieties. I'm sort of in the same boat and I'm looking forward to trying to raise next year. Loved Beth's humor!
Paste tomatoes are usually higher in pectin and believe it, or not, actually are sweeter, but the saccharide chains need to be broken down through judicious applications of heat and time. As the chains break down, the surface area increases and allows them to fit into more taste bud receptors, making them taste sweeter with slow cooking, than fresh eating.
Your cousin? You poor guy! She's a keeper, if you know what I mean. I've been following you for a few months now and I hope you have her on again. She's very entertaining and very cute, too! She sure seems to have the knack for describing flavors and has a great camera presence. Very enjoyable episode, Luke. Thanks.
I just bought a bunch of tomatoes from you. I wish I had watched this first. I have more of an idea of what I would want. Your cousin is adorable, great at describing these and hilarious!
Beth you are a natural!! I appreciated your very descriptive nature with the tomatoes. I think I might get some of those a Sungolds... But does your cousin sell them??Would love to see you on more videos! But could you tell us one more time how much you love the Amish Paste tomato Lol!
A video on what makes the same tomato taste wildly different for different zones and growing conditions is a good follow up to this. I grew Triffle in compost with organic amendments in good sun and it was so lack luster. I didn't get get the ultra sweet Orange Rousilini outcome either. I know it's not bad voodoo on my yard or something because I had others that were awesome like Comsmonaut Volkov, Caspian, Sungold, Momataro and Box Car Willie to name a few.
The mortgage lifter was supposed to be named after a man who grew these tomatoes and sold each plant for $1.00. He made enough to pay off his whole mortgageIn 6 years ... Thus named "The Mortgage Lifter Tomato
I was about to post this story, but decided to look and see if someone else already posted and they had.... YOU! It's a great story and a great tomato if you can get it to grow in your area.
no, no, no.. think! If he sold his plant for $1.00 he would have ONlY $1.00 verses 10 to 15 lbs per plant at whatever the going rate for tomatoes. A mortgage of even $10,000 he would have had to sell 10,000 plants.. He was selling tomatoes, not plants!
Mortgage Lifter is called that because the guy in West Virginia who bred the tomato was able to sell plants for $1 and eventually paid off his mortgage with it.
I've yet to try any of those varieties. I have Pink Brandywine started this year from Luke's seeds, along with the MIGardner exclusive... Orange Russolini. 😁
I was just planning out my tomato varieties for next season and thanks for the explanation on the mortgage lifter (which I've grown before) compared to the pink brandy wine. It was a toss up until this video. I will be trying the Chianti Rose (a pink brandy wine type) instead of planting the mortgage lifter again. I grew Opalka this year based on your tomato video and it didn't do well :(. None of the tomatoes in that bed did so I may have to give it a second shot.
I think there are over 500 heirloom tomatoes and each is likly better tasting than any that Kroger will offer. Brandywine Red, Pink, Yellow and several variations are considered among a group of premier tomatoes. Cherokee Purple has become the benchmark. Beth, if I had a grand daughter and she was half as sweet and genuine as you, I would feel very lucky.
Heirloom tomatoes are way better than What i get in the grocery store. I can't stand the texture, it makes me gag without fail. but I can do any heirlooms (so far) with minimal pulp. I gave it a shot with recommendation from a friend that heirloom tomatoes are different. they were right :)
Definitely want to try some of these! When you do a video like this one, it would be very helpful if the you list the names of varieties you're discussing because sometimes the audio is a little garbled. I'm thinking about that large yellow one but I'm not sure of the name.
You can click on the "CC" box for closed caption's , and hit pause to see names as they are talking . I use it all the time when the "CC" is listed on the bottom of the video .
P.S. If those are your Sungold, you have incorrect or crossed seeds. Sungold should be a golden orange color and smaller than a quarter. The plant should smell different than most tomato plants, and the fruits often crack where removed from the plant (the pedicel and sepals.) Some say it has a kinda tropical hard-to-describe flavor. Hope this helps.
Stupice is hard to pronounce, but is pretty close to Stoo-PEACH-kuh. It is from the Czech Republic. It should have potato leaves. Opalka actually is a multi-purpose tomato--it's "wetter" than most paste tomatoes and can be used in salads. It typically has more than 2 seed locules (seed cavities.) It's a Polish variety that was introduced by Carolyn Male, author of the book, "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden."
Beth is awesome! She was great at explaining the flavors and texture. I look forward to seeing her in upcoming episodes. 😃
Isn't she the best?!?!
This was hilarious! Have Beth on more!
OMG!!! Beth rocked, we loved Beth and agreed with her on the varieties we have grown. We request to see more of Beth please. Great show, thank you.
Beth definitely has a palate, and seems to describe flavors well.
Thumbs up for your choice of tasters.
Beth's descriptions were great. Made me want to try some of those tomatoes and I'm not a huge tomato fan. Nice video.
This video is so old, but she’s such a good tomato taster. I’m watching tasting videos right now, and tomato growers are lousy at describing their own tomatoes lol
I don't understand how you ever have any stock on seeds. Your prices and germination rates are unbelievable. Thanks. Customer for life here buddy
Totally kept waiting for Beth to call it a "stupid" tomato... LOL... Loved the Marglobe... Its a 1917 cross between a Marvel and a Globe - hence the name... Beth tossing the leftovers was hilarious... Perhaps the next vid will be "Beth's volunteer garden" LOL Good choice on the Brandywine Beth ! A fave here too... And who can deny the age 'ole Amish paste... Great vid... Thumbs up to both of ya... And if you see a strange TN guy sneaking around your garden with a salt shaker, pay no attention... LOL
The genes for being very good-looking clearly run in your family!
Beth, you were delightful! I thought you described your first impressions of each variety really well and you were funny and witty to boot.
I gave you a standing ovation for your, "How Stupice of me," comment. Brava, sis!
The guy that made the mortgage lifter sold starts and paid off his mortgage. People would come from far and wide to buy his starts. He stabilised maybe 5 or 6 different varieties. Brandywine was one included in his group.
There are several varieties of Mortgage Lifter, the first was 1920, the best known "radiator charlie" type is from 1930s... I love trying to make them grow.
You did awesome Beth ! Great smile and sense of humour .
Beth is very pretty!! Great job Beth, now I know which tomatoes I'll be growing next season! 😀
This year was the first time I grew an Amish Paste. It grew to soft ball size and was delicious. I will be keeping the seeds from this one for sure. My mouth was watering all the while Beth was taste testing the different ones. Most I've never heard of.
Such a super cute and informative video!! Beth is a doll! Loved her personality. She reminds me of my daughter. Fun, lighthearted and a cutie patootie! (My daughter and Beth both are probably rolling their eyes with my "mom" comments. LOL) I'm very excited to order some seeds from you when you get some in. I'm on a very tight budget now because I have a lot of health issues and your pricing is very fair. I really appreciate that. I want to try and be as healthy as possible with my foods so I can be here a bit longer with my grand babies. So thank you to you and Cindy for being such generous spirits with your videos, time and garden! God Bless!!
What a beautiful introduction to some of your favorite verities. Here, big box stores only sell 4 or 5 verities over and over. Luckily I got an access to a greenhouse for next year and I can start a few things that I have been trying, like okra, bitter, water and musk melon, tinda (Indian apple gourd) and eggplant.
Omg she's amazing. Please make her a regular on your channel, pretty please...
She did great! I really loved this video because of what Beth brought to it. She explained everything well, and added a new face.
Beth is awesome! Do have her back for more videos. I just added the Japanese Black Trifele to my list for next year. I may also try the Pink Brandywine. Thanks for the inspiration.
As a newbie, this is 100% THEE best info needed and greatly appreciated! Thank you! I really needed something w descriptors of various varieties. I’m flying blind... thank you!!
It's fun watching someone else's reactions! I think I'll be trying some different varieties next year!
A few varieties that I have never heard of, good stuff. I tried growing Mortgage Lifter a few times with no luck, so I gave up. The story that I heard was that some farmer during The Depression was about about lose his farm and he grew them, cloned the suckers, and sold the plants. They were so popular and grew so well in his area that he was able to "lift his mortage" and kept the farm.
What a great video! I am planning to experiment more next year! I have only grown Roma and Amish paste (for sauce) so far. Until this year, I didn't even like tomatoes except in sauce or ketchup. But I had such an abundance of Amish paste and watching RUclips videos, I absolutely have to expand next year and try different tomatoes in my sauces! Thank you for all the information that you share!
I love the Stupice tomatoes, they can be planted here in the Fall and produce up into June when the temps are over 110 degrees F. They are very hardy.
And this is why you need to plant many tomato varieties. They all taste different. And the Black Japanese Trifle is one of my faves. And the Brandywines are all good.
Hey MIgardener - this is one of my favorite videos of yours - you really should bring back Beth and do another one this year! Ps, love your seed store
I think i watched this 30 times already She has to come back this year Great Job Beth
Beth is so cute and honest! Loved this video. Thanks
This was really helpful! Appreciate Beth's honesty and will be trying the pink brandywine based on her review.
Beth, what a beautiful smile. Sungold is my favorite. Comes early and produces heavy all season. Super tasty.
Hey Luke, I thought Beth did a great job! I am growing the Stupice (pronounced Stu-pee-za or Stu-pee-chay) and I haven't grown it before, so I didn't even know it was a cherry tomato. I was happy to hear how she liked it. You should have more taste tests. It sounds like I should have bought Opalka seeds instead of the Amish paste.
Never had most of those. This was my first year growing tomatoes actually. I have mine in 5gal buckets, and I put some out at my grandpa's house in some rather large, rectangular containers he has. He's about to turn 94, but he's always had a garden, so I saw it as him getting his garden and me getting to try a couple of new varieties. I grew large cherry and red beefsteak tomatoes on my patio, and pink Brandywine, German queen, Rutgers, and yellow pear cherry tomatoes at his house. The pink Brandywine are probably my favorite tomatoes ever (and I'm not much on tomatoes other than cherry varieties). I think I'll have to grow some of the varieties in this video next season. Thanks for the vids you put out. Your container gardening series helped me immensely with this first attempt at it. A lot of the things I was second guessing myself on I was actually right about, but sometimes reassurance is just as valuable as instruction. Seemed like every time I'd start to worry about something, I'd come home and see that you'd posted a video and you happened to touch on the topic.
I was a very entertaining video! I love the idea of a new gardener tasting different varieties. I'm sort of in the same boat and I'm looking forward to trying to raise next year. Loved Beth's humor!
Thanks Lindsay! Come over any time and have a taste!
Paste tomatoes are usually higher in pectin and believe it, or not, actually are sweeter, but the saccharide chains need to be broken down through judicious applications of heat and time. As the chains break down, the surface area increases and allows them to fit into more taste bud receptors, making them taste sweeter with slow cooking, than fresh eating.
Your cousin? You poor guy! She's a keeper, if you know what I mean. I've been following you for a few months now and I hope you have her on again. She's very entertaining and very cute, too! She sure seems to have the knack for describing flavors and has a great camera presence. Very enjoyable episode, Luke. Thanks.
I just bought a bunch of tomatoes from you. I wish I had watched this first. I have more of an idea of what I would want. Your cousin is adorable, great at describing these and hilarious!
Japanese Black Trifele tomato is in my garden every year and they do take time to ripen. But oh so worth it!
Beth you are a natural!! I appreciated your very descriptive nature with the tomatoes. I think I might get some of those a Sungolds... But does your cousin sell them??Would love to see you on more videos! But could you tell us one more time how much you love the Amish Paste tomato Lol!
Beth was awesome! She sounds like she should be on a food travel show
A video on what makes the same tomato taste wildly different for different zones and growing conditions is a good follow up to this. I grew Triffle in compost with organic amendments in good sun and it was so lack luster. I didn't get get the ultra sweet Orange Rousilini outcome either. I know it's not bad voodoo on my yard or something because I had others that were awesome like Comsmonaut Volkov, Caspian, Sungold, Momataro and Box Car Willie to name a few.
Loved the test, going to add a couple varieties based on Beth's report
The mortgage lifter was supposed to be named after a man who grew these tomatoes and sold each plant for $1.00. He made enough to pay off his whole mortgageIn 6 years ... Thus named "The Mortgage Lifter Tomato
I was about to post this story, but decided to look and see if someone else already posted and they had.... YOU! It's a great story and a great tomato if you can get it to grow in your area.
Neat story!
no, no, no.. think! If he sold his plant for $1.00 he would have ONlY $1.00 verses 10 to 15 lbs per plant at whatever the going rate for tomatoes. A mortgage of even $10,000 he would have had to sell 10,000 plants.. He was selling tomatoes, not plants!
@@robertl.fallin7062 I agree . selling the whole plant wouldn't make financial sense. but selling the tomatoes would totally make sense.
Here's the story ..
www.timberlanegardens.info/mobile/the-mortgage-lifter-tomato-story.html
Great idea for a video Luke. Thumbs up to the both of you!
Chuck
This was really fun! I had a good laugh all the way through and your cuz is a cutie patootie! I enjoyed her descriptions.
Great video! Good job, Beth. Luke needs to feature you more. You're a natural!!
Well now I have more tomatoes I need to add to my collection! Loved this video!
Beth did a great job!! She needs to come down south an try some of the tomatoes that I'm growing
Your cousin Beth is hilarious! I loved her, please have her on again doing more tastings.
That was a good video!..Beth is comfortable in front of the camera..she did great!
Very informative video Luke, and Beth, you did a great job!
your cousin is hilarious!!!!!! it was fun watching her taste the tomatoes! can wait to try some of the varieties!
Thanks for doing this video. I think I have some good info for better 🍅 choosing.
Y'all started to have fun at the end, nice to see a more informal video.
Good video! I still cant decide what to grow next year. I can only grow one. I wanted something usefull for cooking
I really enjoyed this taste test!!! Thanks!!!!
Omg!!! She is cute as a bug! But she was makin me nervous with that knife!!! LOL!!! Can she do cucumbers next??!!!
She looks like Jeanette mccurdy
Mortgage Lifter is called that because the guy in West Virginia who bred the tomato was able to sell plants for $1 and eventually paid off his mortgage with it.
NEED TO SEE BETH MORE. GREAT JOB
Cousin Beth did an excellent job. Fun dialogue you guys.
I've been binging your videos all day! Keep up the great work! I hate to nitpick, but the first tomato is the stu-piche or stu-piche-ka
I've yet to try any of those varieties.
I have Pink Brandywine started this year from Luke's seeds, along with the MIGardner exclusive... Orange Russolini. 😁
She needs to be in more videos! Great perspective and nice presence on camera :)
Beth is so cute love her personality great job you guys very helpful for making my decision on which I will grow.
I always enjoy tomato tasting videos, Beth is really fun to watch :-)
I was just planning out my tomato varieties for next season and thanks for the explanation on the mortgage lifter (which I've grown before) compared to the pink brandy wine. It was a toss up until this video. I will be trying the Chianti Rose (a pink brandy wine type) instead of planting the mortgage lifter again.
I grew Opalka this year based on your tomato video and it didn't do well :(. None of the tomatoes in that bed did so I may have to give it a second shot.
More Beth! MORE BETH! She was funny :))) Please come back!
What about cherokee purple or Kellogg breakfast or big rainbow? do you grow those?
I think there are over 500 heirloom tomatoes and each is likly better tasting than any that Kroger will offer. Brandywine Red, Pink, Yellow and several variations are considered among a group of premier tomatoes. Cherokee Purple has become the benchmark.
Beth, if I had a grand daughter and she was half as sweet and genuine as you, I would feel very lucky.
Would like to see more of Beth... nice to see a second opinion . If you want to know why the supermarket tomatoes are so bad read tomatoland.
Very good video. Beth is funny. You have a nice family👍✋
Loved the video! How do you stop your tomatoes from cross pollinating while growing in the same area?
LOL.. 'How stupice of me'.. She is adorable.
I loved this! She is so funny and clever! I want to taste all those tomatoes!!
Love Beth!
Beth should be the taste tester all the time...she is just too funny :-)
I need more Beth.
this episode was great! Good info on the different varieties and good hosts! Thumbs up! =)
Haha thanks! So glad you liked it!
Heirloom tomatoes are way better than What i get in the grocery store. I can't stand the texture, it makes me gag without fail. but I can do any heirlooms (so far) with minimal pulp. I gave it a shot with recommendation from a friend that heirloom tomatoes are different. they were right :)
Hi love your videos. i have PM on my squash. Whats the best organic way to treat it?
Definitely want to try some of these! When you do a video like this one, it would be very helpful if the you list the names of varieties you're discussing because sometimes the audio is a little garbled. I'm thinking about that large yellow one but I'm not sure of the name.
You can click on the "CC" box for closed caption's , and hit pause to see names as they are talking . I use it all the time when the "CC" is listed on the bottom of the video .
P.S. If those are your Sungold, you have incorrect or crossed seeds. Sungold should be a golden orange color and smaller than a quarter. The plant should smell different than most tomato plants, and the fruits often crack where removed from the plant (the pedicel and sepals.) Some say it has a kinda tropical hard-to-describe flavor. Hope this helps.
Awesome update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Beth is awesome
I know!
great job, Beth!
That was awesome and very informative.
this was funny your cousin is very good host! and accurate too, Pink Brandywine is one of the best flavored tomatoes ever
She did a good job in describing the tomatoes. I copied down the names, so I can search for these varieties.
I have rutger heirloom tomatoes they are one of my favorites
Rutgers are delicious
Brandywine= Queen of the Heirlooms
I’m late to the party by a year- but this was fun! Beth was hilarious! 😆
Good job, Beth!
Hi the young lady did good and I really like your videos thank you.
fun video. Beautiful cousin. She needs her own gardening channel.
She does! I keep telling her that.
She cracked me up with her subtle jokes :D great video
She is quite the goofball. We all love eachother so it is even more funny.
more beth please, very funny
Stupice is hard to pronounce, but is pretty close to Stoo-PEACH-kuh. It is from the Czech Republic. It should have potato leaves. Opalka actually is a multi-purpose tomato--it's "wetter" than most paste tomatoes and can be used in salads. It typically has more than 2 seed locules (seed cavities.) It's a Polish variety that was introduced by Carolyn Male, author of the book, "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden."
Good job Beth
Now I'll try a yellow tomato
very stupus of me hahaha your cousin is really cool
Beth is great. I see a great future in the making
you need her for more videos she adds some spunk to them . my favorite tomatoes are hilly billy rainbow color and Cherokee Purple that's all I need
She is quite the spunky character. Always a good laugh around her
Looking for Opalka tomato seeds. Any help?
How do you remember the different names of each variety of vegetable?