Results, Monticello Tomato Tasting, August 6, 2011 Variety Rating >8 <5 1. Brandywine Sudduth’s Strain 8.47 10 0 2. Granny Cantrell’s German Pink/Red 8.23 6 0 3. Purple Calabash 8.2 6 0 4. Rose 8.15 9 0 5. Virginia Sweet 8.11 7 0 6. (tie) Estonia 8.0 6 0 6. (tie) Dwarf Rosella Purple 8.0 4 0 6. (tie) Oxheart 8.0 7 0 9. (tie) Old Kentucky 7.94 3 0 9. (tie) Costoluto Genovese 7.94 1 0 11. (tie) Zogola 7.93 3 0 11. (tie) Abe Lincoln 7.93 4 0 13. Sungold 7.8 9 1 14. Cherokee Purple 7.64 4 0 15. Tropic 7.5 6 0 16. Gold Medal 7.44 5 1 17. Mortgage Lifter Bicolor 7.41 3 0 18. Amy’s Apricot 7.35 6 2 19. Vinson Watts 7.23 4 0 19. Rose #2 7.23 2 2 21. Matts’ Wild Cherry 7.15 5 1 21. Red Pisa Date 7.11 3 1 23. Eva Purple Ball 7.1 2 0 24. Big Rainbow 7.06 1 0 25. Mortgage Lifter VFN 6.93 2 0 26. Rutgers 6.75 0 0 27. Isis Candy 6.63 1 1 28. Striped Roman 6.58 1 5 29. Opalka 6.58 1 1 30. Garden Peach 6.44 2 1 31. Large Red 6.41 0 0 Special thanks for the many great varieties brought by Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Ann Eddins of Charlottesville, and Edward Engel from Maryland. Past Results August 7, 2010: 1. Granny Cantrell, 8.64; 2. Brandywine OTV, 8.28; 3. Estonia, 8.24; 4. Rose, 8.05; 5 (tie). Yellow Brandywine, 7.84; 5 (tie) Brandywine, Sudduth’s, 7.84; 7. Green Zebra, 7.61 August 8, 2009: 1. Estonia, 8.9; 2. Old Virginia, 8.5; 3. Cherokee Purple, 8.45; 4. Rose, 8.2; 5. Sungold, 7.85; 6. Prudens Purple, 7.63; 7. German Pink, 7.6; 8. Purple Calabash, 7.58 August 2, 2008: 1. Sungold, 7.8; 2. Black Cherry, 7.6; 3. Prudens Purple, 7.5; 4. Rose de Berne, 7.2; 5. (tie) Eva Purple Ball, Rose, Tomato Berry, 7 August 4, 2007: 1. Sungold, 8.5, 2. Black Cherry, 8.2, 3. German Red, 7.8, 4. Rose, 7.8, 4. Principe Borghese, 7.8, 6. Golden Queen, 7.6, Grapa Roma, 7.6 August 5, 2006: 1.Sweet 100, 8.2; 2. Sungold, 8.1; 3. Mr. Stripey, 7.8; 4. Golden Boy, 7.6; 5. Super Bush, 7.5; 6. Purple Calabash, 7.2; 7. Beefmaster, 7.2; 8. Beefsteak, 7.0 July 30, 2005: 1. Sungold, 8.1; 2. Pruden’s Purple, 8.0; 3. Rainbow, 8.0; 4. Pink Brandywine, 7.9; 5. Giant Syrian, 7.9; 6. Rose, 7.6; 7. Mortgage Lifter, 7.4 July 31, 2004: 1. Brandywine, 9.2; 2. Bloody Butcher, 8.5; 3. Sungold, 8.4; 4. Aunt Ginny’s, 8.1; 5. Pruden’s Purple, 8.0; 6. Caspian Pink, 8.0; 7. Mortgage Lifter, 7.9 August 4, 2003: 1. Rose, 8.6; 2. Brandywine (Suddelph), 7.9; 3. Brandywine, 7.6; 4. Mortgage Lifter, 7.4; 5. Purple Calabash, 7.3; 6. Eva Purple Ball, 7.3; 7. German Johnson, 7.2 August 10, 2002: 1. Pruden’s Purple, 8.9; 2. Rose, 8.3; 3. Giant Syrian, 8.1; 4. Sungold, 8.0; 5. Mortgage Lifter, 7.5; 6. Krukovic Yugoslavian, 7.5; 7. Mortgage Lifter #2, 7.4 August 25, 2001,1. Sungold, 8.3; 2. Sweet 100, 8.2; 3. Mortgage Lifter, 7.0; 4. Dona, 6.9; 5. Tappy’s Finest, 6.9; 6. Federle, 6.6; 7. Grape, 6.5; 8. Marizol Gold, 6.4; 9. Celebrity, 6.3 .