In fairness...my Celebrity plant has suffered bigtime stress this year, and might not be a fair test. All productive (30+ pp), reliable, and tasty. The site may not look or function as expected. Even the Better Boys had green core material all over the stem end of the fruit. Even the Better Boys had green core material all over the stem end of the fruit. They are nice looking, but fairly bland for a garden grown tomato. If I went back to hybrids, that's probably what I'd grow.My dad grows both each year, along with all the other tomatoes I give him. Please keep in mind no one tomato variety is resistant to all, or even most, of the diseases that commonly plague this popular crop.For even more disease resistance, seek out varieties that are resistant to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a serious and deadly disease that usually attacks tomato plants in May and June in our region. They are nice looking, but fairly bland for a garden grown tomato. Better Boy was bred and marketed as an improved version of Big Boy, the first hybrid tomato marketed by W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company. Burpee has removed most of the guesswork by selecting the best tried-and-true varieties, but some tomatoes are better for specific uses than others.

haha. These include old favorites like Another way tomatoes are classified is by the way the plants grow and produce. If you're looking for a variety that has flavorful, all-purpose fruits, a tomato called "Better Boy" could be the perfect choice. These excellent hybrids grow quickly and produce fruit at 72 days and then throughout the season until mid or even late October in most a… Better Boy was actually better this year than Big Boy.

IMO, Better Boy is a much better tasting tomato than Celebrity. I always find some larger plants at the local flea market to give me early large tomatoes. *Celebrity *Big Boy *Better Boy **** All three are hybrids. Last edited by Gary350 on Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:53 pm, edited 1 time in total . However, there are thousands of tomato varieties to choose from! Nothing like any of the celebrity's I grew a few years ago.This is what I've also noticed at local farmer's markets. It's a tough year for everything around here. To properly prune a determinate tomato, pinch all suckers from the ground level to the first flower cluster (see diagram 1).

Determinate or indeterminate? Gary, I've only had experience with one of the tomatoes on the list and that is the Better Boy. tedln Super Green Thumb Posts: 2178 Joined: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:06 pm Location: North Texas. A few of the common indeterminate tomatoes are Early Girl, Better Boy and Fantastic. Here’s some foolproof charts and tools showing the best uses for your Burpee tomatoes. I sure love my Cherokee Purple this year! The last two years were terrible ones for that variety for us. Because they keep growing, indeterminate varieties get large, often six feet or more, and need heavy duty cages for support. I sure love my Cherokee Purple this year! Cooperative Extension has offices in every county We didn't grow any celebrity this year.

haha. Better Boy was actually better this year than Big Boy. I will not have back in my gardens again. The up and down temperatures and rainfall have made things extremely difficult to evaluate.That's an interesting point that Celebrity may have changed over the years.The last time celebrity was in my patch, I grew maybe 6 plants because a friend wanted me to grow them. ), so I prefer Better Boy. Burpee has removed most of the guesswork by selecting the best tried-and-true varieties, but some tomatoes are better for specific uses than others. Most modern hybrids are determinate.Indeterminate varieties continue to grow all season, setting successive crops of fruit all summer and into the fall, if you can keep pests away. As a group, these types are by far the most reliable and productive for our region. I turned down getting some Celebrity plants because I've seen too many "fake" Celebrity fruits. As a result, plants set all their fruit at once, bearing over a four to five week period and then are done. It is too bad because I did not think that this was a bad tomato many years ago.Thanks for all the kind advice. Big Boy and Better Boy each have one parent that's the same, and that's Teddy Jones, a large pink heirloom from the midwest. Better Boy was actually better this year than Big Boy. I will not have back in my gardens again. The last two years were terrible ones for that variety for us. My dad grows both each year, along with all the other tomatoes I give him. A few of the more common determinate tomatoes are Celebrity, Bella Rosa and Mountain Spring. Big Boy Better Boy Bradley Rudger Roma.

N.C. Tomatoes also need magnesium for a good start; add 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts to each hole to provide this mineral. In fairness...my Celebrity plant has suffered bigtime stress this year, and might not be a fair test. With thousands of options to plant in your garden, selecting the right tomato can be a little overwhelming. They mature in about 70-75 days, which makes them an excellent choice for a variety of USDA zones. This is what I've also noticed at local farmer's markets.I had to laugh after the comments about pointy tomatoes...Celebrity usually does have a small pointy blossom end, but it is usually a fairly round tomato, this year I have oval pointy, oval and one that ripens in flushes. We are actually growing some Better Boy tomatoes in our garden this year. The popular Celebrity strain of tomatoes has one major advantage over most others: it is almost entirely maintenance-free. Varieties that produce medium size fruits are your best bet. The Extension office is open 8 AM to 5 PM with limited staff. If no one is in the office call Mark Seitz at 910-604-4287 if you need help.Tomato planting season is upon us, leaving gardeners with a pretty big decision to make. Large or small fruits? Better Boy Tomato Info.

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