I have been gardening for about 3 years now, and have grown mostly hybrid tomatoes. Paste types, a lot of cherries and currant types. I also grew a few mid-size maters that I bought as plants from Wal-mart. Nothing very interesting. But I did try to grow Brandywine, the biggest stems I've seen yet, and had little green maters on it. Those plants were destroyed in a wind and rain storm, so I never got to taste "Brandywine"!My tomato season is from August to March, then the only thing that might grow is the cherries!