Name just one for "best tasting". And one for "best growing", meaning beautiful healthy less disease.

Gold Medal,for both reasons.

My personal favorite tasting is Persimmon. For best growth it is Goliath hybrid. I grow a few in with the heirlooms.

Mine isn't an heirloom, it's a hybrid I can easily find at my local garden center (gasp!). It's Lemon Boy. I've got a bunch getting ripe right now, and I've already picked several. I like it because it is sweet, although if the plant lasts into late fall, I've noticed the fruit becomes sour. I seem to get a lot of blossom end rot in my garden, but so far, this one doesn't have it, knock on wood.

--J--

Last year I found an Italizn Gold -- but can't find it again. I have one called Big Mamma that supposedly is the red equivalent but has yet to be tested. Big roma style, lots of meat, nearly no juice or seeds. Heavy bearers.

tasting- Black Krim
growing- sungold

Paul Robeson.

Dang it, I have tried 7 new to me varieties this year. As of now, I am awaiting for those green globes to turn red. But so far, no one has mentioned one of the 7 as their favorite!!!

I tasted my first Italian Market tomato and was disappointed. Kind of mushy inside and the taste was not that good. The plant is healthy.

Had my first Roma and more about ready. Very good. Other tomatoes are coming on. I have 13 types.

just red or in a pinch yellow is fine

Sungold is my all out favorite for taste. For production, it's a little bit behind Juliet. Larger tomatoes I can't decide, depends on the year's weather.

Early Girl, for both. This year I've gotten more tomatoes off it than any of my other seven plants, and they've all been scrumptious!

My early girl has done incredibly well too. And is loaded for bear! And it is the first of the tomatoes to vine ripen, which gives it an unfair? advantage in the testing.

I am still waiting patiently for the others to ripen. Got a Nygrous tomato, nearly brown in color, which we did not find real appealing and the taste was soso. mk

Flavor would probably be Creole, but for hardiness and the most beautiful plant and fruit would be Goliath (the regular, not bush). Flavor isn't bad, but Creole is a little better.