Tomatoes with fruity flavors

[Steph S]

It's funny but I started out liking a good bold 'tomato' flavor with umami, lycopene, etc. but the more I grew and sampled different OP's/heirlooms, the more I gravitated away from 'tomato' taste.
At this point the smell of a room full of ripe tomatoes is disgusting to me.  I have to move em out to the people I'm growing for.
And I don't relish the smell of the foliage either, except maybe early in the season it's okay.  One reason for breeding determinates is to avoid the gross amount of foliage and foliage smells that go with pruning and keeping large plants in a tiny greenhouse.
Every now and then I don't mind a classic red tomato taste, if I haven't had any for a longish while.
I sometimes use tomato paste in cooking but the taste of it grosses me out.  The homemade sauce is so much better.

My Skipper Pink I would describe as plummy, sweet and floral.  I can eat or smell them any day and like it.
Rodney is very similar but occasionally throws sweet or spicy notes which may be environmental IDK. They haven't turned into different tasting lines, but instead the basic taste notes are stable.
I really think of Rodney as a basis for breeding early determinate beefs, with a decent sweetness and taste and plant health profile for the climate, and the 'locule number' and reduced point shape genetics.  I guess the bicolor Rumpus and other crosses being tested now will tell whether it is a good parent for that as I hope.

[Andrew Barney]

And I don't relish the smell of the foliage either, except maybe early in the season it's okay.  One reason for breeding determinates is to avoid the gross amount of foliage and foliage smells that go with pruning and keeping large plants in a tiny greenhouse.

I think with the wild tomato species I've smelled about 4 or 5 different foliage smells that are different than typical domestic tomatoes. In general tomato plant smell is ok but not great in large quantities.

For the wild galapagense smells gross almost like bug repellant

But some of the others and hybrids smell great! One hybrid I kept over winter smells fantastic! I'm really excited about the wild tomato breeding in terms of flavors and smells.