Roma type.

I ended up planting my Matt's Wild Cherry in the same place as last year and let two volunteers from last year grow, and they seem to be out doing my transplants.

In my other garden I have found and allowed a volunteer to grow in my in beans, I assume it is from my mothers tomatoes last year, which were Better Boys or Parks Whoppers.

Let's see how they turn out.

Dean

Still waiting to see what my volunteers will turn out to be. Even though I had several cherries, including Matt's, the mystery plants are definitely not of the cherry variety.

I've been trying to guess based on the still green tomatoes. Let's see, what variety comes pre-catfaced? Lol, could be Black Krim (one of my favorites for taste). Not the prettiest tomato, but a favorite for salads and sandwiches, or just plain eating.

I wish I had the room to grow all of the volunteers that sprouted, just for the heck of it. But, alas, there wasn't enough room so I had to thin the herd.

Volunteers are fun if you're the type who likes surprises and have some room to indulge in those whimsical experiments.

I had a Roma that volunteered every year for four or five years. It didn't show up this year and I kind of miss it, as it seemed almost like an old reliable friend.

All the tomatoes I am growing this year are from volunteers from my first attempt at composting. I have two yellow cherry type tomatoes and maybe one beefsteak....the others may be Better Boy.....not fully developed yet so it is hard to tell.
One may be from a tomato seed from the market....it never got very tall and seems to have quit growing. They are the first to ripen and they don't have the real tomatoey flavor ones have had in years past.
It has been interesting, however.

Carol-
The reason your volunteer tomatoes might not be quite as flavorful as the year before may be due to the fact that last year's plant was a hybrid. Hybrid plants like Better Boys, don't grow true the next year. The seeds are not generally the exact same variety as the hybrid- the next generation will be different.

I am sure you already knew this, but if you didn't I thought you may be interested in why they seem to be a little less tasty.

Karen

I've got 5 volunteers going strong in my little garden, and I have a sneaky suspicion that they're all Red Pear.

I've got 6 volunteer tomato plants growing - 2 or 3 look like they will be Juliets and the rest only have small fruit, so I'm waiting to see what they will be. I actually think that these volunteers look like the healthiest plants when compared to my transplants. I have to say I'm really excited by them!