I'd keep Goose Creek, Cherokee Purple, Indian Stripe, KBX, Choc. Cherry, Sun Gold, Matina vs. all the others in that category, and Opalka.

Romeo, Sophie's Choice, and Black Krim would be my second tier choices. The rest I'd skip.

Dave

Hi,
I think we may have emailed each other recently? : )
Here's my take on your list:

PINK AND RED
Anna Russian ~ grown a couple times. It was ok for me
Brandywine From Croatia (a definite)~ not grown, seen a lot of hype on it
Bulgarian Triumph ~ not grown
Druzba ~ I was very happy with this one when I grew it
Goose Creek ~ A favorite of many. It just won best tomato at the Buffalo~Niagara tomato party
Kosovo (somewhat early is a plus) ~ a very nice heart. I like it better than Anna Russian

PURPLE AND BLACK
Black Krim ~ I've not grown
Carbon (skip this one? have seen mixed reviews) ~I love Carbon! Some people may not like it, but I've seen people describe or show a photo of a tomato that NOT Carbon so I really believe an imposter is floating around. It should be a good looking relatively smooth beefsteak shaped like a filled in donut, lol.
Cherokee Purple and Indian Stripe ~ Pick either Cherokee Purple or Indian Stripe for one year and grow the other another year. They are too similar when you have space retraints.

YELLOW AND ORANGE AND BICOLOR ETC. (I love yellows but this is too many)
Berkeley Tie Dye ~ Was very productive, and is a good choice for an odd color tomato
KBX ~ I really liked but I like Orange Minsk better
Little Lucky ~ I love Little Lucky
Orange Minsk ~ This my new favorite Orange. It did extremely well for me and tastes great.
Pork Chop ~ I really like this one too.

CHERRY
Chocolate Cherry ~ I've not grown.
Red Star (looks cute ... any comments on the taste and productivity? should I go for a different red cherry?) ~ It is cute and productive, early too.
Sungold ~ Extremely productive. You only need one plant and will be over loaded with cherries.

EARLY
Mountain Princess ~ Very good early.
Moravsky Div or Moskvich (if I can find seeds for either of them) ~ I've not grown either
Sophie's Choice ~ always a good choice for an early
I have Matina seeds but think the options above are better. ~ I've not grown this one.

PASTE/SAUCE (only need one of these ... have seen lots of recommendations for Opalka but have a seed source for the other two and not that one)
Opalka ~ I grew it a long time ago and it is better than others. For flavor, I would take Rinaldo over it though.
Ernesto ~ I love the flavor of this one.
Romeo ~ Romeo is huge and many people like that but it is not my favorite paste. If you want to impress people, it is one to grow.

Remy

My list.... I have limited space so I'll be growing a total of 8 plants next year.

Wes (x2)
Cherokee Purple (x2)
Sungold (x2)
Other Variety (yet to be determined)

I'm interested in using the Wes and Cherokee Purple for sauce and slicing. The 4th variety I'd like to incorporate into sauce as well, but I do not want paste varieties. Suggestions?

Dave, thanks!

Remy, yes we did. :) A lot of things on my list are there because of your descriptions ... narrowing it down is the problem. So your comments and comparisons here helped a lot. Thank you!

I hope to get enough tomatoes to use, cook and share next summer. With my 10 plants this year, we still didn't end up with many tomatoes - planted only cherry tomatoes and late-season beefsteaks, and the wildlife got most of the beefsteaks. And a few plants didn't do well. Planning a good fence in addition to more plants and better variety.

PINK AND RED
Anna Russian, is early and reliable and tasty
Brandywine From Croatia (a definite), again, lots of hype and I've told Ray I don't think it originated in Croatia at all, but I have seeds as well but don't know when I'll grow it out
Bulgarian Triumph, absolutely outstanding cluster tomato, great taste
Druzba, a standard for many, very good
Goose Creek , haven't grown it and won't be growing it for several reasons
Kosovo (somewhat early is a plus). again, a very reliable heart although there are others I like as well

PURPLE AND BLACK
Black Krim , prefer Noire de Crimmee
Carbon (skip this one? have seen mixed reviews), ho hum
Cherokee Purple , yes
Indian Stripe , yes, and many like it better than Cherokee Purple

YELLOW AND ORANGE AND BICOLOR ETC. (I love yellows but this is too many)
Berkely Tie Dye, have not grown it and won't be
KBX , a must
Little Lucky, one of the better bicolors
Orange Minsk , outstanding, a must grow
Pork Chop , haven't grown it and won't be

CHERRY
Chocolate Cherry , mixed reviews, bred by Aaron Whaley, I prefer Black Cherry
Red Star (looks cute ... any comments on the taste and productivity? should I go for a different red cherry?); I haven't grown it so can't comment
Sungold, if you mean the F1 hybrid, sure, why not

EARLY
Mountain Princess , haven't grown it
Moravsky Div or Moskvich (if I can find seeds for either of them) , Moravlsy Div is a must grow, very early and outstanding taste
Sophie's Choice, also an excellent early with large beefsteaks not commonly found in earlies
I have Matina seeds but think the options above are better.

PASTE/SAUCE (only need one of these ... have seen lots of recommendations for Opalka but have a seed source for the other two and not that one)
Opalka , one of the best known and reliable and tasty to boot
Ernesto , also good
Romeo, haven't grown it, seeds not easy to get
For pastes I'd strongly also consider:

Heidi
Mama Leone
Sarnowski Polish Plum
Martino's Roma

Most of my tomato friends no longer use paste varieties that much, they just use the best tasting varieties they have for two reqasons, most pastes don't taste that great and many pastes are very suscetible to BER as well as Early Blight ( A. solani) You could use half pastes to lessen the cooking time if you wanted to.

Check out Tania's T-base for seeds for those you don't have access to and I know that M Div is at several places as are some of the others you mention. If yoou don't have Tania's link let me know and I'll link to it or go to Google and just enter it. it would probably read Tatiana's T-base but those of us who know her call her Tania.

Carolyn, who has not e-mailed with you, LOL, but N VA is nice as is Remy, a good friend here in NYS and has been for many years.

Thank you for your feedback, Carolyn! Yes, I'm planning on using half paste tomatoes and half other tomatoes ... tried that combination a couple times recently in cooking and liked the result. And definitely familiar with Tania's Tomato Base, great resource. And yes, I mean the hybrid Sungold -- my mom and husband love it and it's growing on me.

OK, so this is why my list is so long. It seems that all three of you (Remy, Carolyn, Dave) have different favorites, and I came up with that list in part by reading comments from you three. :D

Here's my shorter list for now:

Brandywine From Croatia
Bulgarian Triumph
Druzba
Goose Creek
Kosovo

Cherokee Purple
Indian Stripe (I want to compare these two together)

KBX
Little Lucky
Orange Minsk

Chocolate Cherry
Sungold

Moravsky Div
Sophie's Choice

Opalka

Assuming I can get seeds for all of them. Then, the following year, after I narrow down favorites from these, I can add some that I'm skipping this time.

But really, here's what will probably end up happening in practice. I'll order a small batch of seeds to start with ... then probably buy a few more here and there over the winter when it's cold and depressing outside, and end up with way too many varieties, including some that I just dropped. I'll start a bunch of them and will lose some in the process as this will only be my third year at starting from seed. Whoever survives gets to grow in my garden and a couple friends'. :) And then hopefully the plants won't die or get attacked by wily animals before I get to try the tomatoes. :D