it was a cool wet summer in your area

they generally taste better than most pastes

What was your seed source? There are some "wrong" Opalkas out there....were they 5 or 6 inches long, with a pointy end, or were they shorter with a rounded end?

Cause and effect. There is a very high correlation between growing conditions and taste/flavor. EX: as soil moisture levels rise, taste falls.

Dave

i thought my Opalka were the best tasting paste tomato i have ever tasted.

another think we liked about them was how large they were.

Dean

I've grown them almost every year for the past 6 years and they've been really tasty except for this year. It was a rather cool summer here as well, so maybe that's it. I would give them another try before counting them out.

I give Jung's high mmarks on their seed, tomatoswere mostly good sized a bit curved & pointy, as for the yr. it was unusually cool & wet but my Celebrity's were very good tasting. What are your thoughts?

Taste is a very personal thing docux. ;) Personally, like many others, I have never found Celebrity to be worth wasting garden space on. It is a bred for market tomato so little different than many others found at the grocery store and 100's of varieties have far more flavor IMO.

But what counts is what tastes good to you so stick with the ones you like.

Dave

Did you notice if there was any improvement in flavor between the early tomatoes and the later ones? All my early tomatoes were bland and watery due to the cool growing conditions this summer. After we got the heat wave that started in mid-August, everything improved in flavor and became much sweeter. I've always liked Opalka. Great as a paste and good enough to eat fresh.