Hi Pam, Thanks for the input from the Willamette Valley. I am glad to hear your results. This year I grew Siletz here in central Maryland with good success. I don't mean to imply that it tastes as good as Brandywine or Red Mortgage Lifter. but it is certainly a giant leap above Oregon Spring which I tasted only once and immediately spat out. Another early one that has done well for me is Mountain Spring which is an open pollinated variety and not one of the Mountain Series of hybrids from UNC. Good gardening, Chuck Wyatt http://www.heirloomtomatoes.net