The Sun Gold tomato, in a duel with Black Cherry, finally wrestled first place in this year's annual Tomato Tasting Festival held Saturday, July 14 at the North Carolina A&T Farm in Greensboro.

Attendees also enjoyed canning demonstrations, a cookoff and educational information from Master Gardeners and others on the benefits of tomatoes.

The Big Book of Tomatoes 2012 includes photos of all this year's entries, with pictures of whole and sliced tomato varieties: http://www.locallygrownnews.com/stories/The-Big-Book-of-Tomatoes-2012-Version,28899

The Big Book of Tomatoes 2011:http://www.locallygrownnews.com/stories/The-Big-Book-of-Tomatoes-Volume-2011,28038

The Big Book of Tomatoes 2010: http://www.locallygrownnews.com/stories/The-Big-Book-of-Tomatoes,26536

2012 Tomato Survey Results, Ranked from Highest to Lowest

Taste: Sun Gold (cherry), Black Cherry (cherry), Super Sweet 100 (cherry), Big Beef , Brandywine (Red) , Big Pink , German Johnson , Rose , Five Star Grape (cherry), Celebrity , Snow White (cherry), German Giant , Chadwick Cherry (cherry), Cherokee Purple , Burpee's Burger , Cosmonaut Volkov , Beefsteak , Copia , Cherry Sweetie (cherry), Black from Tula , Marglobe , Orange Oxheart , Floralina , Roma , Mortgage Lifter , Lemon Boy , Paul Robeson , Amish Paste , Oxheart , Striped German , Yellow Pear (cherry), Persimmon , Cherokee Green , Bush Big Boy , Tye-Dye , Virginia Sweets , Carolina Gold , Orange Slice , Aunt Ruby's German Green , Kellogg's Breakfast , Taxi , Japanese Black Trifele (cherry), Indigo Rose (cherry)

Texture: Sun Gold (cherry), Black Cherry (cherry), Super Sweet 100 (cherry), Big Beef , Chadwick Cherry (cherry), Brandywine (Red) , Snow White (cherry), Big Pink , Five Star Grape (cherry), German Johnson , Cherry Sweetie (cherry), Rose , Celebrity , Burpee's Burger , Marglobe , German Giant , Cosmonaut Volkov , Floralina , Yellow Pear (cherry), Orange Oxheart , Cherokee Purple , Beefsteak , Copia , Roma , Black from Tula , Lemon Boy , Bush Big Boy , Oxheart , Striped German , Mortgage Lifter , Virginia Sweets , Paul Robeson , Persimmon , Tye-Dye , Orange Slice , Amish Paste , Taxi , Aunt Ruby's German Green , Carolina Gold , Cherokee Green , Kellogg's Breakfast , Japanese Black Trifele (cherry), Indigo Rose (cherry)

Appearance: Super Sweet 100 (cherry), Sun Gold (cherry), Chadwick Cherry (cherry), Rose , Brandywine (Red) , Big Pink , Big Beef , Black Cherry (cherry), Cosmonaut Volkov , Orange Oxheart , Yellow Pear (cherry), Celebrity , German Giant , Cherry Sweetie (cherry), Floralina , Burpee's Burger , Marglobe , Five Star Grape (cherry), Bush Big Boy , Mortgage Lifter , Snow White (cherry), German Johnson , Lemon Boy , Persimmon , Roma , Carolina Gold , Oxheart , Striped German , Cherokee Purple , Orange Slice , Amish Paste , Copia , Beefsteak , Tye-Dye , Black from Tula , Virginia Sweets , Taxi , Kellogg's Breakfast , Aunt Ruby's German Green , Paul Robeson , Indigo Rose (cherry), Cherokee Green , Japanese Black Trifele (cherry)

Overall: Sun Gold (cherry), Black Cherry (cherry), Super Sweet 100 (cherry), Big Beef , Brandywine (Red) , Big Pink , Chadwick Cherry (cherry), Rose , German Johnson , Five Star Grape (cherry), Celebrity , Snow White (cherry), German Giant , Cosmonaut Volkov , Cherry Sweetie (cherry), Burpee's Burger , Marglobe , Orange Oxheart , Floralina , Cherokee Purple , Yellow Pear (cherry), Roma , Mortgage Lifter , Copia , Beefsteak , Lemon Boy , Bush Big Boy , Black from Tula , Oxheart , Persimmon , Striped German , Amish Paste , Orange Slice , Carolina Gold , Tye-Dye , Paul Robeson , Virginia Sweets , Cherokee Green , Aunt Ruby's German Green , Taxi , Kellogg's Breakfast , Japanese Black Trifele (cherry), Indigo Rose (cherry)