re: Tomatoes (other than Better Boy) that grow well in South Louisiana

We plant 40+ tomato plants every year to make 10 - 12 gal of puree (which we freeze) and for salads, salsa, sauces, etc. We typically pick 275 - 350 tomatoes / yr. For us, planting the plants by the 1st or 2nd week in March means everything will be harvested by the end of June. The heat in mid summer is not conducive to good tomatoes.

Better Boy has always produced the most (and biggest fruit). These get more diseases like fungus that has to be dealt with. We just pull off the yellowing foliage. The suckers we also have to pull off.

Celebrity has been very disease resistant but has produced less. Both seem similar in flavor. Celebrity doesn't need pruning.

Cherokee purple tastes the best, and produces similar to Celebrity for us.

Creole tomatoes we buy from the river parishes where they grow well. We haven't had good luck with them on the N Shore but enjoy the texture and flavor.