Comments on: Black Cherry Tomato

By: Goncalo

Goncalo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:39 +0000

Hello Sally!
I tried black cherry in Israel where the seller told me it was the tomato with most nutrients, so I came across this article while trying to find out the truthness about this fact!
Now I got impressed with these variations and I really want to know more before buying seeds!
By the way the black cherry tasted like heaven =)

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:15:18 +0000

Two crops of winter tomatoes! You are really making me jealous. The temperature has just dropped here – today was the day for wooly hats and gloves! So I will have to enjoy the thought of tomatoes – and what great names – Alice Roosevelt and Royal Chico – I haven’t come across either – but then Alice in particular sounds like a very all American lady! So maybe that’s why!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:22:25 +0000

Sally, we can plant two crops of winter tomatoes in South Florida, so I might try to find some seed for Sungold and try it after Christmas in crop 2. Picked our first Alice Roosevelt today. Can’t wait to try that for the first time. Have you tried Royal Chico, a plum tomato? We have those in pots this year for the first time and they seem to be fruiting heavily and the plant is gorgeous. Can’t wait until they ripen.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:53:50 +0000

How Wonderful! I love that you are just picking your first “winter” tomatoes!!
I am a huge fan of Black Cherry. It’s interesting and versatile and gives a whole other colour dimensions when used in salads etc. Have you also come across “Sungold” – slightly smaller, a golden orange and the same vigourous growth as Black Cherry – a glass bowl – half filled with Black Cherry and half filled with Sungold is a heartlifting sight to the tomato lover!
Thank you for getting in touch and I hope you have a long and delicious tomato season.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:29:34 +0000

I grew heirloom tomatoes last year for the first time, and loved the Cherokee Purples. This year, I have 11 varieties in the ground that I got from friend and seed collector Al Anderson of Ohio. Al sent me Black Cherry seeds in the batch. We are in South Florida, so we planted the seed in early August and will grow them all winter. We picked the first Black Cherry tomato today, and cut it in half and ate it tonight. Tastes wonderful, just like a small Cherokee Purple. Can’t wait for the rest to ripen.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:44:53 +0000

Hello,
Thank you for stopping by and getting in touch. Am very glad to hear you have a good crop. They have such a good flavour and add lots of colour and character to salads.
Hope you have a fully ripe garden shortly.

By: Claire Kim

Claire Kim — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:47:58 +0000

I too am growing Black Cherry tomatoes for the first time this year. I have so many it’s amazing. They are wonderful! I’m just waiting for all the other Heirlooms to ripen now

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:20:29 +0000

Hello – Thank you for getting in touch. It is wonderful to hear from tomato growers about their experiences with different varieties. And even more wonderful to hear from growers in different countries and climates. And I like the idea of a “Golden Egg” tomato! I like it because of its colour, flavour and wild calyx! It’s good on its own and it adds a certain something when mixed in with other tomatoes in a salad etc – esp if you grow varieties in shades of orange – like Sungold – or yellow – like Balconi or even paler -Snowberry. And you are right on its love of growing – it’s very much a vine!
I had decided not to grow it this year – to try Chocolate Cherry instead – but was regretting that decision – so was surprised and delighted to find it as a plant in a garden centre this week – which not only allowed me to add it back into this year’s collection – but made me think that it is gaining in popularity – and for all the reasons you have said – rightly so!
I hope you continue to have great success with it – and do let me know – it’s wonderful to think of us all enjoying home grown tomatoes the world over!

By: Ken Shearing

Ken Shearing — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:05:56 +0000

A very interesting and tasty tomato indeed. Over here in Sydney Australia, I planted one I grew from seed in late March on the recommendation that it was a tomato that could survive up to our winter (June – September) – we have no no frost or below zero conditions and live on the coast. What a surprise! It just grew and grew, was impervious to very wet weather, disease and pests and in the end I had to pinch out the top. It kept flowering in cool to cold wet weather and the fruit kept coming. I don’t know how this tomato will go in our summer months but I am certainly going to try it. I have picked fruit as of June 3 and there is more to come. If this tomato continues to emulate its (Australian) autumn performance – I have found the “Golden Egg”!

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:12:01 +0000

What a great description! I loved their airbound journey home – and you are absolutely right about their growth habit- just like Sungold they really like to see what’s going on over the fence – or anywhere they can “scramble” to. They are a great tomato and I am with you on it being one that rightly earns its place in the garden each year. Enjoy this year’s crop !