Black Cherry

Black Cherry!  This tomato is a winner.  It always seems that I cannot keep enough fruit on the vine to harvest for market, without the family helping themselves to this delicious treat.  Black Cherry is probably one of my most popular tomatoes at market.  I also noticed that I sell a lot of plants as well.  So I am convinced that Black Cherry grows well in our climate here in NY.

 It is to my understanding that Black Cherry was developed by Vince Sapp, owner of Tomato Growers Supply, from a natural cross released in 2003.

Black Cherry is an early variety that is indeterminate, regular leaf.  The fruit is about one inch in diameter with a dark dusky purplish/black color to them.  Excellent flavor, great for snacking and in salads; we call them “Garden Candy”, here.  

You can visit this site http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Black_Cherry  for more information and photos of Black Cherry.

Indian Stripe

For years I was stuck on Cherokee Purple- don’t get me wrong, it’s a great tomato, but Indian Stripe- FORGET ABOUT IT!  Meaning I almost forgot about Cherokee Purple, that’s how awesome Indian Stripe is.

Indian Stripe is considered to be a strain of Cherokee Purple, they are very similar.  The Indian Stripe produces smaller fruit, and they have an oblate beefsteak shape to them.  The smaller fruits can have almost a heart shape to them.  Indian Stripe tomatoes are soooo delicious- a great slicing tomato!

They are heavy producers, mature in about 80 day.  The Indian Stripe that I grew last year was the potato leaf version, and I had a great turn out.  Other than a few of my cherry tomatoes the Indian Stripe was my first producing tomato of the season, and what a treat it was.  I highly recommend growing Indian Stripe.