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Black 80 Open-Pollinated Hybrid 10–14 oz Beefsteak Indeterminate Regular Leaf Slicing Developed by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms, Napa California. Rich, earthy flavor. The darkest tomato variety so far developed. Black Cherry Purple/Red 65–75 Open-Pollinated Hybrid Small Cherry Indeterminate Regular Leaf Salads Rich flavor. [14] [15] Black ...
The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes. [3] Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other colours ...
Many heirloom tomatoes are sweeter and lack a genetic mutation that gives tomatoes a uniform red color at the cost of the fruit's taste. [2] Varieties bearing that mutation which have been favored by industry since the 1940s – that is, tomatoes which are not heirlooms – feature fruits with lower levels of carotenoids and a decreased ability to make sugar within the fruit.
The rootstock (potato) acts as a stable and healthy root system and the scions (tomato) are chosen for their fruit, flowers or leaves. The tomatoes should be ready to harvest after about 12 weeks during the summer months, the potatoes should be ready after the tomato leaves begin to die back, normally in early autumn. [4]
Cherokee Green arose in Craig's garden in 1997 from a planting of Cherokee Chocolate. It is one of several tomatoes whose flesh stays green when it ripens; the skin color is yellow, which provides a guide to indicate when the tomato is ripe and ready for harvest. [6] The Cherokee Purple tomato is most commonly available in the summer and fall. [7]
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Matt's Wild Cherry is a cultivar of tomato ostensibly based on the original wild tomato plants, acquired by a friend of Doctor Matt Liebman in Hidalgo, Mexico. [1] Liebman raised this cultivar in Maine, eventually releasing it under his own name.
Kumatoes. Kumato is a trade name given to a patented [1] cultivar of tomato developed in Spain called Olmeca, which went by experimental number SX 387. Kumato is a standard-size tomato cultivar weighing between 80 and 120 grams (2.8 and 4.2 ounces).