thats a cherokee purple top right and baseball size or bigger is about right.

I think that it might be a good idea to wait until the fruits are ripe and first confirm that the exterior color is correct for the variety.

What you describe as to size doesn't seem that off to me and I first grew CP the year after Craig LeHoulier got the seeds from J D Green and Craig named it, and since 1993 I've grown it several times.

Below I've linked to a general Google Image search for Cherokee Purple so you can see some pictures, which you could also see at many many commercial seed sites as well.

From the link you'll see some variation in size b'c there are so many variables that are associated with that such as inground vs containers, amount of amendements used and kind, how one grows their tomatoes, as in sprawl, cage, stake, etc., and most importantly, at least for me, what the weather is in any given season.

You might wnat to cut and paste the following link from Tania's excellent tomato data base to see some more general information, and pictures:

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Cherokee_Purple

Please note that variation in size of ripe fruits as reported by many at the above link. Tania has pages for over 3,000 varieties and it's an excellent place to find info, see pictures, note the seed sources listed for specific varieties, etc.

From the above link go to the upper left and click on MAIN which takes you back to the home page and you can see all the ways you can search for varieties. Personally I prefer the alphbetical way but also note the other ways you can search.

Hope this helps.

Carolyn

Here is a link that might be useful: IMAGES: Google

Carolyn, thank you so much for taking the time to post all that info. As you can tell from my name I am a tomato guy. Been growing them for forty yrs but not in containers. Thats why I mentioned the 5-1-1 etc because this is my first yr with containers and CP. I have a big side yard garden and grow about 10-12 diff vegetables but tomatoes are what turns my crank. Bell peppers and egg plants have not been doing well in my clay based soil for several yrs so I decided to give containers a try. The Big Bertha peppers seem to love the 5-1-1 but I havent made up my mind on the egg plants and tomatoes. Thus my quetion about the size the CP should be. Weather was not good early but hey, maybe I am keeping them too wet or too much MG?