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Cherry Tomatoes

15 years ago

I am growing Italian Ice for the 4th yr and they are in a shady corner doing OK. My chocolate cherry and Orange Paruque are doing very well indeed. I like the plump size of the CC and the OP are as sweet as candy and mucho prolific! How about yours?

Comments (10)

  • 15 years ago

    Well, I bought a Sweet 100 plant (grown near Charlotte) and it's positively amazing.

    [The one I picked today is 3" wide....]

  • 15 years ago

    We grew both the Choc Cherry and Orange Paruche last year but didn't really care for the OP, and while CC was OK, we didn't think it as good as Black Cherry so we switched back this year. The BC plant is doing great, as is the Sun Sugar that we tried for the first time this year. The SS is a very, VERY sweet little tomato. Almost more like a dessert than a salad! And it's extremely prolific, too.

  • 15 years ago

    I've tried a few over the years. Black Cherry, SunGold,
    Sun Sugar to name a few. But the last few years it has
    been Sweet 100. It just tastes best to me and is very
    prolific. I've got it planted in a shadyish corner of
    the garden to try and slow it down a bit. Still getting
    plenty. Picked a couple of quarts yesterday and there's
    still lots more to come. And those quarts were only the
    best of the best. Left lots to ripen a few more days.

  • 15 years ago

    Another vote to Sweet 100 from Los Angeles area. But, the original plant was purchased so long ago I don't remember whether it was a Sweet or Super Sweet 100! What I do know is it outperforms Sun Goldor Sun Sugar in any season.

  • 15 years ago

    I'm growing Black Cherries, and they are excellent, and producing like crazy. I'll be giving lots of them away.

  • 15 years ago

    New varieties this year. Sweet Baby Girl is doing fabulously. My Black Krim and Bush Toms are still only flowering so I am waiting on them. Its been hot. In past years I've grown the Husky Cherry Red and liked that as well.

  • 15 years ago

    I want to add my two cents- As a tomato novice I am growing one Sunsugar and one Husky Cherry Red... and I love them both! They are producing so many tomatoes that just about everyday I am picking them to eat every time I walk by and I am not keeping up. I have to say also that they seem to be very sturdy plants... I really have no experience with tomatoes and I know I have kept them too wet and then too dry and then not enough fertilizer. I look forward to next year when I will definately try some more varieties. I think Italian Ice and Sweet 100 are on my list when I get more space.

  • 15 years ago

    I too grow Husky Red, one of the few Hybrids I am trying this season along with Juliet, Husky has great skin, good flesh and to my professional palate, a nice balance of sugar and acid.

  • 15 years ago

    I am growing Black Cherry and am happy with it. It is my one container plant that is producing well. Also, it continued to set fruit in the heat. It is also a big bonus that my daughter loves them.

  • 15 years ago

    First year, but not the last, for these: SunGold, Black Cherry, Issis Candy. Yummy to all 3!

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