I have grown Fox Cherry several years and although I don't care for cherries, everyone in my circle have raved about it's flavor. A really nice big plant, resistant to disease and prolific right up to frost with no loss of flavor late in the season.

I've grown Chadwick Cherry a few times and just love them.

T

I'll second Trudi's suggestion of Chadwick Cherry, which is also known as Camp Joy.

Another one that might work for you is Gardener's Delight, which is also known as Sugar Lump.

Carolyn

I have three trades of Gardner's Delight left.

See my trading list.

Before i learned that Santa Sweet comes pretty true from seed, i bought one called 'Santa Lucia Grape', i think from Sandhill, but not sure.

Anywho, this was a typically vigorous, ROUND to somewhat oval cherry, and the first ripe tomatoes in the garden. THey were nice and sweet, but tomato-ey, skin not too thick, but didn't split.

It was crazy productive, i used gobs of them in my juice and sauce. I definitely preferred them over any of the Santas i grew out, those tended to be less flavorful and had tougher skins.

If you want some seed, i've lots left, i'll only plant a few or six this year.

My bad, it was from Nichol's Garden Nursery, had to go root through the seedbox, which i've been avoiding like the blight...it's all your fault, now i've got to start sorting and organizing...

THere's still more than 20 seeds in there, so lemme know if you want a few to try.

Lynn

Here is a link that might be useful: Santa Lucia Grape

My favorite red cherry is Tommy Toe. I've grown it in 3 gardens. I haven't been planting from seed, and the last time I found plants was 2 years ago. Other reds I grew the same years I had Tommy Toe were Chadwick, Juliet, Stupice (bigger than a cherry), and Sweet Chelsea, and none of them came close in flavor. I especially liked Tommy Toe because it had great flavor no matter when I picked it -- just turning color, full color, or (rarely) a little past ripe. I tend to like sweeter tomatoes, and and I thought TT had a great flavor. If I could grow only one **tomato,** this would be it (gotta get seeds for next year!), because I love snacking while I'm working in the garden. It also produced well all season long.

By comparison, Chadwick Cherry was ok, though the 2 years I tried them the plants did not produce a lot. I gave it a second chance because I've read so many rave reviews here. Juliet was ok but not good enough to try again, Stupice was good for an early tomato, and Sweet Chelsea was blah -- these were always the last ones left in the bowl.

I've tried a couple red cherries that got shovel-pruned in mid-season: Tonadose des Conores had a bitter off-taste that made me feel nauseated every time I ate it, and one plant labeled "Large Red Cherry" was so blah and had such hard skin that I didn't want to eat it.

I've also grown Riesentraube, which was ok but too small for my taste -- I prefer larger cherry tomatoes.