Austin's Black Cherry

General Info
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Austin's Black Cherry
Maturity
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	black, purple
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	cherry
Fruit type	cherry
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - sliced fruit. 2014-08-03.

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Indet., potato leaf plants. Black-purple round cherries are very juicy and have good flavor. Some plants produced larger pink cherries, but we saved seeds only from the black fruits that matched the description. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Mike Weiner, Berea, Kentucky 13

Year grown: 2014

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

History

Discovered by Mike Weiner of Berea, Kentucky from seed that was supposed to be Black Cherry.
Introduced commercially in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.
May still throw pink fruits, please continue to select for purple/black cherries.

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - leaf. 2014-06-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - flower. 2014-06-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - baby fruit. 2014-06-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - green fruit. 2014-07-17.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2014-08-17.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Austin's Black Cherry - sliced fruit. 2014-08-03.