Black Cherry
| Black Cherry | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | early |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | black |
| Fruit shape | round |
| Fruit size | cherry |
| Fruit type | cherry |
| Variety type | open-pollinated |
| Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- 47 days, indet., regular leaf plant, 7' high, loads of large dusky purple black cherry fruits, sweet, excellent flavor.
- Seed Source
- 1. Reimer Seeds
- 2. Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC, Canada 03
- 3. Johnny's Selected Seeds 12
- 4. Tomato Growers Supply 04
|2005, 2006, 2009, 2011(3)}}
IL LO N
- 75 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a high yield of 1 oz purple-black fruit, excellent flavor.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / OH HA J2 04 / Tomato Growers Supply
Location: Oblong, Illinois
GERM SC K
- black tomato, cherry type, regular leaf, indet., long continuing harvest until frost, my favourite in 2005.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Klaus-Peter Schurz of Lohsa, Germany (GERM SC K) 06 / M. Hahm-Hartmann
Year: 2005, 2006, 2015 (plant from different source)
Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany
MAN ST T
- One of the tastiest cherry tomatoes of the 2005 season. Our customers at the farmer’s market seem to agree. The dark purple cherry tomatoes are born in large clusters on very vigorous plants. Very sweet and delicious fruit is great for eating out of hand or summer salads. Excellent paired with red and yellow cherry tomatoes. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (70 days from transplant).
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Heritage Harvest Seed
Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada
MI FL J
- Large vines need caging or staking, 66 days, very good production of 1-inch diameter dusky purplish cherry fruits with an excellent sweet tangy flavor.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Year: 2004, 2005
Location: Augusta, Michigan
MI MA D
- 82 days in zone 3b/4a. Very vigorous. I stopped letting it grow any higher at 5 1/2 feet. The bush was full of clusters with 10-14 mahogany 1" tomatoes. A few were a little smaller than an inch in diameter. The fruit was sweet but not as sweet as Isis Candy.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / The Sample Seed Shop
Year: 2010
Location: Iron River, Michigan
NC PA J
- 80 days from transplant; planted both in garden (eaten by varmint) and in pot on deck with approximately 5 hours sun per day. Despite low sun, sprawling plant with prolific production of 4 pounds of 0.5 oz black cherry tomatoes . Outstanding flavor. My favorite.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / TomatoFest
Year: 2011
Location: Stanford, CA
TN MA T
- Indeterminate, regular leaf, large plant produces lots of 1-2" purple-brown cherries. Great taste that reminds me of larger beefsteak types. Mid season, 75 days.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Baker Creek, 09
Year: 2010, 2011 Location: LaFollette, Tennessee, USA
TX AN S
- 70 days, indet., vigorous regular leaf plants with a high yield of purple-black cherries, superb flavor, one of my favorite cherry types.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Tomato Growers Supply
Location: Bastrop, Texas
FRAN SC J
- indet., black cherry tomato, very good flavor, sweet. Good yield but it was disease-prone for me.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds
Year: 2008
Location: Nancy, France
NY GA S
- The ubiquitous black cherry is hard to not grow every year. It’s covered with fruit, sweet, and fairly unfussy.
Year: 2014
Location: Southold, NY
CZEC GR V
- Very tasty cherry tomato, in the heavy rain my tomatoes cracked a lot¨
|Seed source= MMMM Tomatoville |Year grown=2015 |Location=Czech republic, Brno, 780 ft }}
History
- Developed by the late Vince Sapp, husband of Linda Sapp, who owns Tomato Growers Supply , from a natural cross. Released in 2003. The exact parentage of Black Cherry has not been shared.
- Two commercial sources were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition but this variety has rapidly gained renown in the past few years and is much more widely available now.
Related (crosses, derived)
See also
Picture Gallery
Julien Schmit, France. Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2008.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Cherry. 2006.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Cherry. 2006.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Cherry. 2006.
Dennis Margoni, MI. Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2010.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black cherry - ripe fruit. 2009-07-23.
Marla and Steve McClaren, CA (Heritage Tomato Seed). Black Cherry. 2009 (uploaded with owner's permission)
Taryn Koerker, WA (WA KO T): Black Cherry - ripe fruit. 2012. (Posted with owner's permission.)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black cherry - ripe fruit. 2009-07-19.
Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Black Cherry - ripe fruit and foliage. 2005.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Cherry - ripe fruit.
Vladimir Gross. Black Cherry – ripe fruit. 2015-08-14.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black cherry - ripe fruit. 2009-07-23.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Cherry - sliced.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Cherry - sliced.
Ted Maiden (TN MA T): Black Cherry - Seedling. 2009.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black cherry. April 2006.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black cherry - plant. July 2006.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Cherry - flowers.
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