Cherokee Chocolate

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Cherokee Chocolate
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	black, brown
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-05.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants produce 8-12 oz brown/black beefsteaks with excellent flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Jeff Fleming of Augusta, Michigan (MI FL J) 08 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)

3. Bill Yoder, Canton, Georgia 09 / Sand Hill Preservation Center 08

4. Clayton Weaver, Washington 09 / Dave Hickey / Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds or Victory Seed Company  ?

5. Tomato Growers Supply 13

6. Peter Gallant, Prince Edward Island, Canada 05

Year grown: 2008(1), 2009(2), 2013(2, 3, 4), 2014(1 - wrong)

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

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MI FL J

Large sprawling vines need caging or staking, productive, large 10-16 oz fruit that turn from orange to rich brownish red, good flavor like that of Cherokee Purple. Aside from the interesting difference in color, they are like Cherokee Purple to me – and that’s a good thing!

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)

Year grown: 1997, 2002, 2006

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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NC LE C

Vigorous regular leaf indeterminate vines, high yields of oblate fruit that average 10 ounces but can run as large as 1.5 pounds, meaty deep red interiors with evenly distributed small seed locules, seeds have green gel when ripe, exterior color deep brick orange red at the blossom end shading to quite a dark brownish hue at the shoulder - essentially a yellow skinned variant of Cherokee Purple. I've noted that when compared to Cherokee Purple it appears to be a bit more prone to Fusarium wilt and Bacterial wilt, but this has not been investigated in controlled growouts.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds

Year grown: 1995 through 2007

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

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GERM SC K

brown fruit, beefsteak type, more than 200 gr, regular leaf, indet., very good flavor.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / M. Hahm-Hartmann

Year grown: 2006

Location: Germany

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TN MA T

Regular leaf, indet, large plant, great production, excellent flavor. Stripes showing on thin Maroon skin. Mid season 80 days.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds Ted Corbett, Germany

Year grown: 2009

Location: Buford, Georgia

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CA CA N

The indeterminate, regular leaved plants took eighty-one days to give the first ripened fruit. The fruits rarely went over twelve ounces and most were in the eight to ten area. The fruits have rich brown shoulders with stripes that cover the rest of the brick red fruit. I didn't find that it tasted as good as Cherokee Purple, it tasted more acidic and had a thinner skin.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Local tomato seedling from Bountiful Garden

Year grown: 2010

Location: San Jose, California, Zone 9b

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History

• In 1995, one plant of Cherokee Purple (from seed that Craig LeHoullier saved in 1991) gave fruit that had a deep orange red hue, shading to chocolate brown at the shoulders. Subsequent grow out of the saved seed indicated it was likely a skin color mutation (clear in Cherokee Purple to yellow in Cherokee Chocolate), as it has come true from that point onward.
• One commercial source was noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition: Sand Hill Preservation Center .

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Related

• Cherokee Purple,
  
• Cherokee Green

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - ripening fruit. 2009-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T)- ripening fruit. 2013-08-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T)- ripening fruit. 2013-08-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T)- ripening fruit. 2013-08-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (Clayton) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (Clayton) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-13.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - ripe fruit. July 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - ripe fruit. July 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - catfaced fruit.

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Cherokee Chocolate.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - sliced fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Cherokee Chocolate - sliced.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - sliced fruit. 2009-08-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (BC KO T) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (Clayton) - sliced fruit. 2013-09-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (Clayton) - sliced fruit. 2013-09-13.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Cherokee Chocolate. 2006

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - sliced fruit.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate, plant (MI FL J). 2009-06-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - plant. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - leaf (Peter Gallant). 2008-07-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate (Peter Gallant). 2008-06-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - flowers. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - flowers. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - flowers (Peter Gallant). 2008-07-22.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - flower

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Cherokee Chocolate - flower. 2012-06-20.

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  Ted Maiden, Tennessee. Cherokee Chocolate - baby fruit. 2009-05-25.

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  Ted Maiden, Tennessee. Cherokee Chocolate - green fruit. 2009-06-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cherokee Chocolate - green fruit (Peter Gallant). 2008-08-11.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Diane's Flower Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Tomato Seed Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2013 Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heritage Tomato Seed - new Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm Victory Seed Company	10	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen Tomato Growers Supply * Victory Seed Company	9	5
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Gleckler Seedmen - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - not available for 2011 Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Victory Seed Company	10	5
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Victory Seed Company	7	3
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2009 Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Victory Seed Company	11	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	10	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply - new Victory Seed Company	12	.