Cherokee Lime

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Cherokee Lime
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	green
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

B.C KO T

Seed source:

Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 14 / Theodore Corbett of Reichenbach-Steegen, Germany (GERM CO T)

Year grown: 2015 (germination failure)

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

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History

• Bill Jeffers (PapaVic) grew Golden Cherokee in 2009 and ended up with fruit that had a clear epidermis which he attributed to a mutation. He named it Cherokee Lemon per the color of the fruit.
• Bill Jeffers sent seeds from Cherokee Lemon to Theodore Corbett of Reichenbach-Steegen, Germany (GERM CO T) to grow in 2010, and this growout yielded green fruit with a clear epidermis. Bill Jeffers also got some plants with green fruit and clear epidermis in his subsequent growouts, and named it Cherokee Lime.
• Selection and refinement for taste continued, and by 2015 this variety got raving reviews from many tomato gardeners around the world.

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Picture Gallery

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  Blane Horton, MS. Cherokee Lime - sliced fruit. 2015. (Posted with owner's permission).

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