]> 2026-05-14T05:21:11-07:00 Cherokee Chocolate 0 USA Indet., regular leaf plants produce 8-12 oz brown/black beefsteaks with excellent flavor. (''15 seeds / packet'') black brown beefsteak medium slicer indet. * 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 [http://www.seedsavers.org/products.asp?dept=85 Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition]: [[Sand Hill Preservation Center]] . regular midseason 1. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana 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 open-pollinated 2008(1) 2009(2) 2013(2 3 4) 2014(''1 - wrong'') 2019-01-10T02:18:38Z 2458493.5962731 Cherokee Chocolate Cherokee Chocolate#001# Augusta, Michigan Cherokee Chocolate 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! [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 1997 2002 2006 Cherokee Chocolate#002# Raleigh, North Carolina Cherokee Chocolate 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. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] 1995 through 2007 Cherokee Chocolate#003# Germany Cherokee Chocolate brown fruit, beefsteak type, more than 200 gr, regular leaf, indet., very good flavor. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / M. Hahm-Hartmann 2006 Cherokee Chocolate#004# Buford, Georgia Cherokee Chocolate Regular leaf, indet, large plant, great production, excellent flavor. Stripes showing on thin Maroon skin. Mid season 80 days. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] Ted Corbett, Germany 2009 Cherokee Chocolate#005# San Jose, California, Zone 9b Cherokee Chocolate 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. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/cherokee-chocolate-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / Local tomato seedling from Bountiful Garden 2010 Cherokee Green 0 Lucky Cross X Cherokee Chocolate 0 Chocolate Champion 0 Big Green Dwarf 0 Cherokee Purple 0 Related 102 See also 102