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'Sweet 100' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Cherry
Early-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Early cherry tomato with cherry-red, 1-inch fruit.
Days To Maturity: 60
Seed Sources:
 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (4.4 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.3 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.6 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.6 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 09/20/2010 by bayocum - An intermediate gardener

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Tulare, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I rate this tomato a 4 for in the "yield" category not because its yields are low, but because they are so plentiful that I eventually just stop trying to keep up. They taste is great, very sweet. This plant is extremely easy to grow and really the only cherry you need, or can manage :-)
 

Reviewed on 08/21/2010 by Mr Wizard - An intermediate gardener

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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Absolutely the best cherry tomato. My only mistake was not planting enough. My grand kids keep beating me to the ripe ones.
 

Reviewed on 12/23/2009 by Go4Eagles - An intermediate gardener

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Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Have grown this in a large barrel on a deck and also in the ground this past year. Kids ate the fruit off the plant.
 

Reviewed on 03/07/2009 by dloweatl - An intermediate gardener

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Polk, Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

The best cherry tomatoes i have ever planted, i get them every year. Yield is huge, easy to maintain. The only issue is that you have to harvest daily as they will split if left on the vine too long.
 
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Reviewed on 01/27/2009 by YDavis - A novice gardener

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Saratoga, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I planted 2 of these last year. I like the taste and the size. Great in salad or just to snack on. Some of them didn't even make it pass the garden. They were consumed immediately after they were picked! Due to the size of my garden, I am not planting these again this year. I wanted to try other varieties.
 
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Reviewed on 07/17/2008 by CvilleGardener - An intermediate gardener

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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Usually grow heirlooms, but bought this plant on a whim at a nursery. Forget keeping it in a cage; will out grow anything. Super-productive, well after other tomatoes had given out. Fruit is about quarter-sized, thick-skinned and tasty.
 
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Reviewed on 07/04/2008 by papagard - An experienced gardener

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Thurston, Washington, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day

This is a really FUN Tomato to grow if you have the space. It's not fussy about location, it produces both abundant vine/foliage as well as fruit. I got gallons and gallons of little tomatoes from a few plants I got at Lowe's. Pick them vine-ripe and put them in your mouth while they are warm from the sun (if you don't spray or dust them-I didn't need to). No problems with pests or disease. Easy to grow, great for kidsto plant and eat from !!!
 

Reviewed on 02/01/2008 by cperkins - A novice gardener

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Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is the 1 tomato plant I can always rely on, ever since I planted my first garden 5 years ago!
 

Reviewed on 01/08/2008 by lynnann50 - An experienced gardener

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Oneida, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

For a non-heirloom variety, these plants keep pumping out tomatoes (mine are still "tomatoeing") when brought into a "green room" for months after the snow is on the ground. I've actually had the same plant produce (with a little dormant period) two seasons in a row.
 

Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by Oregon - An experienced gardener

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Lane, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Good cherry tomato. It splits badly when it rains though.
 

Reviewed on 08/23/2006 by dloweatl - An intermediate gardener

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Polk, Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

The yield is huge. The taste is fine. The plants grow very big, almost too big. They grow up out of the cage and then all the way back down to the ground. The fruit is smaller so it takes longer to pick. They crack after a very heavy rain, so you should not water them excessively. Overall a good fruit.
 

Reviewed on 07/25/2006 by tmurphy171 - A novice gardener

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Orange, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Growing in a large container, this plant is now grown past is cage at over 7 feet tall and no signs of stopping. Started producing ripe fruit mid July and has hundreds of green fruit on its branches. Wonderful taste, just love them. VERY easy to grow, just water and feed.
 

Reviewed on 07/03/2005 by Skip - An experienced gardener

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Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

This variety usually does well in my garden, even when others don't. And I like the flavor -- just a ittle bit sweet, not too sweet. The only problems are (1) because they are small, it takes moree time to pick them, and (2) they tend to crack in rainy weather.
 

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by BigdaddyJ - An experienced gardener

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Delaware, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Pass the certs. These leave a dreadful after taste. Wildlife won't even eat them. Too bad we can't give varieties ZERO stars....
 
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Reviewed on 12/10/2004 by kmd - An intermediate gardener

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Jefferson, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Heavy yielder. Tasty fruit. Vigorous. Seeds replant themselves the next year, even after plowing! Thin skin-can crack if left too long or not handled gently.
 

Reviewed on 09/13/2004 by sailor - An experienced gardener

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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

My favorite cherry, sweet, melts in your mouth, Does crack if too ripe. One plant is plenty for 2 people.
 
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