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'Gardener's Delight' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Cherry
Early-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Open-pollinated. Early cherry tomato with deep-red, 1- to 1 1/2-inch, crack-resistant fruit.
Days To Maturity: 67-68
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.7 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.7 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 11/09/2013 by greenbrain - An experienced gardener

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Madison, Illinois, 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

My second year growing this variety from seed started indoors. The seedlings were much healthier than the paste & beefsteak types started together & took off faster once transplanted. This variety kept producing way after the frost did the other tomato types in. During the worst hot/dry spell this one proved to be the most reliable. A volunteer plant of this variety came up late Spring that was the star of the garden. I prefer this one over the most popular hybrid cherry types. Very tasty! It's Nov. 9 in zone 6, & I'm still picking these daily to keep up!
 

Reviewed on 09/08/2012 by Ferdzy - An intermediate gardener

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Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Still on the hunt for the perfect red cherry tomato - this is not it. Tomato flavour was average. Plants were healthy, large and productive, but the tomatoes were very prone to splitting. If you grow it you will need to trellis it.
 

Reviewed on 08/02/2012 by grikdog - An intermediate gardener

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Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

This plant has been exceptionally productive and the foliage looks good - no disease this year. However I think the flavor is just OK not great. I may grow this again.
 

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

Very productive, good cherry tomato. Not as sweet as Sweet 100.
 

Reviewed on 02/05/2005 by Caroline - An intermediate gardener

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Tompkins, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I found these to be rather watery in texture and bland in taste. They were good for drying, though.
 

Reviewed on 09/27/2004 by Anne - An experienced gardener

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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 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 definately needs staking. Had some problems this year with cracking due to wet summer, no other problems. It is September 26th and it is still producing lots of fruit
 




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