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'Husk Cherry/Ground Cherry' Tomatillos |
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Open-pollinated. Clustered fruit turning from green to golden-yellow in papery husks.
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77
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Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.0 Stars)
Taste: (3.0 Stars)
Yield: (4.5 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 01/13/2008 by
Suz
- An experienced gardener
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Dutchess, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This plant stays much smaller than the varieties of tomatillo I usually plant (the green variety). It fruited late in the season, and the flavor (raw) to me was just awful. It was kind of like eating a green tomato (crunchy and hard), but there was a bitter/sweet flavor to the fruit that I find unpalatable. |
| | | 0 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.
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Reviewed on 11/09/2004 by
Beezoo
- An experienced gardener
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Tompkins, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| wild little prolific plant. odd flavor you either love or hate. (I love it) not really a tomatillo except it's the same genus (Physalis) but you wouldn't use them the same way...husk cherries are sweet and fruit-like, not vegetal. very small. ripe when fall from plant. will self-seed freely. stake if poss. to make harvest easier, or it will grow in a tight mound. |
| | | 2 of 2 gardeners found this review helpful.
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