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'Dr. Carolyn' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Cherry
Early-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Early-season cherry tomato. Indeterminate vines bear clusters of 6, pale-yellow, 1 1/4-inch, cherry-sized fruit.
Days To Maturity: 65
Seed Sources:
 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (3.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (2.8 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.8 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 05/29/2007 by tetrazygia - An intermediate gardener

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

I agree with the other posters, but am still happy with this tomato. My plants bear clusters of 8 or 9 and all look great and yield nicely. The cherries are large-ish, which I like, but are bland unless picked at the very last moment off the vine. At that point they have a wonderful, sweet flavor. Before that point they are absolutely bland and taste more like grapes than tomatoes.
 
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Reviewed on 01/13/2007 by Best Chance - An intermediate gardener

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Oakland, Michigan, 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

Easy to grow, prolific for a white cherry tomato, but the flavor- you could cry it's so bland. During the short period of time when it's the ripest and almost too ripe- it tastes better at that moment.
 

Reviewed on 11/15/2006 by gardengalrn - An intermediate gardener

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Kentucky, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I agree with last rater; this is average on all counts. Grows well, the cherries were a bit bigger than average and pale. Taste was so-so. It does look nice in a bowl or carton of cherries of different colors and I would think that this would go over well at market.
 

Reviewed on 05/31/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This very pale yellow cherry tomato grows ok here., but is average on all counts.
 




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