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'Cherokee Purple' Tomatoes

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Cherokee Purple

Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
 
Description: Main-season, standard heirloom. Indeterminate plants bear 5-inch by 3 1/2-inch pinkish fruit with with darker pink/purple shoulders and brick-red flesh.
Days To Maturity: 85-85
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Rating Summary
 
Overall: (4.1 Stars)
Taste: (4.5 Stars)
Yield: (3.3 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (3.7 Stars)
 
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Number of Reviews: 42

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, Nov 01, 2009
Reviewer: TheFluffyOne from IL
Wow what a great tasting tomato. This was horrible year for tomatoes in my area (wet and cold) but the tomatoes we got were excellent. They were absolutely huge, dwarfing even BrandyWine and SuperBeefSteak and the taste was superb. I dry tomatoes for preservation and this was a great drying tomato, meaty and with light seeding. The only knock I give this tomato is the overall yield is light relative to even other Heirlooms. But that taste is superb and for me that is what it is about. My seed source was Livingston Seed Co.

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, Aug 31, 2009
Reviewer: backyd_grdnr from CO
This has to be the best slicing tomato I've ever grown. The flavor is out of this world if picked at the right time. They're tangy and sweet at the same time, the way a good tomato should be! I let a few go too long and they turned mushy, so I recommend picking them early. The largest tomatoes were in the 16-20oz range. My plant grew 5 feet tall with maybe 3 dozen tomatoes, and no disease issues whatsoever.

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, Aug 23, 2009
Reviewer: uncledan from OR
It didn't work for me. It was slow to mature and very low yield. Plenty of green tomatoes at season end. Black Prince has been an excellent performer by comparison.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

, Aug 22, 2009
Reviewer: Collards from NC
Planted only one May 30th and have already picked seven large ripe tomatoes by Aug. 22 with more ripening on the plant. Fabulous taste, none better for sandwiches. While most of my tomatoes are suffering from severe early blight, this one has barely shown signs. Will be planting many more next year.

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

, Apr 28, 2009
Reviewer: SPANKY from MA
LETS FACE IT, THESE MATERS BLOW. LOW YIELD, SOUR TASTE, NO DISEASE RESISTANCE, WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

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