bell7283
Full Member
Posts: 47
Joined: Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:04 pm
Location: Rhode Island, USA

Pics of the varieties I grew this season.

Chocolate Strip, Green Zebra, Pink Beauty, Early Girl, Small Grape, Big Boy, Roma, Black Cherry.



[img]https://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w447/bell7283/DSC_0618.jpg[/img]




I bought my Heirloom seeds on the site below, I thought they were great. They hybrid plants I bought started at the local farm.

https://www.dianeseeds.com/tomato.html

Bobberman
Super Green Thumb
Posts: 2437
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:31 pm
Location: Latrobe Pa.

Hw does the green zebra taste?

zebraman
Full Member
Posts: 17
Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:19 pm
Location: Pacific Palisades-CA

I have ordered seeds many times from dianeseeds.com and I have always gotten great results. The "Black Cherry" tomatoes in bell7283's photo isn't Black Cherry. BC's are round and not oval. I have grown BC's for a couple of years and have found them to be somewhat bland. They don't live up to the hype!

thepumpkin
Full Member
Posts: 16
Joined: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:21 pm
Location: Europe

Are the green ones fully matured or did you collect them earlier? First time I see such ones (if matured).

We had some yellow ones this year, forgot to take pics though

User avatar
edelweiss
Senior Member
Posts: 232
Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:34 am
Location: Ontario, Canada,Zone 5 B

Hello, I was wondering how do ,Black Cherry' tomatoes taste, because I never heard about them.

zebraman
Full Member
Posts: 17
Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:19 pm
Location: Pacific Palisades-CA

The green ones in the photo above are Green Zebra, and they are green when ripe. They too have a rather bland taste. A really great tasing GWR (Green when Ripe) is Spears Tennessee Green or Aunt Ruby's Green.
Black cherry have a similr taste to Cherokee Purple but not as pronounced. I prefer the taste Of Matt's Wild Cherry, which is red and not black. It has a taste that is usually found in larger heirloom tomatoes. I find most other cherry tomatoes to be sweet and bland.

User avatar
edelweiss
Senior Member
Posts: 232
Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:34 am
Location: Ontario, Canada,Zone 5 B

Hello and thank you :)



Return to “TOMATO FORUM”