Cherry Tomatoes

We Have The Best Cherry Tomatoes!!!

In cool weather years, cherry tomatoes may be the best and most consistent producers.  The following two varieties get our votes as the best cherry tomatoes for both taste and productivity: Sungold and Sun Sugar.  The Sun Sugar is slightly more split resistant which means it also has a bit thicker skin.  Taste for both is fantastic and either should be in any tomato lover's garden. Either plant will also provide most households with an abundance of sweet flavorful tomatoes for eating fresh or to put into salads and other dishes.

Here are some of the cherry tomato varieties that we tend to carry every year:

Black Cherry: 75 days. Beautiful black cherries look like large, dusky purple-brown grapes; they have that rich flavor that makes black tomatoes famous. Large vines yield very well. Very unique and delicious.

Chocolate Cherry: 70 days. As irresistible as a chocolate covered cherry, but without all of the guilt. These cherries have both skin and flesh shaded an attractive combination of port wine and chestnut with a comparably delicious and multifaceted flavor. The super productive, indeterminate plants produce trusses of 1 inch round fruit nonstop. We've found them enjoyable harvested fully mature, or even picked several days before they're fully ripe, then allowed to finish indoors.

Husky Cherry Red:  An upright plant that produces 1 oz fruit. The Husky Cherry Red produces big yields of cherry tomatoes borne on long clusters all season long. This plant only grows to 4 feet tall which gives the gardener a lot of fruit in a small area. Keep well watered and fertilized.

Indigo Rose:  80 days. Unlike any tomato that we have seen! Indigo Rose is the first high-anthocyanin tomato commercially available anywhere in the world. The high amount of anthocyanin (a naturally occurring pigment that has been shown to fight disease in humans) creates quite a vibrant indigo, almost blue skin on the 2 inch, round fruit. The purple coloring occurs on the portion of the fruit that is exposed to light, while the shaded portion starts out green and turns deep red when mature. Inside, the flesh reveals the same rouge tone with a superbly balanced, multi-faceted tomatoey flavor. The indeterminate plants have an open habit and are very vigorous producers. Bred at Oregon State University.

Matt's Wild Cherry: These small cherry tomatoes are packed with more taste than you can believe. 5/8- 3/4", deep red, round fruits have a tender, smooth texture, and loads of sweet, full flavor. High sugar content. Though the taste is superior, it doesn't yield as well as modern varieties, and the fruits are soft. Fantastic in salsa and for fresh eating. Some resistance to early blight and late blight. Indeterminate.

Oregon Cherry: 60 days. Oregon Cherry is one of the early cherry tomato releases from Oregon State University. The small-fruited red tomatoes are 1 1/2 inches long by 1 inch wide, and load up heavy on 1 1/2 feet tall by 2 feet wide determinate plants. These thin-skinned tomatoes have sweet flavor and are a reliable maritime Northwest treat.
 

Sun Gold: Delectable fruity, tropical flavor is always popular.  Hard to keep from eating them all right off the vine.  Some of our customers tell us that their Sun Golds never even make it to the kitchen since they are so good right off the vine.  Bright apricot colored cherry tomatoes.  Great in salads or fresh.  65 days.  Indeterminate.

Sun Sugar: Orange-red cherry tomatoes with golden cheeks.  Fine flavored, tender fruits are high in natural sugars and crack resistant.  Vigorous vines need staking or other support.  This variety is getting new attention after ranking highly in a Sunset Magazine taste test.  Also won several Seattle area taste-offs.  62 days.  Indeterminate.       

Sweet Million: Probably the most popular of the cherry tomato plants.  Produces large quantities of sweet 1" tomatoes all season.  Starts early and goes late.  Indeterminate.

Yellow Pear: 75-80 days. This pear tomato is a real overachiever! A great tomato just loaded with hundreds of small 1-2 inch yellow pear-shaped fruit. Indeterminate, so a good cage or trellis is essential for heavy production. An old-time favorite from Grandma's garden.