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Post by daylilydude on Apr 18, 2011 6:03:50 GMT -5
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Post by sorellina on Apr 18, 2011 7:04:13 GMT -5
Ciao all-
Cherokee Purple is a very good purple/black tomato. For anyone who likes the beefsteak types the best, this one is near the top of the list for flavour. Mine have never gotten super huge, but big enough for a large sandwich, certainly. I have also not gotten huge production from them, so if this was the only beefsteak I had room for, I might be disappointed. However, I grow more than 50 different tomatoes every year, so if one is a poor performer, I don't notice as much.
I would rate Cherokee Purple as a 7 because of production. For flavour alone, I'd give it a 9.
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Post by coppice on Apr 18, 2011 8:30:23 GMT -5
Cherokee (Tslagi) purple is on the regular rotation of tomato I grow. One of the better 'dark' tomato.
Big enough fruit to make a supreme tomato sandwich, productive enough to please a canner.
Taste 8 Productivity 8 Size L Appearance 5
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 18, 2011 19:29:36 GMT -5
I hates Cherokee purple. So prone to cracking and splitting. I am subbing a couple other varieties this year and done with CP!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2011 21:35:22 GMT -5
One that is on my grow every year list. I would rate it an 8 overall. Not the best I grow but in the top ten. Jay
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Post by nolika on Apr 19, 2011 2:22:44 GMT -5
I've grown it once from TGS seeds and one plant didn't produce much, the other was productive but late to ripen and had lots of cracked fruit, and the third one was given to a friend of mine, who had great production of large fruits with some cracking but they tasted great! These are the ones I saved seed from: I would rate the one I gave my friend a 9, and both of my plants a 5...
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Post by nolika on Apr 19, 2011 2:24:46 GMT -5
Oh, the growing conditions that year were great in my garden, most of the other varieties did great, some were bad, CP was one of them. I'm growing them this year again, this time from a different seeds source...
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Post by paulf on Apr 19, 2011 10:37:18 GMT -5
I first grew Cherokee Purple in 1999 after "discovering" heirloom tomatoes at a small nursery near Ottumwa, Iowa. It made such an impression I began researching the topic and then "discovered" on-line tomato forums. (me and Alagory). In 2000, Craig LeHoullier sent me some of his CP seeds and it has been an every year tomato since then. I have refreshed my seed stock a couple of times from Johnny's to be sure the variety is still true. The last two years I also grew Cherokee Chocolate and enjoyed it a much as CP. I do not like green when ripe tomatoes, so Cherokee Green was a one time thing. I have not tried the other Cherokees having just recently heard about the yellow, gold and Lime lines.
As you may tell, I am a fan of CP. Unlike Littleminnie, mine do not crack and split. (but then she lives in the two season part of the world ...Winter and Winter's coming. and that may make a difference. We have children and grandchildren just a few miles from her in Maple Grove.) Those fruits over 20 ounces tend to be misshapen and cat-faced. CP for me in the 8 to 18 ounce range are a beautiful sight to behold. The plants do not get as big as some of the other open pollinated plants, but are quite bushy.
So far as ratings: In years where there is not an overabundance of rain, flavor is a 10 and production is an 8. If there is a wet year it gets blander (a real word?) quicker than others and the flavor drops to a 7. No matter the weather, both here in southeast Nebraska and in south-central Iowa production is an 8.
I will not be without Cherokee Purple, well, not for more than one year anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2011 17:38:58 GMT -5
I don't have much probelm with cracking or catfacing, and they come in on time, which is pretty early, but the famous flavor is just not there for me. I've tried two sources of CP as well as Indian Stripe, they are good tomatoes, but don't have that "something special" to make them stand out. the plant size is nice in that it is slightly smaller than the big guys, but production seems to be skewed to the first half of the season
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 18:07:49 GMT -5
my cp's were average sized with good flavor and mediocre production.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 21:22:42 GMT -5
[quote author=littleminnie boardSo prone to cracking and splitting.[/quote]
This is my first year with CP, is there anything I can/should do to reduce the split?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2011 21:05:28 GMT -5
CP(also) production-6, taste-9+.pink brandywine ,production-7,taste-10+! doesn't get much better IMHO. ;D
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 23, 2011 21:40:16 GMT -5
They were my very favorite!! I love them!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 19:12:45 GMT -5
I don't know why I have problems growing cherokee purple. I tried 2 years in a row and never got an edible tomato. Maybe next year I will try again. Don't even know what it taste like.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2011 20:03:21 GMT -5
Cherokee was the first heritage tomato I grew.. at first we were not sure about the color and the fact that for the top to get where it looks like it's ripe takes awhile.. and we could never wait that long.. As a slicking tomato they are MOST EXCELLENT in flavor and size.. I only grew 1 this year .. well I grew more but no matter how hard I try I get my tomatoes mixed up when growing indoors and I think I gave to many away.. but it produced 10 lbs which was good cause the brandywine next to it was hogging all the space.. next year I am going to make sure I have at least 3 plants.. BTW they are good for making V8 juice..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 11:32:43 GMT -5
I'd have to say Cherokee Purple is about an 8. The very first year of growing taste was outstanding. I never got that again. Depending on what your weather is like...that is what you will get. I still have them in my garden every year...hoping for the first time I tasted that first tomato. Wow! Smokey,sweet...just perfectly perfect.
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