Tomato Plants – Cherry, Grape, & Pear

Cherry and Grape tomatoes.  Mini tomatoes in lots of colors and wonderful flavors.  Our favorites?  They are all delicious but … our personal favorites are Black Pearl (Black Cherry) and White Cherry.

At Falls Park Farmers Market, we offered pint boxes of mixed cherries of Sakura (red), Indigo Cherry  (Indigo) , Extra Sweet (yellow), Black Pearl (black), and Sunpeach (pink). 

Atomic Grape: Lavender and purple stripes, turning to technicolor olive-green, red, and brown/blue stripes when fully ripe.  Phenomenal flavor. Won best of show at the 2017 National Heirloom Expo.  Range in size from a large grape to plum-sized.

Black Pearl/Cherry:  My personal absolute favorite!  Rich and sweet.  When chilled, has a unique, extra-sweet ‘Concord’ grape flavor.

Cherry Bomb:  Classic cherry flavor.  Firm, sweet, and well-balanced.  High yields; vigorous plant.  Red.  A bomb of a cherry!

Cherry Punch:  A punch of tomato flavor in a small fruit.  Delicious red cherry.

Extra Sweet Cherry:  Addictive sweetness and good disease resistance.  A sister to Sungold but with sweeter flavor and brighter yellow color.  Exceptional crack resistance.

Five Star Grape:  Excellent, sweet flavor, and firm, meaty texture with few seeds and little juice.  Wonderful compared to all the insipid grape tomatoes we were forced to endure all winter.

Indigo Cherry Drops:  Striking, dark blue anthocyanin coloration and red flesh.  Vigorous growth and yield.  A beautiful cherry.  Another favorite of mine.

Sakura:  Early and delicious.  Real sweet tomato flavor and firmness without being hard.  Produces all season.  A bit more compact but still indeterminate.

Sunpeach:  A delicious pink cherry tomato.  Another sister to Sun Gold but sweeter with excellent flavor.  And pink!

White Cherry:  Appealing pale yellow cherry with a mild tomato flavor.  My second in favorites.  Black Cherry is always first.

Yellow Grape:  Deep yellow with mild, sweet flavor.  Pairs beautifully with Five Star Grape.

Yellow Pear:  Sweet, tangy yellow pear-shaped fruit.  To my tongue, Yellow Pear is very, very mellow.