Best green cherry tomato.

[Farmer Matt]

Hi everyone, what the best green cherry tomato. I grew green grape last year, but I want a ind. green this year.

Thank's

[travis]

Green when ripe cherry tomatoes are a category that really needs some work to develop a well rounded variety that will appeal to a broad audience.

[kath]

Originally Posted by travis

Green when ripe cherry tomatoes are a category that really needs some work to develop a well rounded variety that will appeal to a broad audience.

Is that a tactful way of saying that you think they're all spitters?!

[kath]

Haven't tasted one yet, but I'm growing Green Doctors Frosted this year because some folks here have said that it's sweeter than Green Doctors, which also seems popular. This will be my first green cherry tomato. Others say the difference in epidermis color which distinguishes these two shouldn't cause a difference in taste. Since I never grew Green Doctors, I won't be able to weigh in for that debate. Don't want to give the space to two green cherries this year, either, so I guess I'm just hoping GDF is the best.

[OneoftheEarls]

PM me and I'll send info on Earl's Green Cherry.



Ask around, mine's NOT a spitter unless you don't like Black Cherry tomatoes

[OneoftheEarls]

AKA "Bleen"....want to talk about productive...Holy Smokes!

[travis]

I didn't necessary mean they are spitters. What I meant is they are limited by numbers, flavors, and textures to a narrow category that does not appeal to a large audience.

Green Grape is too mushy. Green Doctors is a bit too assertive in an unusual way. Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherry is too quick to burst, and too fragile to hold when ripe for more than a few hours. And so forth. Others you hear glowing reports about seem rather hard to put hands on.

[kath]

Originally Posted by travis

Green Grape is too mushy. Green Doctors is a bit too assertive in an unusual way. Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherry is too quick to burst, and too fragile to hold when ripe for more than a few hours. And so forth. Others you hear glowing reports about seem rather hard to put hands on.

Thanks for these specifics, Travis, because I find them very helpful in deciding which varieties to try first. I have seeds for Green Doctors Frosted and fear the assertivemess...suddenly "sweeter than Green Doctors" doesn't hold as much promise for a winner for me. Also have seeds for Green Zebra Cherry this year, so we'll see.

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by travis

...Aunt Ruby's German Green Cherry is too quick to burst, and too fragile to hold when ripe for more than a few hours....

I grew this one last year. In my dry-summer climate it didn't burst, and it held longer than a few hours. Maybe a few days. Good flavor, but not great.

But yeah, it was more fragile than other cherries. I picked Medovaya Kaplyas (yellow, sort of pear shape) in late Nov. before the first frost as greenies, and just ate the last ones yesterday. A surprising number of them were unblemished and unwrinkled.

[carolyn137]

Hmmm, this many posts in just 7 hours?

I was at up 3 am to watch the womens tennis final, finally went bnack to bed, got up late, b'c I was up late last night reading a great mystery, and so nope, I'm not going to post a lot about green cherry tomtoes b'c I've done it before and each and every one of you could have a different take on the taste and perfomance of a particular variety.

So what I like isn't all that important as opposed to my other current options, the first of which is continuing to pack tomato seeds for my recent seed offer here while looking up to see the snow falling from time to time.

And yes, as Travis mentioned, it would be nice to see an expanded range of GWripe cherries, but OK, I disagree with his taste comment about green Doctors, which goes to show the personal, perceptual variables that play into taste.

I'm glad Jeff did mention Green Zebra cherry, which I do like and no, there's no information to say it's related to the larger variety Green Zebra, and I've posted the background info on Green Zebra Cherry already.

GDF sweeter than GD when epdermis mutations are single spontaneous mutations? Doesn't compute for me.

I think it's best if someone wants to compare GD and GDF they should grow them both in the same season to eliminate the many variables that are inherent in tomato performance, yield and fruit taste.

[Bama mater]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

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I think it's best if someone wants to compare GD and GDF they should grow them both in the same season to eliminate the many variables that are inherent in tomato performance, yield and fruit taste.

That is a good idea, I did it last year and was pleased. Both GD and GDF were very good producers, GD was one of the last tomatos in the garden along with Black Cherry they out lasted alot of others. GD turns a greenish yellow when ripe and to me had a pretty good bite, unlike GDF which was very sweet and is sometimes hard to tell when their ripe, But both will be grown again.

[dokutaaguriin]

You will not go wrong with the following:
#1 Green Doctors Frosted
#2 Green Doctors
#3 Green Zebra Cherry
Your ratings may differ...., lol.

Jeff

[OneoftheEarls]

you never got Earl's Green Cherry kath?

[austinnhanasmom]

I want to try Earl's Green Cherry!

I grew Green Doctor's Frosted last year - first time with a green when ripe tomato. The flavor was great but I'm not sure I have the patience for a green when ripe tomato...

My 5 year old, however, demanded that GDF make it into the yearly grow list.

So it shall be...

[kath]

[QUOTE=austinnhanasmom;196808I grew Green Doctor's Frosted last year - first time with a green when ripe tomato. The flavor was great but I'm not sure I have the patience for a green when ripe tomato...[/QUOTE]

By this, do you mean you have to check each one carefully to know when it's ripe? Did it take a long time for the plant to mature?