Cherokee Purple:

Tomstrees · August 13, 2006

What a great flavor:
We rated it a 9 on our flavor scale -
10 tasting the best ~
It was our first CP ever ....
Tom

montanamato · August 13, 2006

Wow tom, that looks wonderful. I am still waiting on a ripe one. I have had several over the years that I brought inside to ripen but this is the first year I will get some in August. My postmistress has some ripe ones now and has already requested that I just give her Cherokee Purple seedlings in the future...

Jeanne

Adenn1 · August 14, 2006

This was my first year with CP...great tasting tomato...hard to describe...but yes a 9/10 for sure! Only problem was that I got few fruit...six to be exact. It was just beginng to set more flowers when all of our rain came...then the hot weather. Never got a chance to really take off. I had a couple of slices on a hamburger the other night...it was terrific.

I had not planned on keeping anything from this year's garden for next year (all were very good)...just too many other varieties to try...but I just may have to rethink this about CP.

Anything else like in flavor?

Tomstrees · August 14, 2006

Thanks everyone!
I'm still a rookie,
so I'm not sure which others
would compare ~
It is a great tomato though ...
This year it was in a pot ...
Next season they are getting
my "seaweed" open ground treatment ~

Tom

jerseyjohn61 · August 14, 2006

Yup, they are a winner and DW insists
I grow them again next year....JJ61

bbjm · August 14, 2006

I ate my first one yesterday. It was the worst looking tomato. If it had been anything else, I would've pitched it. I was able to salvage half of it and boy was I glad I did. Outstanding. I know now what the fuss is about.

Chicago_Joe · August 14, 2006

I had my first Cherokee Purples this past week. 1 of them I ate fresh so I can taste it and the other I cut in half, put a little salt, pepper, and olive oil on it and placed it on the grill. I took the skin off and cut it into 1 inch cubed pieces. I tossed it into a pasta dish that contained, eggplant, peppers, broccoli, garlic, chard, onions, and pesto. Everything but the garlic came from my garden

.

Oh yeah, the Cherokee Purple was awesome. To bad the production isn't for me.

Joe

Earl · August 14, 2006

Joe, that sounds great! So why wasn't the garlic from your garden?

Mantis · August 15, 2006

He might be like me and can't find decent garlic to grow. I managed to find some good looking specimens at a market in old Melbourne town the other day. It comes from China, so I don't know if we will actually eat it. Not sure how it has been feritilised

if you know what I mean. But will definetely plant some cloves and see how they evolve.
Oh yeah, Cherokee Purples rock. Just need to get one to pump out more toms before it shuts down.

westocast73 · August 15, 2006

My Cherokee Purple still isnt ripe and it is one ugly misshapen tomato. Fused Bloom and cracking!. Hehe Can't wait to try it though! The other tomatoes on the plant are normal but much further behind in terms of ripening.

bigcheef · August 15, 2006

Heck yeah Tom!

That CP is a definite winner, and the best tasting for me again this year. I think my taste buds must prefer what ever it is in the black/purple toms that make them taste the way they do. If Black from Tula tastes better than CP, I’ll be growing it for sure next season….

Can I get an “A-Men”

(Where’s Mrs. Justice when you need her?)

RIK

Tomstrees · August 15, 2006

re.: RIK (Where’s Mrs. Justice when you need her?)

RE. LOL ~ Tom

Tomstrees · August 17, 2006

Great right ???!!!
I've got a few others,
just days away from dinner ~
I can't wait ~

Tom

August 13, 2006	#1
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Cherokee Purple: What a great flavor: We rated it a 9 on our flavor scale - 10 tasting the best ~ It was our first CP ever .... Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 14, 2006	#4
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Thanks everyone! I'm still a rookie, so I'm not sure which others would compare ~ It is a great tomato though ... This year it was in a pot ... Next season they are getting my "seaweed" open ground treatment ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 15, 2006	#11
bigcheef Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: TN Posts: 316	Heck yeah Tom! That CP is a definite winner, and the best tasting for me again this year. I think my taste buds must prefer what ever it is in the black/purple toms that make them taste the way they do. If Black from Tula tastes better than CP, I’ll be growing it for sure next season…. Can I get an “A-Men” (Where’s Mrs. Justice when you need her?) RIK __________________ When I die don't bury me In a box in a cold dark cemetery Out in the garden would be much better Cause I could be pushin up a home grown tomater Lyrics by Guy Clark

August 15, 2006	#12
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	re.: RIK (Where’s Mrs. Justice when you need her?) RE. LOL ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 17, 2006	#13
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Great right ???!!! I've got a few others, just days away from dinner ~ I can't wait ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 13, 2006	#2
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	Wow tom, that looks wonderful. I am still waiting on a ripe one. I have had several over the years that I brought inside to ripen but this is the first year I will get some in August. My postmistress has some ripe ones now and has already requested that I just give her Cherokee Purple seedlings in the future... Jeanne

August 14, 2006	#3
Adenn1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 559	This was my first year with CP...great tasting tomato...hard to describe...but yes a 9/10 for sure! Only problem was that I got few fruit...six to be exact. It was just beginng to set more flowers when all of our rain came...then the hot weather. Never got a chance to really take off. I had a couple of slices on a hamburger the other night...it was terrific. I had not planned on keeping anything from this year's garden for next year (all were very good)...just too many other varieties to try...but I just may have to rethink this about CP. Anything else like in flavor?

August 14, 2006	#5
jerseyjohn61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central New Jersey Z/6 Posts: 554	Yup, they are a winner and DW insists I grow them again next year....JJ61

August 14, 2006	#6
bbjm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 155	I ate my first one yesterday. It was the worst looking tomato. If it had been anything else, I would've pitched it. I was able to salvage half of it and boy was I glad I did. Outstanding. I know now what the fuss is about.

August 14, 2006	#7
Chicago_Joe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 29	I had my first Cherokee Purples this past week. 1 of them I ate fresh so I can taste it and the other I cut in half, put a little salt, pepper, and olive oil on it and placed it on the grill. I took the skin off and cut it into 1 inch cubed pieces. I tossed it into a pasta dish that contained, eggplant, peppers, broccoli, garlic, chard, onions, and pesto. Everything but the garlic came from my garden . Oh yeah, the Cherokee Purple was awesome. To bad the production isn't for me. Joe

August 14, 2006	#8
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Joe, that sounds great! So why wasn't the garlic from your garden?

August 15, 2006	#9
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	He might be like me and can't find decent garlic to grow. I managed to find some good looking specimens at a market in old Melbourne town the other day. It comes from China, so I don't know if we will actually eat it. Not sure how it has been feritilised if you know what I mean. But will definetely plant some cloves and see how they evolve. Oh yeah, Cherokee Purples rock. Just need to get one to pump out more toms before it shuts down.

August 15, 2006	#10
westocast73 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 144	My Cherokee Purple still isnt ripe and it is one ugly misshapen tomato. Fused Bloom and cracking!. Hehe Can't wait to try it though! The other tomatoes on the plant are normal but much further behind in terms of ripening.