Yellow Cherry varieties ..

[Jayc]

I love cherry tomatoes Sungold and Sun Sugar are two big favourites here. I grew Gold Nugget one year, it was ok but not great. Very impressed with Ambrosia Gold this year, lovely sweet fruity taste. I also grew another 2 favourite yellow cherry types, Medovaya Kaplya great sweet taste, fab production and look so pretty and Coyote (pale yellow/white), very sweet and burst full of fruity flavour, so good to snack on and produce so many! I've grown Golden Crabapple the last couple of years too which I like very much, but not yet a stable variety, one of Tom Wagner's varieties.
Ildi is a good cherry but for me doesn't have anywhere near the same sweet hit or fruity taste of Sungold.

[NarnianGarden]

Thanks all for your insights! God willing I'll grow Snow White and Coyote of the yellow/white cherry varieties.

Still haven't concinved that SunGold would be worth growing - the seeds alone are ten times the price of OP varieties...
I know some hobby gardeners here have reported the F2 results were not too different from the F1 - but I prefer varieties that I definitely know are going to stable.

[Jayc]

Sungold is so at the top of my list of cherries, it really is outstanding and in my view worth the price here. Are they very expensive in Finland?

[Lindalana]

Once again I will be growing waay too many cherries... one of this year standouts is yellow HHHS Hssiao His Hung Shin from Baker creek. Very prolific, meaty for a cherry and fantastic for dehydration, great bulk adding to salads and cooking due to being mild in flavor. And you only need one plant LOL
I am looking forward to growing Medovaya Kaplya, Sun Drop, Apricosa, Dr Carolyn among my new yellow ones. Blush maybe eggshaped cherry, also on the list.

[NarnianGarden]

SunGold seeds are everywhere more expensive than OP, the same amount of money can get me 50-100 OP seeds and 10 SunGold seeds. To each their own, but that doesn't make sense to me. The Japanese really have struck gold with this invention, I'll stick to other varieties.
Would like to taste one SunGold cherry though

There is also a supposedly sweet variety called GoldKrone - Gold Crown - that I'll try next year. It will be fun with all the new trials, patio varieties included...

[Barryblushes]

Try Lollipop ,they are pretty good. Barry

[NarnianGarden]

There's also one hybrid called Honeybee.
I looked at this page of one of my fave sellers - they probably offer the seeds too generously, but I rather pay them than the huge prices expected in the local nurseries and garden stores (which mostly sell seeds of the UK brand Nelson)


http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Premier-See...=p4634.c0.m322

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Thanks all for your insights! God willing I'll grow Snow White and Coyote of the yellow/white cherry varieties.

Still haven't concinved that SunGold would be worth growing - the seeds alone are ten times the price of OP varieties...
I know some hobby gardeners here have reported the F2 results were not too different from the F1 - but I prefer varieties that I definitely know are going to stable.

If you can buy Sun Gold from Tomato Growers Supply, they say 30 seeds but I got closer to 50. Their price is currently $3.65.http://www.tomatogrowers.com/SUN-GOL...ductinfo/6313/ I don't know if they would ship to you though....

Marsha

[NarnianGarden]

Thanks, not likely I'd like to try Plenty of lovely OP varieties to choose from.
I wonder how the hybrid seeds are prepared anyway? Do the contract growers have an exact 'recipe' ... and how do they guarantee it's exactly like the Japanese breeders planned? Hmmm...

[Fred Hempel]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Thanks, not likely I'd like to try Plenty of lovely OP varieties to choose from.
I wonder how the hybrid seeds are prepared anyway? Do the contract growers have an exact 'recipe' ... and how do they guarantee it's exactly like the Japanese breeders planned? Hmmm...

They cross parent line 1 to parent line 2. It is a pretty simple recipe.

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Thanks, not likely I'd like to try Plenty of lovely OP varieties to choose from.
I wonder how the hybrid seeds are prepared anyway? Do the contract growers have an exact 'recipe' ... and how do they guarantee it's exactly like the Japanese breeders planned? Hmmm...

Parent one crossed with parent two as Mr. H said. But it must be done by hand under controlled circumstances which is labor intensive and costly. This is why hybrid seed is expensive.
KarenO

[goodwin]

Narnian Garden, If you would like to try Ambrosia Gold or Sugar Drop, I would be happy to send you some seed, since I am the breeder of those open-pollinated varieties. Just send me a message.
Lee

[NarnianGarden]

Thank you, that's very kind of you.

[cloz]

No one here has mentioned Sunpeach. It is a pink cousin of Sungold, not as much acid but sweet and very tasty. Sunpeach was a couple of days earlier and more productive than Sungold in my garden and I've grown Sungold for 3 years. Jury is still out, but I think I prefer Sunpeach to Sungold. I will be growing both from now on. Johnny's has seed for Sunpeach.

Forgot to mention that Sunpeach does not split like Sungold does as soon as it rains.