Taste of Black Cherry - Page 2

Worth1 · April 11, 2018

Black cherry hates cool damp weather big time and will flop from disease at the drop of a hat.
This isn't an observation from one year growing it but several.

FarmerShawn · April 11, 2018

Black Cherry has been on my must-grow list for years, and I usually grow at least six: three in the hoophouse, and three outside. The one trick I’ve learned to get the best (heavenly) flavor is to not rush them, but let them get really ripe. At just full color they are bland at best, but resist the rush until they are really dark and begin to soften a bit, and revel in the flavor explosion.

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zipcode · April 11, 2018

Black Cherry can be pretty sour. I describe it as being sweet and sour (the gel is sour and the walls rather sweet).
OP, you should try Berkley Tie Dye Pink, it's stronger/sourer tasting than BC.

**carolyn137** · April 11, 2018

The three cherries that are often compared with
each other,hopefully in the same season are

Black Cherry, developed by TGS
Chocolate Cherry, developed by Aaron Whaley
Brown Cherry,history not clear.

If you do a search here at Tville,you should be able to come up with those comparisons.

And as I said above I know of other cherries that are dark as well, the one I think I like best is

Chornaya Lakoma

Carolyn

edweather · April 11, 2018

I'm growing Black Cherry also. To my taste buds, it's a sweet tomato. From what little I've read about cherry tomatoes, it might be second only to Sungold in flavor. Hopefully yours was just an early tomato, and that they will come around.

NarnianGarden · April 11, 2018

Black Opal is also very good.

Koala Doug · April 11, 2018

I've had some lackluster Black Cherry fruit as well. And I also noticed a sourness that wasn't pleasing to my palate. Some of the fruit was good, but none were ever great. Frankly, I prefer Maglia Rosa (of which, reputedly, Black Cherry is a parent).

RJGlew · April 11, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

Black Opal is also very good.

Agreed.

Nan_PA_6b · April 12, 2018

If you look at the blossom end of a Black Cherry, the color should not be silvery, or pink, but a dark maroon. Then it's ripe.

Nan

PaulF · April 12, 2018

Black Cherry has been an annual tomato since the first year it was offered for sale (I think it was even a year earlier but my memory is fading) and it has been the only cherry I pick off the vine and eat in the garden. Never a sour one here; always rich and sweet.

DocBrock · April 19, 2018

My first cluster just started to change color yesterday. I've been dying to try one since I planted it. It's going to be like watching paint dry. Hoping it's as good as everyone says.

SueCT · April 19, 2018

You could do an expiriment and get back to us. Try one now before they are ripe and then again once ripe and let us know what the difference in taste is. Are they sour now?

Labradors2 · April 20, 2018

Never sour, but not my favourite one for taste either.

Linda

DocBrock · April 25, 2018

Just tasted my first black cherry tomato. Thanks to this thread I let them ripen a few more days until they were solid maroon. There was absolutely zero sourness. It caught me off guard a little bit because I've never eaten a tomato that had no tartness to speak of. It was sweet, but not overly candy sweet. It was almost like someone condensed a bunch of tomatoes down into one small one. It packed a tomatoey punch. Very tasty!

mayax68 · April 30, 2018

I also liked Black Opal which I grew last year. I do not know how productive it would be in an open soil since I grew it in a pot, but the flavor was really sweet with good solid texture and beautiful dark color. I grew balack cherry for 3 years hoping to get that described complex taste, but it was very sour tasting. Th fourth year I dug out a packet from a different source - one of the exchanges, and gave it a try and the flavor was similar to what is described as a norm: some sourness, but also sweetness and complex flavor. Maybe I will try them side by side next year.

April 11, 2018	#17
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	Black Cherry has been on my must-grow list for years, and I usually grow at least six: three in the hoophouse, and three outside. The one trick I’ve learned to get the best (heavenly) flavor is to not rush them, but let them get really ripe. At just full color they are bland at best, but resist the rush until they are really dark and begin to soften a bit, and revel in the flavor explosion. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

April 11, 2018	#19
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	The three cherries that are often compared with each other,hopefully in the same season are Black Cherry, developed by TGS Chocolate Cherry, developed by Aaron Whaley Brown Cherry,history not clear. If you do a search here at Tville,you should be able to come up with those comparisons. And as I said above I know of other cherries that are dark as well, the one I think I like best is Chornaya Lakoma Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

April 11, 2018	#20
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	I'm growing Black Cherry also. To my taste buds, it's a sweet tomato. From what little I've read about cherry tomatoes, it might be second only to Sungold in flavor. Hopefully yours was just an early tomato, and that they will come around. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

April 12, 2018	#25
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	Black Cherry has been an annual tomato since the first year it was offered for sale (I think it was even a year earlier but my memory is fading) and it has been the only cherry I pick off the vine and eat in the garden. Never a sour one here; always rich and sweet. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

April 11, 2018	#16
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Black cherry hates cool damp weather big time and will flop from disease at the drop of a hat. This isn't an observation from one year growing it but several.

April 11, 2018	#18
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	Black Cherry can be pretty sour. I describe it as being sweet and sour (the gel is sour and the walls rather sweet). OP, you should try Berkley Tie Dye Pink, it's stronger/sourer tasting than BC.

April 11, 2018	#21
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Black Opal is also very good.

April 11, 2018	#22
Koala Doug Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Detroit Posts: 688	I've had some lackluster Black Cherry fruit as well. And I also noticed a sourness that wasn't pleasing to my palate. Some of the fruit was good, but none were ever great. Frankly, I prefer Maglia Rosa (of which, reputedly, Black Cherry is a parent).

April 12, 2018	#24
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	If you look at the blossom end of a Black Cherry, the color should not be silvery, or pink, but a dark maroon. Then it's ripe. Nan

April 19, 2018	#26
DocBrock Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 111	My first cluster just started to change color yesterday. I've been dying to try one since I planted it. It's going to be like watching paint dry. Hoping it's as good as everyone says.

April 19, 2018	#27
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	You could do an expiriment and get back to us. Try one now before they are ripe and then again once ripe and let us know what the difference in taste is. Are they sour now?

April 20, 2018	#28
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	Never sour, but not my favourite one for taste either. Linda

April 25, 2018	#29
DocBrock Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 111	Just tasted my first black cherry tomato. Thanks to this thread I let them ripen a few more days until they were solid maroon. There was absolutely zero sourness. It caught me off guard a little bit because I've never eaten a tomato that had no tartness to speak of. It was sweet, but not overly candy sweet. It was almost like someone condensed a bunch of tomatoes down into one small one. It packed a tomatoey punch. Very tasty!

April 30, 2018	#30
mayax68 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA, CT Posts: 106	I also liked Black Opal which I grew last year. I do not know how productive it would be in an open soil since I grew it in a pot, but the flavor was really sweet with good solid texture and beautiful dark color. I grew balack cherry for 3 years hoping to get that described complex taste, but it was very sour tasting. Th fourth year I dug out a packet from a different source - one of the exchanges, and gave it a try and the flavor was similar to what is described as a norm: some sourness, but also sweetness and complex flavor. Maybe I will try them side by side next year.