Matt's Black [Cherry]?

Scooty · December 8, 2021

Does anyone still grow this? How was it? It's suppose be an F4+ cross from J&L Gardens using what I assume Matt's Wild Cherry x Black Cherry as parents? It was part of the 2014 MMMM, so I assume some people have experience with it. The fact that it's basically no longer in circulation makes me assume it wasn't all that great.

Tormato · December 9, 2021

Maybe you'll get a response.

But, I rarely hear feedback on "experimental" tomatoes flowing through the MMMM. Most participants stick with growing known varieties. And, there being so many varieties in their packages, there might be very little garden space to experiment.

I have a Zapotec X Black Cherry F5 (small irregular dark tomatoes) that came in last year, if interested.

natural · December 9, 2021

I grew Matt's Black for 2 years. Visually, the fruit was as expected. It had good flavor. But, it was not productive, especially for a small cherry. It had only a few tomatoes per cluster. Additionally, it was prone to disease in my garden, which surprised me since it has Matt's Wild as one parent.

Bill

December 8, 2021	#1
Scooty Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal Posts: 583	Matt's Black [Cherry]? Does anyone still grow this? How was it? It's suppose be an F4+ cross from J&L Gardens using what I assume Matt's Wild Cherry x Black Cherry as parents? It was part of the 2014 MMMM, so I assume some people have experience with it. The fact that it's basically no longer in circulation makes me assume it wasn't all that great.

December 9, 2021	#2
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Maybe you'll get a response. But, I rarely hear feedback on "experimental" tomatoes flowing through the MMMM. Most participants stick with growing known varieties. And, there being so many varieties in their packages, there might be very little garden space to experiment. I have a Zapotec X Black Cherry F5 (small irregular dark tomatoes) that came in last year, if interested.

December 9, 2021	#3
natural Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North GA Posts: 530	I grew Matt's Black for 2 years. Visually, the fruit was as expected. It had good flavor. But, it was not productive, especially for a small cherry. It had only a few tomatoes per cluster. Additionally, it was prone to disease in my garden, which surprised me since it has Matt's Wild as one parent. Bill