are you growing any of these 4 red cherry varieties?

[dokutaaguriin]

Thanks for the offer Carolyn. A fellow Canuck will have her son drop them off for me this weekend.

Jeff

[OneoftheEarls]

A must try is Anna Aasa
...mmmmm

[Close enuf]

The only one I've grown is large red cherry. I'm less than impressed, though the cherries are rather large and taste somewhat like that of a red midseason slicer. Not very productive.

[RayR]

Large Red Cherry is not a big producer, I agree. Good salad tomato, tastes good, but you won't have them coming out of your ears.
I really like Gardener's Delight, a prolific producer of sweet medium size cherries,

I also grew Super Sweet 100's, the only hybrid cherry I grew, smaller than Gardener's Delight, but very productive and a bit sweeter than Gardener's Delight.

[habitat_gardener]

In the process of moving and going through old files, I came across my single page of 2004 tomato notes.* Turns out that the spitter was labeled Small Cherry! I don't know why I remembered it as Large Red Cherry. I've never grown Large Red Cherry.

* Yet another good reason to have a garden journal: so you can refer back to growing notes from previous years.

Oh, and I'll have to try Riesentraube again. The fruit was the correct shape, but it looks like both my plant and the fruits were much smaller than they should have been. Hmm, the JD's that's growing in that spot this year is not producing much, though every plant around it is producing a lot. Maybe there's something going on under the soil there.

[Farmer Matt]

Hey Carolyn, I planted your cherry this year what a great cherry, very sweet and a great color.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Farmer Matt

Hey Carolyn, I planted your cherry this year what a great cherry, very sweet and a great color.

I'm glad you like and assume you're referring to the variety Dr. Carolyn, and not Dr. Carolyn Pink.

I didn't name it but yes, it did first appear in my tomato patch many years ago.

[cleo88]

Based on all these comments and some from other places, I am trying to decide between Tommy Toe and Matt's Wild Cherry. I bet I can't make a bad choice there!

[tomakers]

I have grown Matt's Wild Cherry and Gardener's Delight. I liked Matt's Wild Cherry, but the fruit were on the tiny side. I have grown Gardener's Delight for the last 7 or 8 years and will continue to. I think it is one of the best cherries around and I love the taste, like a real tomato.