ID help on this Cherry...

[freelancer79d]

I need some help IDing this Cherry from my garden...never planted anything like it...

[freelancer79d]

sorry for the bad pics from a cellphone

[FILMNET]

Is it a dwarf plant?

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by freelancer79d

I need some help IDing this Cherry from my garden...never planted anything like it...

What's distinctive about it? What other cherries have you tried? Is it a volunteer, or a possibly mislabeled plant from a nursery, or seed-grown (and possibly crossed?)? Is the plant rampant, or compact? What do the leaves look like? How big is the cherry (weight or inches)? How does the flavor compare to other specific cherries you've tried?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

What's distinctive about it? What other cherries have you tried? Is it a volunteer, or a possibly mislabeled plant from a nursery, or seed-grown (and possibly crossed?)? Is the plant rampant, or compact? What do the leaves look like? How big is the cherry (weight or inches)? How does the flavor compare to other specific cherries you've tried?

I
l'll add fruit color to those questions b'c I can't tell the fruit color from the pictures but could be red or pink.

But honestly, I don't think anyone here can ID a variety just by pictures.

Did you grow it from seed purchased commercially and did it have a variety name, or was it from traded seeds and had a name, or was it from a plant at a nursery or farm market stand and had a name or not.

Once seeds or plants get separated from their variety name it's pretty much impossible to ID a vaariety.

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Category:Tomatoes

I linked to a page at Tania's site so you can see how many varieties are cherry sized , which is a whole lot.

[freelancer79d]

sorry everyone for not writing back sooner. they are red. they are different thane the cherry tomatoes i grew and saved from last year myself. the cherry type was round, dark red not imperfections. now they are no longer round have a dark line on the bottom and are more of an orange red.

[freelancer79d]

i got the seeds at Walmart before they went to Burpee seeds.

[freelancer79d]

these are also very productive!!!

[Gobig_or_Gohome_toms]

What variety was it from the wallmart seed packet?

Craig

[freelancer79d]

it just said said cherry tomato

[freelancer79d]

but now there is some that grew in true to the original seed and alot that grew in as this new type. it is very tastey but not sweet. can it have gotten crossed with one of my Morgage Lifters?

[dice]

It could have gotten crossed with most any other cultivar and
still be cherry sized in the first generation of the cross (cherry
size is genetically dominant over larger tomato sizes).

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by dice

It could have gotten crossed with most any other cultivar and
still be cherry sized in the first generation of the cross (cherry
size is genetically dominant over larger tomato sizes).

Since the packet didn't specify a name, it's possible it could be anything, including a hybrid. If it were a hybrid, then the fruit would not necessarily be the same as last year's crop. And if you saved the seeds t his year (or let them fall on the ground), next year's could be different from the first two.

I used to let a volunteer or two grow in my garden, but they were usually not worth the space. THis year, though, I have an especially vigorous volunteer that's growing near where Earl's Faux grew last year, and since it got big before I noticed it, I'm letting it be to see what it'll produce.

[freelancer79d]

Here are a few more pics of the Mystery Cherry. the one on the left is the original type the one on the right is the ???

[freelancer79d]

found some similar cherries on the UC Davis site

http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Images/EP161...illa-2-low.jpg
tomato details
http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Data/Acc/Acc...sionNum=LA2313

http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Images/EP622...-Zumbi-low.jpg
tomato details
http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/Data/Acc/Acc...sionNum=LA2127