The short vines of Cherokee Purple produce purple-pink-brown flattened globes weighing 10-12 ounces. Flesh is full of bold, acidic, complex tomato flavor that green varieties are know for. This year I'm planting Black Cherry, Black Krim and Purple Cherokee tomatoes. I bought Cherokee Purple Tomato seeds and instead I have a cherry size tomato. I think the flavor of the black tomatoes is marvelous! A selection from the ever popular heirloom Cherokee Purple and possibly one of the best green tomatoes you'll ever grow! Could my seeds be a hybrid? The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes. Medium-sized, green fruit weigh 8 oz. or more each and show some yellowish-orange color on the blossom end when ripe. For every gardener growing them, there are ten recipes for eating them. I love learning about the history of my food, especially when it comes to tomatoes. I grew them last year and had full sized tomatoes. Although usually red, other colours such as yellow, green, and black also exist. Has anyone had this happen before? This year, I bought seeds from a different company. They are great raw, dried, canned, or sauteed. I think to label all Cherokee Purples as “watery” is unfair. With thin skin and soft flesh, the fruit is somewhat perishable. Short vines, soft fleshed tomatoes. Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) are warm season tender annuals in the Solanaceae family which includes eggplants, peppers, tomatillos, potatoes and ground cherries.. Indeterminate varieties bear fruit over a long period of time and typically require trellising or staking. Most people do not pickle or render them to paste as this eye-pleasing variety is best enjoyed through sight as well as taste. Cherokee Purple tomatoes can be eaten in any of a thousand ways. Most cherry-type tomatoes do very well in sunny patio containers and hanging baskets. The flesh is a rich red color and the flavor is delicious - both sweet and tart. Click here to learn more about them. The tomatoes are delicious with a pleasantly sweet, rich flavor. Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. I've also converted my daughter and several of … Cherokee purple heirloom tomatoes are rather odd-looking tomatoes with a flattened, globe-like shape and pinkish-red skin and hints of green and purple. Cherokee Purple has a unique dusky rose red colour and extremely sweet flavour rivaling Brandywine. One thing I didn’t know about Cherokee tomatoes till writing this is that they have a lot of history. I … Plants need to be staked for best garden performance. According to Wikipedia, they were first cultivated by the Cherokee people (go figure). Determinate types have a concentrated fruit set and a shorter growth habit, therefore don’t require trellising.