cherokee purple slicing tomato

Indeterminate. but with relatively short vines. No list of the best-tasting heirloom tomatoes would be complete without Cherokee Purple, an unusual variety from Tennessee said to have originated with the Cherokee Indians. Fruits are globes to slightly oblate, averaging 10–13 oz, with dusky brownish-purple skin, dark green shoulders and brick-red flesh. The real attraction is their rich taste, described as “sweet rich juicy winey,” “delicious sweet,” and “rich Brandywine flavor” by aficionados maintaining it in the Seed Savers Exchange. Tied with Amish Paste for our top-selling tomato. Expect some concentric cracking. In an unprecedentedly short growing season, Cherokee Purple frosted to an inch of their roots in late spring but then rebounded to produce ripe fruit before an early September freeze. Now that’s resilience! Amy LeBlanc suggests the vines should not be pruned because the delicate fruits sunburn easily. Indigenous Royalties .