Name Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Variety Cherokee Purple
Seed Source University of Michigan Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Packet Date 2020-05-30

Variety Information

Indeterminate.

Seed Savers: Introduced by North Carolina SSE member Craig LeHoullier in 1991 from seed obtained from J. D. Green of Tennessee. Uniquely colored dusty rose-brown fruits weigh up to 12 ounces. Delicious sweet flesh. Indeterminate, 75-90 days from transplant.

Planting Notes

2020-07-12: Noticed two small fruit.

2020-07-14: Staked.

2020-07-17: Added two Jobe's Tomato Fertilizer Stakes.

Produced a decent number of mid-sized tomatoes, had some problems with splitting from inconsistent watering.

A tomato.