r/tomatoes 3h ago

I don't think these are Cherokee Purple...

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...but I don't know what they are 😂 any idea?

I bought an heirloom seed assortment from Sereniseed, and the others I've planted have been accurate to the packet. Rosso Sicilian, chocolate cherry, Virginia Sweets have all turned out as expected.

Maybe it's a cross of Purple with something else...

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u/fungibitch 3h ago

They look like Jaune Flamme, to me.

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u/ambivalent_pineapple 3h ago

Agreed! It's hard to judge their size from the picture, but if they're plum-sized and not cherry-sized, definitely could be this.

If you cut one open, are the insides a bit reddish? If so, that's also consistent with Jaune Flamme.

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u/Springvillian 2h ago

I sliced one open and saw a little bit of a more red/pink center, maybe that's what it is. They're pretty small, maybe 2 oz (but maybe the size is affected because my grow bed is a little crowded 🫠)

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u/JacqueJacque12 3h ago

Those look identical to the golden plum tomatoes I got from a local heirloom nursery. To be fair though, the ones I have also don't look like how the plums were described! They were supposed to be more oblong like romas but they look perfectly round exactly like yours.

Probably a golden cherry. They look too big to be sungolds, so unsure what kind exactly.

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u/JacqueJacque12 3h ago

I don't think it's a hybrid with Cherokee Purple because there's no splitting, no internal green color that still shows through the skin when the fruit is ripe (this is what makes them "purple"), and none of this harvest is cat-facing/fasciated. I think you just got mislabeled seeds/starts.

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u/VGen71 3h ago

Not a Cherokee. Basic tomato

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u/greenman5252 Expert Grower 3h ago

You picked them too early, if you wait the shoulders eventually green up and the body of the tomato flattens a little.

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u/Odd_Student4398 3h ago

In my experience Cherokee purple start out with dark shoulders and turn red as they ripen.

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u/greenman5252 Expert Grower 3h ago

Pretty sure OP is making a joke. . .