open-pollinated
Better Than Candy
Also sold as: Antho Black Cherry, Better Than Candy Antho Black Cherry
Tall anthocyanin black-cherry cross with purple-indigo fruit over a rosy base, intensely sweet fruity flavour and strong resistance to splitting on the vine.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Cherry
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 15 g (10–20 g)
- Days to maturity
- 68 days (60–75) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Very high
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Very high
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Growing advice
- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
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7.0/10
Grower rating
1 review
5.0 / 10
Flavour · 1 review
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Would grow again · 1 of 1 answered
Sweetness
Medium
1 grower observation
Acidity
Medium
1 grower observation
Flavour intensity
Medium
1 grower observation
Productivity
High
1 grower observation
Generally low cracking reported by growers— observed by growers, not a breeder resistance rating (1 report)
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Growers describe the flavour as
- Floral
- Fruity
- Tropical
ATA TomatoScout grower
7/10 overall · 5/10 flavour
London · Unheated polytunnel / hoop house · In the ground · 2026
- Sweetness: Medium
- Acidity: Medium
- Flavour intensity: Medium
- Productivity: High
- Cracking: Slight
- Would grow again: Probably not
Fruity · Tropical · Floral
Vigorous grower and very productive. Early to set fruit and cropped late into season. Firm fruits with consistent shape, flavour improves at overripe. Significantly less antho and more prominent rose pink colouring on polytunnel grown tomatoes vs outdoor plant. Stems quite weak and require staking.
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