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open-pollinated
Cherokee Green
Also sold as: Cherokee Green Tomato
Craig LeHoullier green-when-ripe Cherokee Chocolate derivative with soft juicy beefsteaks, very few seeds and outstanding balanced flavour.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 340 g (113–454 g)
- Days to maturity
- 83 days (80–85)
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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Growing advice
- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- High
- Cool-climate suitability
- Medium
- Growing notes
- Green-when-ripe fruit develop an amber/yellow blush when ready. Judge ripeness by slight softening and colour shift rather than waiting for red pigment.
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7.0/10
Grower rating
1 review
10.0 / 10
Flavour · 1 review
100%
Would grow again · 1 of 1 answered
Sweetness
Very high
1 grower observation
Acidity
Medium
1 grower observation
Flavour intensity
Very strong
1 grower observation
Productivity
High
1 grower observation
Mixed cracking reported by growers— observed by growers, not a breeder resistance rating (1 report)
- Moderate100% (1)
Growers describe the flavour as
- Classic tomato
- Savoury/umami
ATA TomatoScout grower
7/10 overall · 10/10 flavour
Connecticut · USDA Zone 7b · Outdoors · In the ground · Full sun · 2026
- Sweetness: Very high
- Acidity: Medium
- Flavour intensity: Very strong
- Productivity: High
- Cracking: Moderate
- Would grow again: Definitely
Classic tomato · Savoury/umami
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Problems this grower observed
- Grower observation: Early blight — mild
- Grower observation: Septoria leaf spot — moderate
- Grower observation: Blossom end rot — mild
- Grower observation: Catfacing or deformed fruit — mild
- Grower observation: Poor fruit set — mild
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