open-pollinated
Chocolate Cherry
Also sold as: Chocolate Cherry Tomato
Modern open-pollinated dark cherry developed by Aaron Whaley, producing mahogany to chocolate-brown fruit with rich, sweet, complex flavour.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Cherry
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 18 g (14–21 g)
- Days to maturity
- 70 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Usually carries clusters of roughly 6-8 fruit. Pick fully coloured for richest flavour, fruit can also be picked slightly early and finished indoors. Use a large container only because vines are vigorous.
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