No. 049 · open-pollinated
Cherokee Green
Cherokee Green is an indeterminate open-pollinated beefsteak with stays green when ripe, developing a blush that fades to pale amber yellow at the blossom end with slightly striped shoulders fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.
Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size6 to 12 oz
Colorstays green when ripe, developing a blush that fades to pale amber yellow at the blossom end with slightly striped shoulders
Difficultymoderate
Flavor
Described as rich and sweet with acidic notes, close to Cherokee Purple, with some growers finding it distinct and preferring it. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.
Origin
Selected by Craig LeHoullier, who discovered it in 1997 as a green-when-ripe fruit within a Cherokee Chocolate planting and stabilized it over several seasons.
What it does well
- Large green-when-ripe beefsteak with rich, well-balanced flavor
- Indeterminate and productive, fruiting until frost
Where it frustrates
- Hard to judge ripeness since it stays green
- Slightly flattened, irregular and ribbed fruit can be uneven
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Where to buy seed
Sources
- Cherokee Green Slicing Tomato Seeds · Sow True Seed
- Cherokee Green tomato, Organic · Restoration Seeds