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| Purple Cherokee tomato (today's sample record)
Plural: Purple Cherokee tomatoes
Language: English
Description: A variety of heirloom tomato from Tennessee, possibly developed by Cherokee Indians before 1890. It is an indeterminate variety the short vines of which produce smooth round fruits weighing 280-340 g (10-12 oz) with rosy brownish-purple skin and dark green, slightly ridged shoulders. The flesh is brick red and has a smoky sweet flavour. The fruits are disease and crack resistant and are produced in late season.
| Fabulous Purple Cherokee tomatoes on sale by Jaime Farms of Yucca Valley, Chino at Santa Monica Farmers' Market |
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Latin: Lycopersicon esculentum
Ethnicity: North American
Most frequent country: US
See: determinate
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