By Niki Jabbour
Source: Savvy Gardening
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TOMATOES
2) Cherry tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes are one of the most popular types of tomatoes to grow. The plants produce small, cherry-sized fruits with a diameter of about 1 to 1 1/2 inches. The juicy, sweet tomatoes are typically produced in clusters or trusses, with the plants offering a generous harvest. Most cherry tomato varieties are quick to mature with the harvest beginning about 60 days from transplanting. This gives you a head start on the homegrown harvest as large-fruited varieties need an extra few weeks to ripen their sizeable fruits.
There are many outstanding varieties of cherry tomatoes to grow in a rainbow of colors that includes red, orange, yellow, green, black, pink, and purple. Here are a few of the cherry tomato varieties I grow each year:
Sungold (67 days) – Sungold is one of the most popular cherry tomatoes grown in gardens, beloved for its incredibly sweet golden fruits. The indeterminate plants start to crop early in the season and continue to pump out tomatoes until frost.
Sunrise Bumblebee (70 days) – Beautiful and delicious, the sweet orange fruits of Sunrise Bumblebee are streaked in bright gold. The cherry-sized tomatoes are resistant to cracking and the the indeterminate plants grow 6 to 7 feet tall.
Jasper (60 days) – There are many reasons to plant Jasper. First, the vigorous indeterminate plants are resistant to early and late blight. They also produce a heavy crop of glossy red fruits that begins early in the season and continues until the autumn frosts arrive. Finally, the fruits are very crack resistant.
Bonus cherry tomato varieties (the most popular type of small-fruited tomatoes)
Sweet Million (63 days) – Sweet Million is a classic cherry variety that produces tall indeterminate plants, each yielding hundreds of bright red fruits. Ok, maybe it’s not a million tomatoes, but it’s enough to keep you in sweet cherry tomatoes all summer long.
Yellow Pear (75 days) – Pear tomatoes are a unique tomato type to grow. Their unusual pear-shape adds fun to salads and their bright, sweet flavor is delightful. The indeterminate plants grow up to 7 feet tall and produce long chains of the 1 1/2 inch fruits until frost.
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