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Tomato Cherokee Purple Seeds
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Cherokee Purple is a celebrated heirloom beefsteak tomato producing large, slightly flattened fruits weighing up to approximately 300 g. The skin ripens to an unusual dusky rose-purple with darker shoulders, while the flesh is deep pink to crimson with a soft, juicy texture.
Exceptionally sweet, rich and complex in flavour, Cherokee Purple is at its best eaten fresh, sliced thickly for sandwiches and salads or simply eaten straight from the hand. Plants also show some tolerance to blight.
The variety was introduced to the wider seed-saving community in the early 1990s by American tomato collector Craig LeHoullier, who received the seed from John Green of Tennessee. Green reported that the seed had been passed down through his family and was said to have originally come from Cherokee people more than a century earlier. This origin story is part of the variety's recorded history, although it has not been independently verified.
Seed count: approximately 250–400 seeds per gram.
Approximately 40 seeds per packet.
When to Plant (Australia)
Tropics: February–August
Subtropics: August–April
Mild climates: August–December
Cold climates: September–December, after frost risk has passed
Planting / Sowing
Sow approximately 5 mm deep into seed-raising mix or directly where conditions are warm. In cooler climates, seed can be started indoors approximately five weeks before transplanting after the last frost. Best soil temperature for germination is approximately 16–35°C.
Space plants approximately 40–60 cm apart with 60–150 cm between rows. Grow in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil and provide sturdy staking or trellising for the vigorous vines and heavy fruit. Water at soil level where possible and avoid waterlogged conditions.
Due to quarantine restrictions, TAS has an 800g limit per each seed variety and WA has a 10,000 seeds limit per variety.
Tomato Cherokee Purple Seeds
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Solanum lycopersicum
Cherokee Purple is a celebrated heirloom beefsteak tomato producing large, slightly flattened fruits weighing up to approximately 300 g. The skin ripens to an unusual dusky rose-purple with darker shoulders, while the flesh is deep pink to crimson with a soft, juicy texture.
Exceptionally sweet, rich and complex in flavour, Cherokee Purple is at its best eaten fresh, sliced thickly for sandwiches and salads or simply eaten straight from the hand. Plants also show some tolerance to blight.
The variety was introduced to the wider seed-saving community in the early 1990s by American tomato collector Craig LeHoullier, who received the seed from John Green of Tennessee. Green reported that the seed had been passed down through his family and was said to have originally come from Cherokee people more than a century earlier. This origin story is part of the variety's recorded history, although it has not been independently verified.
Seed count: approximately 250–400 seeds per gram.
Approximately 40 seeds per packet.
When to Plant (Australia)
Tropics: February–August
Subtropics: August–April
Mild climates: August–December
Cold climates: September–December, after frost risk has passed
Planting / Sowing
Sow approximately 5 mm deep into seed-raising mix or directly where conditions are warm. In cooler climates, seed can be started indoors approximately five weeks before transplanting after the last frost. Best soil temperature for germination is approximately 16–35°C.
Space plants approximately 40–60 cm apart with 60–150 cm between rows. Grow in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil and provide sturdy staking or trellising for the vigorous vines and heavy fruit. Water at soil level where possible and avoid waterlogged conditions.
Due to quarantine restrictions, TAS has an 800g limit per each seed variety and WA has a 10,000 seeds limit per variety.
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