Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme TOMATO SEEDS

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme ‘Cherry Tomato’ seeds grow into the cherry tomato the smallest and most prolific of the cultivated tomato types, producing abundant clusters of small (23 cm), round, bright red fruits with an intense, sweet-acid flavour and very thin, easily splitting skin. Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme (Alef.) Voss is the cherry tomato variety group a form retaining many characteristics of the wild tomato ancestor (S. pimpinellifolium) and considered to represent an early stage of tomato domestication. The variety name cerasiforme means ‘cherry-shaped’. Cherry tomatoes are the world’s most productive tomato type per plant, often yielding hundreds of fruits per season; the concentrated sweetness and prolific fruiting make them ideal for fresh eating, salads and drying. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed. Family Solanaceae.

Full sun; fertile, well-drained soils; warm conditions. Very productive stake indeterminate types. Harvest when fully coloured. Thin skin may split after heavy rain. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed.

• Cerasiforme = cherry-shaped; (Alef.) Voss; ancestral to all cultivated tomatoes; 23 cm round bright red fruits
• Lycopersicum L. (Linnaeus); most productive tomato type; concentrated sweetness; thin splitting-prone skin
• World’s most prolific tomato per plant; hundreds of fruits per season; fresh eating, salads, drying
• Genus Solanum: ~1,500 species; cosmopolitan; Family Solanaceae; Order Solanales
• Full sun; fertile soils; warm; stake; harvest when coloured; very productive; named cultivar may not breed true

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme ‘Cherry Tomato’ is the tomato in its most prolific and ancestrally connected form the tiny-fruited type closest to the wild tomato progenitor, producing hundreds of sweet, bright red fruits per plant in a cascade of concentrated tomato flavour that has made the cherry tomato the gateway vegetable for a generation of gardeners growing their first tomatoes.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.