Not for the faint hearted or PNW
Bought the seeds from Baker Creek based on the great reviews. Unfortunately this does not work in...Read More my South UK climate.
Pro -
It's huge, the only true tomato giant I've had. It sprawls like crazy and the side shoots are coming out every day
It's really healthy and resistant to rain and shade
Con -
The flavor does not develop here but I only have my temperate weather and cool summer to blame
Given how HUGE it is, the yield is low and to make it worse each tomato is tiny, so in total it probably has the lowest yield among all tomatoes I've grown
Conclusion:
Not for the PNW cool spring/ summer climate
I grew White Currant from Baker Creek seeds in 2010. the location was sunny with plenty of room; the vine was huge and bushy, and very pr...Read Moreolific. Friends who tasted these off the vine often said the same thing: "Wow." We could not eat these fast enough, and they were delicious, with an intense, well-balanced flavor. I like them better than either Tess's Land Race Currant or Matt's Wild Cherry for flavor.
White Currant is very similar to Matt's Wild Cherry. It is tiny, sweet, very prolific, and the plant has huge, sprawling vines that will ...Read Moretake over your entire garden if you let them. However, White Currant has an somewhat of an unusual taste in addition to the sweetness (not unpleasant, just unusual). It makes a good snacking tomato.
I decided to grow the white currant after reading Leslie Land's blog recommendation. Purchased a single plant in Waynesville, NC last yea...Read Morer.
I planted it in the corner of my garden near the stick verbena & the intersection of two paths… Letting this go to vine rather than cage, it grew to nearly 12 feet in diameter! It quickly became a ferny-esque shrub loaded with tiny yellow flowers & quite beautiful from a distance with delicate foliage.
My husband & daughters constantly grazed all summer thru the fall off this one plant. Plenty prolific with clusters of a dozen or more mini-maters as sweet as they can be! Grown organically with no spot or blight which is amazing considering the tomato trainwreck of 2009! This will replace the yellow pear, which didn't do so well after last year's blight, as our mini tomato- perfect for salads. I will definitely grow this white 'wild' currant again.
Pequannock, NJ (Zone 6b) | November 2007 | positive
My review will be different than any other I've read about this tomato so far. I bought this plant from Cross Country Nursery in NJ and h...Read Moreave only grown it one plant, one season. The fruit was the palest yellow, small 1/2" round fruit born on small clusters over the season. It didn't produce a lot at any given time but my conditions aren't prime tomato conditions. However, one plant wouldn't feed a heavy tomato snacker. The plant was about three feet, not huge at all and could easily be grown in a pot.
This was not a sweet tomato for me. The flavor was unique compared to any other tomato I've grown. I would call this a savory tomato with an expensive taste. It was juicy, not at all meally. I really liked it and will be growing it again.
Haines Falls, NY (Zone 4b) | August 2005 | positive
Tasty, like Matt's Wild Cherry, but sweeter and fuller. For me, at least, they produced a little earlier, about 55 days. The yield is no...Read Moret that high, but not bad in good conditions. The best small-fruited tomato I've grown.
Not for the faint hearted or PNW
Bought the seeds from Baker Creek based on the great reviews. Unfortunately this does not work in...Read More
I grew White Currant from Baker Creek seeds in 2010. the location was sunny with plenty of room; the vine was huge and bushy, and very pr...Read More
White Currant is very similar to Matt's Wild Cherry. It is tiny, sweet, very prolific, and the plant has huge, sprawling vines that will ...Read More
I decided to grow the white currant after reading Leslie Land's blog recommendation. Purchased a single plant in Waynesville, NC last yea...Read More
My review will be different than any other I've read about this tomato so far. I bought this plant from Cross Country Nursery in NJ and h...Read More
Tasty, like Matt's Wild Cherry, but sweeter and fuller. For me, at least, they produced a little earlier, about 55 days. The yield is no...Read More