Love, love, LOVE "Cherokee Green" - my favorite green thus far!
I've grown this variety for at least 9 years here in the N...Read Moreortheastern US and it's a good producer of LARGE yellow-green fruit that - when you carve off a slab for a sandwich - often covers an entire slice of bread. The flavor is complex and slightly citrus without being overly acidic. Please do wait for it do develop that yellowish cast before picking; makes a big difference in the taste. It's also not watery (like "Green Zebra") - more meat than gel in this tasty 'mater. As for cons, I'd just note its thin-skinned nature.
My favorite green tomato. I just had a tomato sandwich made from a very large one this morning and ate the rest of the tomato with salt ...Read Moreand pepper.
I've never had any luck growing Aunt Ruby's German Green, but Cherokee Green always produces for me.
Trying to tell when to pick and eat them is the most difficult part of growing it. I judge by feel more than color, although mine develop a yellow cast when they're ripe.
Saylorsburg, PA (Zone 6a) | August 2012 | positive
I agree with others that this is the best tasting green tomato I have ever grown but I do have to watch that I pick it at just the right ...Read Moretime and don't let it sit around too long or it will get too juicy and mushy. It is an amazing sumptuous treat indeed and I will be growing this again!!
Cherokee Green is one of the best if not the best tasting tomato I ever tasted. The taste changes depending upon ripeness, but is always ...Read Moregood. The tomato has one flaw though, when over ripe the inside liquifies, and thanks to the thick skin you end up with a sack of gel. And due to the green when ripe color the tomato can easily get over ripe on you. The shelf life of the tomato is also very, very short due to the liquifying problem.
In fact tomatoes that get too ripe on the plant break open and the insides drain out, leaving a sack of tomato skin hanging there. But the great tastes offsets the lack of keeping properties so I plan to save seeds and plant this again.
Love this tomato, it has the perfect fruity flavor. Did not get lots this year but I really think my growing conditions plus bugs have b...Read Moreeen really bad, still it has been a wonderful tomato that I will grow again.
This is a very sweet, yummy tomato! For me, the fruit is a bit smaller than Cherokee Purple or Chocolate, but other than that (and the co...Read Morelor), they are very similar. I would definitely grown Cherokee Green again.
86 days, indeterminate — Another variety submitted by Craig LeHoullier who writes, "In 1997, I grew out Cherokee Chocolate from another...Read More seed saver. One plant gave me fruit that stayed green when ripe with delicious flavor. Suspecting it was a cross, it has nonetheless proven to come true from saved seed, indicating that it may be a mutation. It is essentially like Cherokee Purple or Cherokee Chocolate in plant habit, fruit shape and size and flavor, but the interior ripens bright green and the skin takes on a yellowish hue when ripe.
Love, love, LOVE "Cherokee Green" - my favorite green thus far!
I've grown this variety for at least 9 years here in the N...Read More
My favorite green tomato. I just had a tomato sandwich made from a very large one this morning and ate the rest of the tomato with salt ...Read More
I agree with others that this is the best tasting green tomato I have ever grown but I do have to watch that I pick it at just the right ...Read More
Cherokee Green is one of the best if not the best tasting tomato I ever tasted. The taste changes depending upon ripeness, but is always ...Read More
Love this tomato, it has the perfect fruity flavor. Did not get lots this year but I really think my growing conditions plus bugs have b...Read More
This is a very sweet, yummy tomato! For me, the fruit is a bit smaller than Cherokee Purple or Chocolate, but other than that (and the co...Read More
This is the best green when ripe I've grown. Amazing flavor. A top three tomato in my garden.
86 days, indeterminate — Another variety submitted by Craig LeHoullier who writes, "In 1997, I grew out Cherokee Chocolate from another...Read More