Showing posts with label Barry's Crazy Cherry Tomato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barry's Crazy Cherry Tomato. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 December 2017

Spotlight on Barry's Crazy Cherry Tomato


I have been fascinated by this tomato every since I saw the pictures on the internet of these massive trusses of tomatoes - I have never seen anything like it before and I was eager to see what they grew like and taste like.

I purchased mine as a seedling and it quickly grew and produced massive sprays of flowers. Not as many as I saw on the internet - but certainly a lot more than I was used to.



The foliage is pretty and lace like. The tomato itself is very cute with a tiny beak and seeing them in clusters is quite something. A real novelty.

When ripe they are a pale yellow / white

Pros: Prolific, easy to grow
Cons: Mine got some leaf disease when other varieties didn't. Very easy to fall off their stems. 




Taste

This was the big disappointment for me. I purchased this as part of the trio of top cherry tomato tasters from the Digger's Club. It came in second in last year's taste test. I don't know what I was expecting but I don't think it is a good as Tommy Toe. Great for kids to pick and enjoy and not a bad tomato at all. Just don't know if I would say it is number 2 in taste.



Will I grow it again?

No - plenty of others to try.

Seedling: The Digger's Club