Sungold every time for me. It's a much stronger grower, crops earlier and heavier and is more disease resistant then GD, but perhaps only if your prefer sweeter tomatoes but still with that 'real' tomato flavour. For a red, an improved cultivar over GD is available from Australian stock called 'Tommy Toe'. It is less prone to splitting then GD and has better disease resistance. I couldn't taste any difference in flavour when I tried it.
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I've tried a lot of cherry varieties over the years. The best I've come across is an English heirloom called Camp Joy, also known as Chadwick's Cherry. If allowed it will grow into a huge plant but it's easy enough to contain. Produces masses of delicious fruit. You'll find it at several UK online seed suppliers.
...Camp Joy... I've not heard of that one, sounds a bit unusual... I've not grown that many cherries, but I prefer Suncherry to Sungold. I'm growing both this year again, I always grow Suncherry despite initially Sungold being the stronger grower - always first to germinate... but Suncherry catches up......
plus one other...Orange Perruche...first time growing this one..
GD is always good but the last 3-4 years I have also grown an American heirloom called White Princess. Its a pale yellow, very thin skinned and sweet with a distinctive lemon flavour, however fruiting can be haphazard which is a shame. Still worth growing IMO if you have the space though.
...Camp Joy... I've not heard of that one, sounds a bit unusual...
That's probably the more common name. It's also known as Chadwick's Cherry after Alan Chadwick, the English horticulturalist who developed it. It's a red cherry on a large, regular-leaf plant. It should be much better known in the UK than it is.
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Sungold every time for me. It's a much stronger grower, crops earlier and heavier and is more disease resistant then GD, but perhaps only if your prefer sweeter tomatoes but still with that 'real' tomato flavour. For a red, an improved cultivar over GD is available from Australian stock called 'Tommy Toe'. It is less prone to splitting then GD and has better disease resistance. I couldn't taste any difference in flavour when I tried it.
I've tried a lot of cherry varieties over the years. The best I've come across is an English heirloom called Camp Joy, also known as Chadwick's Cherry. If allowed it will grow into a huge plant but it's easy enough to contain. Produces masses of delicious fruit. You'll find it at several UK online seed suppliers.
...Camp Joy... I've not heard of that one, sounds a bit unusual... I've not grown that many cherries, but I prefer Suncherry to Sungold. I'm growing both this year again, I always grow Suncherry despite initially Sungold being the stronger grower - always first to germinate... but Suncherry catches up......
plus one other...Orange Perruche...first time growing this one..
GD is always good but the last 3-4 years I have also grown an American heirloom called White Princess. Its a pale yellow, very thin skinned and sweet with a distinctive lemon flavour, however fruiting can be haphazard which is a shame. Still worth growing IMO if you have the space though.
That's probably the more common name. It's also known as Chadwick's Cherry after Alan Chadwick, the English horticulturalist who developed it. It's a red cherry on a large, regular-leaf plant. It should be much better known in the UK than it is.
sun gold is the tastiest of all tomatoes
...I'm sure you will...
good evening Verdun,
but I think I may grow a little more than you do...
judging by RHS trials, in 2007, Sungold got 22 tomatoes per truss, Suncherry got 31 per truss....
Sungold got 9.3 percent on the Brix test whereas Suncherry got 9.2 so very similar sweetness levels... both ready for picking 31 July...
Gardener's Delight in the 1998 trial only got 21 tomatoes per truss and matures late...
I think I would also like to try 'Rosada' and 'Sunset' as they both got good reviews..
...I'm sure they're all lovely and we shall enjoy them whatever we grow...
Hiya does anyone know if it is too late to sow tom seeds?