Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato Seeds- 80+ seeds

Description: Note: We will combine multiple orders that you make at the same time, with one shipping cost. Single orders of seeds are sent via first-class, stamped envelope. At this lower postage rate, the USPS does not provide a Tracking Number, but if your items total over $10.00 we will provide a tracking number (Postal Service charges $5.05 for a one-ounce padded envelope with tracking). This variety is hard to come by this season with the major bulk seed suppliers we rely on. Many are "out of stock" for Cherokee Purple tomato seeds. (Compare 30 seed packet for $3.95 at major online seed catalog.) Please note: We have had to adjust prices up slightly to (partly) offset the fee for advertising of a listing which sells.On a one-item order this cost is a large part of selling price. 80-90 days. Cherokee Purple Tomato Seeds. Solanum lycoperscium. Indeterminate. Non-GMO. Open Pollinated. A beefsteak-like tomato crop grown for savory notes and alluring dark currant flesh and meat, Cherokee Purple tomato seeds are a truly unique American heirloom that has won the hearts like other colorful slicing favorites Pineapple, Black Krim, and Brandywine. Growers during the 1990's reintroduced this dated seed crop as it had been forgotten for nearly 100 years. Produces 12-16 oz tomatoes (True Leaf description) This strain was obtained from J. D. Green in Tennessee and is thought to be from the Cherokee Nation. Plants are indeterminate, but seldom grow more than 4' tall. A beloved heirloom as valuable for its flavor as it is for its unusual look, Cherokee Purple sets giant beefsteaks weighing about a pound and filled with intense violet-purple hues. This is a true legacy plant, believed to have originated more than 120 years ago in the Cherokee nation in Tennessee. The vining plant is very heavy bearing, and each of these tomatoes is a masterpiece of color, flavor, and history. Do not miss this valuable fruit from the American past. Slightly ridged and very symmetrically shaped, these tomatoes combine juiciness with a strong tomato tang, the type unknown to those rock-hard supermarket varieties. They may need some support as they mature on the plant, their massive weight pulling them downwards. Stake this vigorous plant well and then offer a little extra help to bring in its crop of giants. (Park Seed description)

Price: 3.5 USD

Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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