Cherokee Purple Tomato

These are amazing tomatoes! They grow well and make a great sauce. They are comparable to beefsteak in size and shape. Cherokee Purple has a bold, complex taste that keeps people asking for them every year. An heirloom that is worthy of being in everyone's seed libraries.

One of the most quintessential heirloom tomato to grow in a home garden. I have grown this tomato years ago, around 2020. I just wanted a refresher of how good Cherokee Purple Tomato is. In my zone 7b garden, this plant grew 5 ft tall (from directly planted May 2026- end ofJuly 2026). It stays compact and continuous to grow. Also, this plant is disease resistant and may be crack resistant to heavy rain. I haven't noticed a cracked tomato from this plant. This purple and crimson beefsteak tomato taste is delicious, smokey, tender, and super sweet. One of the best tomatoes I have grown in my garden. The downsides are that is not very productive and some fruits are ugly/not uniform. Those are the reasons that I had tried to find a Cherokee Purple tomato replacement. I had tried Cherokee Carbon hybrid tomato and Black Krim tomato (they were productive purple beefsteak but did not the "je ne sais quoi" factor of Cherokee Purple). In general, one Cherokee Purple plant gives me around 7-9 large tomatoes. The fruit weight ranges from 8 oz to 12 oz. The tomato fruit has minor imperfections, like cat facing, and some minor stem crack (shown in photo). Even with its downsides, Cherokee Purple is the best purple beefsteak tomato to grow in my house. It will be in "Must grow tomato list" for next year.

I have not planned them yet. A four four the speed of delivery.

Plants are getting really tall and just starting to bloom. Got a late start planting. Still have some to transplant. The tomatoes from last year were very large and delicious. That's why I ordered more for this year. 😊

I’m very happy with these Cherokee Purple tomato seeds from Milgardener! The seeds had great germination, and the plants grew strong and healthy.