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e.thad · August 25, 2018

For the past several years I've been searching for very sweet cherry tomato varieties. This season, for the first time, I had five Sungold volunteers come up. There was one that looked the same as Sungold (tasted almost the same), one that was red and the same size as Sungold, and three currant size - two orange and one red.

They were all sweeter than the other so-called sweet varieties I grew, including Snow White, Isis Candy, and the 3 Ambrosia's (although all 3 were not true to type). They were about equal to Nectar in sweetness.

Bottom line - I saved seeds and will grow a bunch out. Hopefully my search is over. So along with original Sungold, I'll have a red cherry to replace Nectar (very expensive seeds) and a currant, just for the fun of it. Btw, one of the orange currants had intense sweetness.

So I'm wondering what others' experiences with Sungold volunteers are, and am I missing something about how simple this solution is to finding sweet cherries? Anyone else doing this on their own?

August 25, 2018	#1
e.thad Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: SE PA Posts: 53	Sungold Volunteers For the past several years I've been searching for very sweet cherry tomato varieties. This season, for the first time, I had five Sungold volunteers come up. There was one that looked the same as Sungold (tasted almost the same), one that was red and the same size as Sungold, and three currant size - two orange and one red. They were all sweeter than the other so-called sweet varieties I grew, including Snow White, Isis Candy, and the 3 Ambrosia's (although all 3 were not true to type). They were about equal to Nectar in sweetness. Bottom line - I saved seeds and will grow a bunch out. Hopefully my search is over. So along with original Sungold, I'll have a red cherry to replace Nectar (very expensive seeds) and a currant, just for the fun of it. Btw, one of the orange currants had intense sweetness. So I'm wondering what others' experiences with Sungold volunteers are, and am I missing something about how simple this solution is to finding sweet cherries? Anyone else doing this on their own?