I was excited when I found Reisentraube seeds in a big package of tomato, pepper, bean and pea seeds from Tormato's bean swap a few years back. I knew the name from Carolyn's book. It grew these huge, flowing trusses which was neat, but I thought the taste was bland to yuck. A lot of the fruit was undersized. There were also a lot of misses on the pollination, more like a full size tomato than a cherry. That year, in addition to Reisentraube, I grew Pink BB, Black Cherry, White Cherry, Sungold, Sunsugar, and Super Sweet 100. It was a rather tough tomato year, but the others were better, and the hybrid cherries are production machines.
Just my experience from one season. No one liked Reisentraube enough to give it a second go around. The last couple seasons it was strictly Sungold and Sunsugar, and will likely stay that way.
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