Tomato 'Cherokee Green Pear'

'Cherokee Green Pear' is my favorite green tomato. The medium-sized, pear-shaped fruits have beautiful lime-green interiors. The fruits are ripe when they develop an amber tint, at which stage they easily separate from the vine. The flavor is wonderfully rich and spicy. This early-maturing variety is highly productive. It is also very rare.

Tomato 'Cherokee Green Pear' is a sport of 'Cherokee Green' discovered by Marianna Jones of Marianna's Heirloom Seeds in Tennessee. She says, "It's the only green pear that I am aware of."

Sowing Tomato Seeds

Start tomato seeds indoors 8 weeks before the last frost date. Sow 1/8" deep. Transplant outside 1-2 weeks after the last frost date. Full sun. Spacing 30-36".

Home-grown seeds.