Hope it doesn't turn out to be an "orphan". Do you know who it's from to ask what else they were growing?

F2+ of Sunset Falls?

"Un-true" grow out of the cross?
Black Cherry X Green Zebra

Speckled Mini-Me? (looked like Speckled Roman (a.k.a. Striped Roma))

Very pretty tomatoes, orphaned or not!

PC

EDIT: With the nipple, check out the work of the breeder Fred Hempel, founder of Artisan Seeds with similar tomatoes like Blush and Pink Tiger.

This post was edited by PupillaCharites on Sat, Oct 18, 14 at 18:54

Once a tomato is separated from its name, you can never be 100% sure. But, this one looks very much like "Blush".

Thank you for you help! It does look a lot like blush, but that isn't something i have seeds for. Either way, its a pretty little guy and quite tasty!

I think what's being suggested is that the seeds you got in whatever swap you were a part of were mislabelled as Black Cherry and what you grew resembles Blush or Maglia Rose, both bred by Fred Hempel.

Not that you yourself had seeds for either one.

Carolyn

Yes, however it is quite possible that this is an experimental / early cross as Blush is just one of many versions in that breeding program. If you read the article I linked to, you will see that Blush and others bred by Fred Hempel are crosses including Black Cherry and Speckled Roman.

I would go with that since Black Cherry was on the envelope, as it is too coincidental that it was labeled Black Cherry and not have something to do with Hempel's program ... IMO it's may be the clue to feel more confident. It may have originally stated Black Cherry X (Speckled Roman?) or something like that.