Cherry tomatoes
Cherry tomato ‘Mirabelle Blanche’
Cherry tomato ‘Mirabelle Blanche’: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
'Mirabelle Blanche' is a cultivar of Solanum lycopersicum, the tomato, in the nightshade family. It belongs to the cherry tomato group and stands out for very pale little fruits. Despite its name, it is a tomato rather than a mirabelle plum. White in the name refers to ripe fruit colour, which may be ivory, cream or pale yellow.The fruits develop in trusses and have juicy flesh. Their flavour can seem sweet with a tangy note, with the balance depending on ripeness and growing conditions. Pale colour therefore does not mean the fruit is free of acidity. It mainly offers an interesting visual contrast with red cherry tomatoes and deeper yellow fruits.The plant develops tender, often hairy stems and green compound leaves with divided leaflets. Small yellow star-shaped flowers appear in clusters before the tomato trusses. The foliage remains typical of a tomato, even when the fruit colour is unusual. The…
