Cherry tomatoes
Red cherry tomato
Red cherry tomato: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Red cherry tomato is a fruit type within Solanum lycopersicum, the tomato, in the nightshade family. The name describes small fruits that turn red when ripe. It covers many old and modern cultivars rather than one variety, and does not by itself reveal plant height, the precise form of its trusses or how early it crops.The fruits are often round, with smooth skin and juicy flesh around the seed chambers. Their size distinguishes them from large-fruited tomatoes, without setting one identical size limit for every selection. The red colour can vary in intensity. Botanically, a tomato is a berry, although it is used as a vegetable in cooking.Before fruiting, the plant develops tender, hairy stems and green compound leaves with divided leaflets. Yellow, star-shaped flowers appear in clusters. Trusses then carry several fruits that do not necessarily ripen together. During the season, a single plant may display flowers, green tomatoes…
