Cherry tomatoes
Yellow cherry tomato
Yellow cherry tomato: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Yellow cherry tomato refers to a group of varieties of Solanum lycopersicum, in the nightshade family. The name mainly describes small fruit that is yellow when ripe, rather than one single cultivar. A tomato in this group is therefore not simply a red tomato picked too early. Its final colour is a characteristic of the selection.Fruit is generally small and often round, although some varieties are oval. Colour may be pale yellow or a stronger shade. The skin encloses juicy flesh and seed-containing chambers. Botanically, a tomato is a berry. Skin thickness, firmness and the amount of juice vary even among fruits of similar colour, making appearance only one part of their identity.The plant has tender stems, often covered with small hairs, and green compound leaves with divided leaflets. Yellow, star-shaped flowers appear in clusters before the fruit trusses develop. Small tomatoes do not mean a small plant: some selections…
