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Galapagos Island (S. cheesmaniae; very early; yellow; cherry)

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Here are pictures of my Galapagos Island tomato, this year, taken yesterday. They were sweeter than previous years. They didn't taste like last year's cross; I think they might not be a cross, this time, after all. This might not be 100% S. cheesmaniae, but it's unique from other tomatoes I've grown.

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Radishrain

Re: Galapagos Island (S. cheesmaniae; very early; yellow; cherry)

The plant is certainly prolific, and large, this year. I guess it likes black plastic.

The flavor has changed recently. It tastes like it has a higher tomatine content than it did earlier in the season (so, it tastes more like Coyote and Matt's Wild cherry than it used to earlier this season).

Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6

Radishrain

Re: Galapagos Island (S. cheesmaniae; very early; yellow; cherry)

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Here's a stainless steel bowl of them that I harvested, today! There a few salad to medium-sized tomatoes underneath. It's our second-largest stainless steel bowl.

Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6

Radishrain

Re: Galapagos Island (S. cheesmaniae; very early; yellow; cherry)

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Here's my Galapagos Island antifreeze tomato, so far, this year (grown from seeds from fruits that survived several hard freezes last year without looking phased by it; note that I just mean the fruits—not the plants; the plants died probably soon after the other tomato plants died). I thinned it, today. It's blooming, today (one of the first).

Here's my 5-chamber Galapagos Island tomato (from a fruit with five locules last year, I believe). I thinned it, today, too, and it's blooming, today, too.

Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6

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