🍅 Quick take: Fahrenheit Blues is an indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin cherry tomato bred by US breeder Tom Wagner. It produces heavy clusters of round, large cherry tomatoes that ripen to a deep red-purple with dark shoulders. Growers praise it for its juicy texture and sweet, complex, “exotic” flavor. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Tall vine (about 5 feet / 1.5 m in the greenhouse), heavy yielder, mid-season. The fruits are large cherries, red-purple, round, and juicy. The flavor is exotic and sweet.
I think this “blues” is a reference to the soundtrack of the video game Fahrenheit*.
Fahrenheit’s Blues? 🤔
I think this “blues” is a reference to the soundtrack of the video game Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit’s Blues? 🤔
I honestly have no idea where the name came from.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, and Taste
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate mid-season vine that reached 5 feet (1.5 m) in a Zone 4 greenhouse. Produces large, round anthocyanin cherries.
- 📈 Yield: Rated as a heavy yielder.
- 👅 Taste: Sweet, juicy, and described as having a complex “exotic” flavor profile.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and reviewed by a grower in the Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4).
🍅 Have you grown Fahrenheit Blues? Drop a comment below and let us know! How tall did the vines get for you?
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: Origin of the Name
While the forum user guesses the name comes from a video game soundtrack, Fahrenheit Blues was actually bred and named by independent US tomato breeder Tom Wagner. Like many of his other “blue” varieties (such as Dancing with Smurfs or Blue Pitts), the “Blues” refers to the blue/purple anthocyanin pigmentation the skin develops when exposed to sunlight. The “Fahrenheit” part is widely considered a nod to temperature or Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451.
While the forum user guesses the name comes from a video game soundtrack, Fahrenheit Blues was actually bred and named by independent US tomato breeder Tom Wagner. Like many of his other “blue” varieties (such as Dancing with Smurfs or Blue Pitts), the “Blues” refers to the blue/purple anthocyanin pigmentation the skin develops when exposed to sunlight. The “Fahrenheit” part is widely considered a nod to temperature or Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451.
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