📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Green Pear
- 🌍 Origin: An heirloom variety that frequently suffers from a translation/naming error in Eastern European seed catalogs, where it is often mistakenly sold as “Green Pearl”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Generally described as indeterminate, though growers report it acts more like a compact semi-determinate, rarely exceeding 3.3 feet (1 m) in height even in a greenhouse. Does very well when pruned to 3 stems.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Small, oval-pear shaped cherry tomatoes. They ripen to a beautiful yellow-green color with a slightly translucent, pearlescent skin. Warning: The skin is thin, and the fruits will crack if left on the vine too long or if pulled off the plant roughly.
- 👅 Flavor: Off-the-charts sweetness. An absolute favorite for kids and anyone who loves pure sugar snacking tomatoes.
Seeds were from D. Gusev. The name in his catalog was listed as – Green Pearl.
However, according to Tatiana’s TOMATObase:
Green Pear — is a green-colored cherry tomato.
Green Pearl — is a red-colored cherry tomato.
But according to D. Gusev’s site, his “Green Pearl” is a green cherry, whereas Tatiana’s database says they should be red.
I actually reached out to him and asked him to clarify what the correct name of this variety is, but I never got a response 🤷♀️.
I’m leaning towards the conclusion that the correct original name and translation is definitely – Green Pear.
Indeterminate, mid-season cherry variety. The fruits are oval-pear shaped, yellow-green, and kind of shimmer with a thin, almost translucent skin. Delicious and sweet!
I plant this one every year. Very sweet, but they do crack if they get overripe or if you just yank them off the plant by the sepals. You definitely have to snip them off with scissors if you want them to store for a while. I grew it both in the greenhouse and outdoors in the dirt. I actually prefer how it performs outdoors. The bush stays small, I prune it to 3 stems. Sets fruit really well. My 6-year-old daughter absolutely loves them.
Here is my bush that grew in the open ground. Pruned to 3 stems. It never gets very tall for me, 3.3 feet (1 m) max. Same story in the greenhouse. My original seeds were from Kulik, but now I just use my own saved seeds. The sweetness is just off the charts, and I only grow sweet varieties.
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