Growers’ Notes and Photos
IVORY TEARS
This delicate cherry caught my eye back in 2020. It instantly reminded me of the song Ivory Tears:
… Ivory tears, ivory tears
My old piano cries for me…
Ivory Tears is a cross from the Eleven Tears variety. It was bred in Belgium by Philippe Vermeulen and Gerd Freyman in 2020. Fully stable.
It’s an indeterminate, rambling vine that grows to about 6.5 feet (2 m) tall. The internodes are pretty wide, so growing it with multiple stems is highly recommended. Regular leaf. You usually get 10-12 elongated teardrop fruits per truss, weighing around 0.35-0.7 oz (10-20 g). Despite the pointy shape, it doesn’t suffer from BER at all.
These gorgeous ivory, yellowish-white, almost translucent fruits have an excellent sweet flavor with a fruity hint. The skin is tender, and the flesh is ivory too.
It pumps out a steady harvest right up until the cold hits.
An absolutely spectacular variety! Easily in my top 3 favorite cherries.
Extremely sweet cherry tomatoes and so gorgeous. Kept producing all summer long right up until frost.
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Such a beautiful tomato. The vine is wispy and delicate, with long trusses. The translucent tomatoes have an amazingly beautiful color, looking just like melting drops filled with sweet juice.
I could barely get pictures of them, we popped them like candy the second they were picked.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, rambling vine with wispy foliage and wide internodes. Reaches about 6.5 ft (2 m) tall. Produces long trusses with 10-12 elongated, teardrop-shaped fruits weighing 0.35-0.7 oz (10-20 g). Skin and flesh are a translucent ivory-yellow. Multi-stem pruning is recommended. Totally immune to BER despite the pointy shape.
- 📈 Yield: Excellent and continuous. Growers report it sets heavily and pumps out fruit steadily until frost kills the vine.
- 👅 Taste: Extremely sweet with a fruity profile. Very juicy. Users report eating them straight off the vine like candy.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown successfully across drastically different climates, from the long, hot seasons of Las Palmas, Spain (Zone 11b) to the short-season, cooler climates of Central Russia (Zone 4).
