{"id":2446,"date":"2026-09-14T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:30:20","slug":"afro-cherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/afro-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro-Cherry Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2446&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Afro-Cherry Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Afro-Cherry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A commercial dark-fruited cocktail tomato variety developed by Russian breeders.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). The plant grows to about 1.8-2.2 m (6-7.2 ft) in height.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Dark mahogany\/cherry-colored cocktail tomatoes weighing 40-50 g (1.4-1.8 oz). They are very glossy, thick-walled, and grow in clusters of 8-12 fruits.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> <strong>Mixed reviews!<\/strong> Depending on the growing conditions, some growers find them tough and totally flavorless, while others report a very sweet and delicious taste.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd6b <strong>Best Uses:<\/strong> Extremely firm texture makes them perfect for whole-fruit canning. They also have an incredible shelf life and ripen off the vine beautifully (lasting well into November).<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Mid-early season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pomidoroved <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,858 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Somewhere out there&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>AFRO-CHERRY Tomato, 40-50 g (1.4-1.8 oz).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Official Description:<\/strong><br \/>\nA mid-early cocktail variety with interesting dark cherry-colored fruits.<\/p>\n<p>It combines excellent taste, good yield, and health benefits due to the high content of the antioxidant lycopene, which is necessary to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, vascular diseases, and oncology.<\/p>\n<p>Plant height is 1.8-2.2 m (6-7.2 ft).<\/p>\n<p>The truss contains 8-12 round, glossy fruits weighing 45-50 grams (1.5-1.8 oz). The tomatoes are firm, thick-walled, with a high dry matter content.<\/p>\n<p>They store and ripen off the vine exceptionally well, and are perfect for whole-fruit canning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/afro-cherry.jpg.8c82e7fdba6bca8fbb2954d049d22dbb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/afro-cherry.thumb.jpg.06d838d1a67373348032154625d349ea.jpg\" alt=\"Afro-Cherry commercial seed packet\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elena Ivanova (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,723 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Primorsky Krai, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pomidoroved said:<\/strong><br \/>\nAFRO-CHERRY Tomato, 40-50 g.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Terrible taste. They are tough and taste completely bland, like grass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">rara avis (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (28 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The variety is super! Tasty, sweetish, and highly productive. They are delicious just to eat right off the bush, in a salad, and canned in jars. They ripen indoors beautifully; the photo of them in my hand was taken in November.<\/p>\n<p>I grew 2 bushes each in 2021 and 2022. Interestingly, in 2021, one bush had slightly elongated fruits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG-20220904-WA0000.jpeg.d9162a5f4b137271c7b72ee69b4d98a6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG-20220904-WA0000.thumb.jpeg.a9dc7121fc86900d18dc52bed8215bc6.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested dark Afro-Cherry tomatoes in hand in November\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG-20220927-WA0042.jpeg.614f36c621595307a91b15b88d465efe.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG-20220927-WA0042.thumb.jpeg.ddc7ce0202f1ab00e542371cffb4fc30.jpeg\" alt=\"Afro-Cherry slightly elongated dark tomatoes\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Afro-Cherry \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A commercial dark-fruited cocktail tomato variety developed by Russian breeders. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). The plant grows to about 1.8-2.2 m (6-7.2 ft) in height. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Dark mahogany\/cherry-colored cocktail tomatoes weighing 40-50 g (1.4-1.8 oz). They are very glossy, thick-walled, and grow in clusters of &#8230; <a title=\"Afro-Cherry Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/afro-cherry\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Afro-Cherry Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,3,102],"tags":[56,19,30,724,23],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-purple-tomatoes","category-cherry-grape-tomatoes","category-cocktail-salad-tomatoes","tag-canning-tomato","tag-dark-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate-tomato","tag-mid-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/2448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}