The unusual Tomato Cherry Negro F1 embodies two fashion trends at once - a hobby cherry tomatoes (“cherries”) and increased attention to the original “dark” fruits. Black, burgundy, brown, purple versions of familiar vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, green beans, cabbage) are not only piquant in taste, but also rich in substances beneficial to humans.
Small-fruited Cherry tomatoes are loved by gardeners for their early ripening, sweetness, beautiful clusters, convenience and variety of culinary uses. Cherry Negro F1 tomatoes will be of interest to those vegetable growers who like to grow something exotic and unusual.
Multi-colored extravaganza from Semko
In recent years, the seed company Semko-Junior has released onto the Russian market an extensive series of hybrid tomatoes of the Cherry type (with a fruit weight of 20–40 grams and a carpal type of ovary). All varieties from this series are early ripening, tall, and abundant.
They differ in the shape of the fruits and their color: elongated or round, of various colors (red, pink, raspberry, yellow, orange, chocolate, even striped). Eg, Cherry Lisa F1 - oval orange, and Cherry Rose F1 - spherical pink. Cherry Tiger F1 tomatoes are similar to Cherry Negro F1 - also oval and chocolate in color, only with pronounced greenish stripes.
The Cherry Negro F1 tomato is recorded in the State Seed Registry as Cherrinegro F1. Registration date: 2015. This hybrid appeared quite recently, but has already earned praise from lovers of original tomatoes.
This tomato is especially loved by children who perceive it as an unusual chocolate candy.
The possibilities for culinary use of Cherry Negro F1 are truly limitless: in fresh salads, as an independent side dish, for decorating various dishes, for whole-fruit pickling and canning, it is convenient to dry and dry like raisins, it is not forbidden to even make original jam or marmalade.
Typical signs
The fruits of Cherry Negro F1 are oval, weighing 25 - 35 grams, with a diameter of 3 cm. They are collected in charming multifruit clusters bearing 10 - 15 “cherries”. The stalks are very short. The surface of the tomatoes is flat and smooth. The color is very complex, unusual: dark dark red, closer to a brown tone. Dark green stripes appear slightly against the general background.
The dry matter content of the fruit is very high.The result is a very rich taste - spicy, sweetish, with piquant aromatic notes. The tomatoes are firm, but not tough at all. They don’t burst when salted and keep their shape well. Despite their tiny size, the “babies” can be stored for a very long time even when ripe, especially when picked with tassels. When picked green, they ripen well.
Black tomatoes are rich in unique biological compounds. In addition to the traditional set of nutrients for tomatoes (lycopene, beta-carotene, vitamin C), they contain anthocyanins - natural antioxidants, the true usefulness of which has yet to be studied by science.
The bushes are indeterminate, tall. It is easier to grow them in greenhouses, but the fruits ripen well in the open air. In any case, the stems need a strong garter and high support. The leaf plates are of medium size. In width, the bushes do not take up much space, they are very compact. The internodes are close together, the brushes are densely spaced.
Plants form into one stem, removing all side branches. In this case, the planting pattern can be 70 x 40 cm. The top of the tomato is pinched at the end of the season. The bushes look very elegant all summer. They can become an original element of garden design, especially in company with Cherry tomatoes of other colors.
Despite its high growth, the Cherry Negro F1 tomato is early ripening. The first tomatoes are colored already 85 days after the emergence of mass shoots. The brushes begin to form early - there are 7 - 9 leaves in the axil. The yield of the harvest lasts a long time, until the end of the season.
The sweet taste of the fruit remains even in cool weather. From one square meter of plantings in a greenhouse, 10–12 kg of “cherry” fruits are collected, in open ground - a little less.
Tomatoes set well both indoors and outdoors. Plants calmly survive any temperature stress or bad weather. Cherry Negro F1 tomato bushes are not affected by viruses (tobacco mosaic, yellow leaf curl). They do not suffer from fusarium and verticillium wilt.
Cherry Negro F1 tomatoes are grown not only for fun. They are truly healthy, tasty and very productive. In the extensive tomato family of modern varieties, there is another plum-shaped “negotiator” - the hybrid tomato Negro Pragna F1.
In terms of nutritional content, spicy-sweet taste and oval shape, it is similar to Cherry Negro F1, but has many individual characteristics.
"Negro" from Holland
The Russian seed company Elkom offers vegetable growers the latest tomato hybrids of Dutch selection. Among them there are many very original ones. Tall Negro Beef F1 and Negro Pragna F1 - tomatoes with a reddish-black color of skin and pulp - appeared on sale. The Negro Beef F1 tomato has round, large fruits - weighing 250 - 300 grams. The Negro Pragna F1 hybrid is completely different.
The tomatoes of Negro Pragna F1 are smaller than those of Negro Beef F1, but larger than those of Russian Cherry Negro F1. The weight of one Negro Pragna F1 fruit is 130 - 150 grams, its length is 7 - 10 cm. The shape is very beautiful - smooth, elongated, pepper-shaped, with a small sharp “nose”. Tomatoes are usually uniform in shape and size, collected in small clusters.
The color and taste of the fruits of Negro Pragna F1 tomatoes are quite unusual even among other “black” tomatoes. The color is very rich, almost black, with purple tints. The pulp has a greenish tint. The taste is excellent: low acidity, high sugar accumulation.
These tomatoes look more like fruits or berries than vegetables. Dense, fleshy fruits are good for both fresh salads and canning.
The plants are tall - from 180 to 200 cm. Powerful bushes require obligatory staking. They are formed strictly into 1 - 2 trunks, and are planted regularly. Hybrid Negro Pragna F1 is early ripening, with an extended fruiting period. Increased resistance to diseases. The yield is excellent.
In the southern regions of Russia, the Negro Pragna F1 tomato will grow in the open air. In the northern regions he will be much more comfortable in greenhouse conditions. 3-4 plants are placed on one square meter. The optimal age of seedlings when planting in a permanent place is 45 - 50 days. A powerful hybrid requires abundant feeding with the obligatory addition of microelements.
Lovers of “black” tomatoes also grow other original new varieties: cocktail tomato Forte Akko F1 (with a fruit weight of 50 grams), rounded brown Ashdod F1 (weighing 130 grams), and a rather large Ashkelon F1 (240 grams). These hybrid tomatoes have a bright, memorable taste and excellent yield.
