"Warren" wrote:

DigitalVinyl wrote:

Interesting terminology. Would the Eastern "grape" tomato be the
same as the California "cherry" tomato?


They usually call them grape tomatoes in the grocery store. They are
smaller than most cherries.

Cherry tomatoes typically start with the size of a large cherry or
larger, about 1 to 1.5 inches round. As you get to the 2 inch rounds
they usally start calling them slicing tomatoes(unless elongated, then
plum). Grape tomatoes are smaller. Typically they are about 1/2 inch
round, sometimes slightly elongated, but not really longer than .75
inch. They are your average sized grape.

Cherry tomatoes are small and round like a cherry. Grape tomatoes are small
and elongated like a grape. Grape tomatoes can be larger or smaller than
cherry tomatoes. In fact, most grape tomatoes I've seen are larger than the
typical cherry tomato.

That distinction makes sense, although I would think these are more
marketing terms than scientific (tomatus cherrianus). Never seen a
"grape" tomato offered as large as a typical cherry. Sweet 100's were
significantly smaller than average cherry tomato I've grown-but are
usually referred to in catalog as cherry, often with some adjective
adjustment mini-, small, tiny, grape-sized. Until now I've thought of
grape-sized as a multiple-in-the-mouth-at-once size where cherry is
one-at-a-time. YRMV!

So the primary difference between grape and cherry is the shape.



DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
4th year gardener
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph