I'm afraid I must call on you all for your tomato expertise.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

What is the difference between cherry tomatoes and Campari tomatoes?

I've seen Camparis packaged in stores and I'm wondering if the plant I have out back (which I got as a seedling from my dad's garden) is Campari or a regular cherry.

Basically, the best tomatoes on my plant look like the Camparis in the store, but they aren't all as fortunate.

Tastewise, they are excellent....some of the best I've ever grown.

[msongs]

1. wikipedia article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campari_tomato

[jmowreader]

5. And one about cherry tomatoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_tomato

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. The doc is in the house!

Cherry tomatoes refer to a size - the size of a cherry, but really can range from pea sized to maybe an inch in diameter - round or oval or, these days, small grape or pear shapes. They come in infinite colors and shapes and sizes and are many, many different varieties, some non-hybrid (heirloom and open pollinated), some hybrids.

Campari is more of a cluster tomato that a marketing decision to leave them on the vine gives them a distinctive appeal to some. They tend to be golf ball sized or slightly larger, mostly used for salads. There is no one Campari variety - any tomato of that size that has the genetic tendency to stay attached to the vine fits the bill. Again, some are non-hybrid, but most are recent hybrids such as Early Cascade.

With 10 to 12 thousand different named tomatoes, it is impossible to determine a variety by its appearance!

So the answer to your question - really doesn't matter - it is about the size (if a cherry or the Campari type), and most important, if it is good or not!

The big question really - if it is a hybrid, saved seeds will not come true and could result in quite an array of types.

Happy gardening!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Well thank you.

And is it tomayto or tomahto?

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Yes!

[Kali]

6. !

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Or, tomatoe, according to Dan Quayle's spleling dictionary. nt

[NJCher]

9. thanks Boz

you get my first laugh of the day award, at 7:10 a.m. EST

[Rhiannon12866]

7. As soon as I saw this, I immediately thought of you!

DU's very own tomato expert!