Isis cherry candy on The Victory Garden?

garnetmoth · January 7, 2007

So, was half watching the Victory Garden today, and there was a chef in Brooklyn who has a greenhouse on the back of the Italian restaurant- he was chopping small tomatoes in half for his pizza with arugula pesto (mmm!) and called some lil yellow ones Isis Cherry Candy-

Ive got seeds I traded, will hopefully actually get to grow this tomato this season, and I coulda sworn this was a red with a star-saphire type yellow cross on the blossom end.

When I google search I see some of the red-yellow cross tomatoes like I thought, and some have a yellow cherry- which are "correct"?

**carolyn137** · January 7, 2007

When I google search I see some of the red-yellow cross tomatoes like I thought, and some have a yellow cherry- which are "correct"?

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The correct name is just Isis Candy and it was bred by Joe Bratka and has been listed in the SSE Yearbooks since about 1992.

It should not be pure yellow.

I've forgotten the cross he started with, which I once knew, but it should be a yellow/gold background with some purple/pinkish/reddish marbling. Actually now that I think of it I think that one parent was Marizol Purple.

I find it's very very split prone when grown in my garden but it does have pretty good taste.

garnetmoth · January 7, 2007

Thanks so much Carolyn!

January 7, 2007	#1
garnetmoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 492	Isis cherry candy on The Victory Garden? So, was half watching the Victory Garden today, and there was a chef in Brooklyn who has a greenhouse on the back of the Italian restaurant- he was chopping small tomatoes in half for his pizza with arugula pesto (mmm!) and called some lil yellow ones Isis Cherry Candy- Ive got seeds I traded, will hopefully actually get to grow this tomato this season, and I coulda sworn this was a red with a star-saphire type yellow cross on the blossom end. When I google search I see some of the red-yellow cross tomatoes like I thought, and some have a yellow cherry- which are "correct"?

January 7, 2007	#2
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	When I google search I see some of the red-yellow cross tomatoes like I thought, and some have a yellow cherry- which are "correct"? ******** The correct name is just Isis Candy and it was bred by Joe Bratka and has been listed in the SSE Yearbooks since about 1992. It should not be pure yellow. I've forgotten the cross he started with, which I once knew, but it should be a yellow/gold background with some purple/pinkish/reddish marbling. Actually now that I think of it I think that one parent was Marizol Purple. I find it's very very split prone when grown in my garden but it does have pretty good taste. __________________ Carolyn