Wild Tomato, Cherry Tomato 'Santorini'

Done in error. Review moved to Santorini Paste.

I've been researching the Santorini tomatoes, and there's some confusion here. What Kimchifan was growing, as is obvious from his photo, ...Read Moreis a Santorini Paste. The Santorini Cherry is distinctly different, and looks either like a true cherry tomato, or like a very small plum tomato, a bit longer than wide. Part of a subspecies of semi-wild tomatoes that probably are about midway, genetically speaking, between the current tomato (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium) and the tomatoes we grow.

The Santorini Paste is something like a very small beefsteak with pronounced ribs when fully mature. What the two have in common, as nearly as I can figure, is an ability to survive and even thrive with very little water. Water is scarce on the island whose circa 1500 BC volcanic eruption may have spawned the legend of Atlantis. I haven't grown either one myself, but I'm pretty sure that it's mostly the fact of being grown with very little water (and not anything all that special about the genetics) that gives the Santorini tomatoes their legendary intense taste.

I began this plant from seed in the winter -- it now takes full sun and has produced three small cherry tomatoes, as of June. Very slow p...Read Moreroducing. Others say this plant grows without water, however, it does not seem to mind being watered on a daily basis in the desert. Continues to grow in height.