This post has been languishing in my draft folder since 2020, so I’m posting it now with minimal edits while I wait for the gardening season to start around here. I dug through my camera roll on my phone and only had one singular photo of these tomatoes.

This one is a newer tomato. It doesn’t have a history dating back to the turn of the last century. It was developed by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in California, using organic and traditional tomato breeding techniques.

I got my seeds from Baker Creek.

Their description: “Our Favorite! A super-sweet cherry tomato, cream berries are super prolific. These boast a delicate but complex flavor and a beautiful cream color with purple-blue splashes on the shoulder. A Wild Boar variety.”

There seems to be some debate/confusion over this one. According to this thread on Tomatoville, ‘Blue Cream Berries’ might be the same as ‘Amethyst Cream Cherry’.  This helps clear up the lack of “Blue Cream Berries” being listed on the Wild Boar Farms website.

The biggest complaint I can see in the comments/reviews on the Baker Creek site, is that these will crack very easily. I can’t speak to any of that yet, but we will see how it goes. Most of the cherry type tomatoes I grow don’t even make it into the house, so I don’t foresee cracking to be a huge issue for me. It might be something to consider if you are trying to grow these to keep/sell/give away.

I am excited to try these. I hope the flavor is as good as I have read and heard about, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they grow well in my garden (and that we have a decent summer).

I started 2 peat pellets on March 14. I started another one on March 20th to grow for my friend. On April 2, I potted up the strongest of the seedlings from the first 2 peat pellets into handmade newspaper pots, and the cut-thinnings were put into a small jar of water to grow roots. The 3rd peat pellet was potted up on April 10, and again, I rooted the thinnings. The rooted cuttings will likely be potted up into soil near the end of the month and all the plants will go out later in May or early in June, depending on our weather.

Fingers crossed for a decent season. If you’ve grown this tomato and have any insight, please share it in the comments.

Previous Tomatoes I have profiled from my collection: Tiny Tim, Chernobyl, Black Russian

2024 additions to this post. This tomato grew fantastic in 2020 and 2021 when I grew them. I would have grown them again the last couple years as well, but have been preoccupied with growing my tiny human. I will definitely grow them again once my gardening situation is more stable. The flavor on these wasn’t the most amazing, but they were still delicious. They grew extremely prolifically and were a fun addition since they are not just the classic red. I didn’t notice these cracking any more than my other tomatoes if my watering was inconsistent.