- Open-pollinated
- Slicer
- 75 days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Purple (estimated)
Brown Sugar
Open-pollinated slicer from unknown. Medium black-purple slicer; identity vs. the US cherry-tomato of the same name is unresolved. Ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 9, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Slicer 5–8 oz (140–220 g) · Globe
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 75 days from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 5–8 ft (150–240 cm) Tall
- Spacing
- 24 × 39 in (60 × 100 cm) (estimated)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Polytunnel · Open ground · Container
- Container growing
- Not suited to pots
- Difficulty
- Easy-moderate (estimated) 2/5
- Skin
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- Purple (estimated)
- Black (estimated)
- Interior
- Not recorded
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
5–8 ft (150–240 cm) · Regular leaf
Brown Sugar is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 5–8 ft (150–240 cm).
Flavor
“Medium black-purple slicer; identity vs. the US cherry-tomato of the same name is unresolved.”
Growing calendar
75 days from transplant Midseason
Timing shown for temperate climates; sow indoors 6–8 (estimated) weeks before your last frost date. Look up your last frost date by ZIP code →
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistances — protect this variety with good airflow and crop rotation.
Uses & tags
- Fresh & salads
- Slicing
Origin
Tatiana's TOMATOBase lists a medium-fruited black-purple slicer under the Russian name 'Korichnevyi Sakhar' ('Brown Sugar'). This is likely NOT the same plant as the small brown-fruited cherry tomato widely sold in US catalogs under the English name 'Brown Sugar' — the two varieties share a translated name but the fruit size and type described here do not match the commercial cherry tomato. This identity question needs resolving with a second source before the record is treated as settled.
Sources
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Questions
How do you grow a Brown Sugar plant?
A Brown Sugar plant grows 5–8 ft (150–240 cm) tall. Space plants 24 in (60 cm) apart in rows 39 in (100 cm) apart (estimated). Start seed indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 6–10 days (estimated). It needs full sun.
How long does Brown Sugar take to mature?
Brown Sugar is ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Does Brown Sugar need staking?
Brown Sugar is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 5–8 ft (150–240 cm).
Can Brown Sugar be grown in a container?
Brown Sugar is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Brown Sugar resistant to disease?
No disease resistance is documented for Brown Sugar.
