A cherry tomato is a smaller garden variety of tomato. It is popular as a snack and in salads. Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from being round to slightly oblong in shape. The more oblong ones often share characteristics with plum tomatoes, and are known as grape tomatoes.Golden Nugget Cherry Tomato or Lycopersicon esculentum is an early Cherry Tomato. Bright gold 1″ fruits. Mostly seedless with high yields. Compact plant. Very sweet, flavorful and crack resistant.Growth Type: Determinate Days to Maturity: 55-60