These are both dark tomatoes that typically get high praise for their rich taste, for their “big and complex” flavors. One seed catalogue blurb extolled one as having “the richness and complexity of fine wine.” I would say that description applies well to both.
I grew them this year and tasted them side-by-side this morning, Saturday 14 June. Agree without reservation that they are both outstanding for slicing and eating raw in a salad or a sandwich. I tried them plain and then on toasted French bread with Duke’s mayo and Maldon flaky sea salt. The Indian Stripe might have been slightly sweeter and the Cherokee-Carbon slightly "smokier." But both were very well balanced, very "tomatoey," meaty and thoroughly delicious.
Both of these weighed about half a pound. (Cherokee-Carbon = 220 grams; Indian Stripe = 190 grams.) That is a representative size for both. Respectable slicers, but not huge. Fortunately, these plants each still have 15 or 20 more fruit that are almost ready to be harvested. (I have two Indian Stripe and one Cherokee-Carbon.)
The plants have been healthy and trouble free, easy to grow, and equally productive. You can't go wrong with either one if you enjoy eating this kind of tomato.
by NPKzone8a