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Black Tomatoes
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Black Beauty
($7.95) 85 days.
Beautiful to look at,
the flavor of Black Beauty is deep, rich and complex. Combined
in a tomato salad with red, pink, orange and yellow tomatoes - a
real mind-blower!
A Note About
Ripeness: Be sure and wait for true
ripeness! Black beauty takes a while to ripen but is definitely
worth the wait.
These photographs are
from our home garden and have not been
retouched. The fruits and the stems are deep dark
indigo-black. Inside, blood red. The first photo is a not quite ripe
fruit, the second and third photos show the color change indicating
ripeness.
So dark that some tomatoes turn
solid blue-black on the skin. Deep red flesh is among the best
tasting of all tomatoes. Rich, smooth and savory with earthy tones.
A dark, meaty, very rich-fleshed
tomato with extreme anthocyanin effect, the same antioxidant in
blueberries and blackberries. The emerging little fruits are deep
black from the time they are tiny until big and almost ripe,
then you will see some color changes as you can see in the
photographs.
Keeps well on the
vine and stores very well, and the flavor improves with
room-temperature storage.
Baker Creek's Dave Kaiser tasted it at the
2015 National Heirloom Exposition and proclaimed it as the BEST
tomato he had ever eaten! Yay Dave!
Photograph from Baker Creek Rare
Seeds.
Black Bear
($7.9) 85 days.
Black Bear is one of those
excellent fruits with the giant, complex flavors we adore in the big
purple-black tomatoes. Full , complex, and SO satisfying to bite into.
CHOMP!
Because it's so meaty, it's easy to slice thin
or thick for sandwiches, or cut into wedges for salads or in half for
seasoning and roasting. And...straight up feasting right in the garden!
Thick, smooth flesh with lots of juice.
Meaty and luscious -- disease resistant with
really high production.
Black
Cherry ($7.95)
F/C
(Ch)
(VE)
65 days.
A perfectly round cherry
tomato with classic black tomato flavor, sweet, yet rich, smoky and complex.
Fruit picks easily from the stem and is produced in abundance on vigorous,
tall plants.
These cherries are irresistibly delicious: look like a
black cherry, taste like a sweet cherry-- a unique addition to the color and
flavor spectrum of cherry tomatoes for your garden, along with our other cherries, it makes a
dazzling display for any table. Just outstanding. T
hese
guys got eaten moments after the photograph was taken.
:)
Black Krim
($7.95)
75 days
(E)
This much sought after Russian
variety is unique and unforgettable, originally from Krim (Crimea) on the
Black Sea, Black Krim has a superb smoky sweetness with a delicate lingering
touch of tang in a 4-6" slightly flattened, mahogany-colored fruit with
lovely, deep green shoulders.
Setting fruit at higher temperatures, it is
superb and very easy to grow.