Is there a currant size tomato that is black?

[KarenO]

who has seed for a black currant sized tomato if there is one?
KO

[imp]

Karen, I don't think there is a black current tomato, but I could be wrong.

[Worth1]

If there is one it better taste like licorice.

Worth

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by KarenO

who has seed for a black currant sized tomato if there is one?
KO

As long as you say currant sized, I can't prove it's a true currant,yes I do think I have one

I do have seeds that Andrey in Belarus sent me, and seed production was done.

It's called Choronaya Lakoma as Andrey spelled it, but I've also seen it spelled Chyornaya L

Andrey described it as following and his description of it turned out to be true.

ind,blackish 100 to 120 grams, that is small and close to being currant size, but technically I can't say it is a true currant, aromatic, juicy, great taste.


Carolyn

[imp]

Ah! How nice is that?!! there is one! I shall have to try it when you release it.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by imp

Ah! How nice is that?!! there is one! I shall have to try it when you release it.

And there's the rub.

I asked the person who did the seed production to send me some seeds for it along with others he did seed production for. I don't know how many seeds he sent me of all of those since they were almost all new ones that I wanted to send to the vendors where i usually send seeds for trial, but I'm sure he must have more in his stash, as he always does, and that for listing in the 2017 public seed offer here at Tville,

And there's another rub since I have no idea when that offer will go up.I still have all seeds produced here at home for ones produced in 2015, and the seed producers sent the newest ones produced in 2016 directly to X.

I will be putting up a seed offer preview,NOT the seed offer itself, in the Off topic Forum soon and that might help.


And I'm so behind in packing up seeds for the seed producers for this summer it's terrible. I've let them down badly,but who knew what would happen when I was hit with that lousy virus,not just me,but at the local school and the community as well. But when you are as old as I am and also a diabetic the immune system goes way down,

For Karen and Imp only,if you need a few seeds for this summer,e-mail me, you both have that em addy,give me your address and I'll try to get a few seeds sent to each of you.

And then you can both see how"pimpy" sized they are.

Carolyn, who will be so very happy when another person will be taking over for the 2018 offer and doing the hardest part but I'll still be the one to source seeds,put up the germination and Fall performance threads . Then I can sit back and color in my adult coloring books, read all the many hundreds of books I have here as well as have time to read a lot of the many magazines I sub to as well,from the Smithsonian,to lots of history and archaeology ones, and many current news ones as well. After over 30 years of doing seed offers here and there, well, I loved doing it,but enough is enough.

[imp]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

And there's the rub.

I asked the person who did the seed production to send me some seeds for it along with others he did seed production for. I don't know how many seeds he sent me of all of those since they were almost all new ones that I wanted to send to the vendors where i usually send seeds for trial, but I'm sure he must have more in his stash, as he always does, and that for listing in the 2017 public seed offer here at Tville,

And there's another rub since I have no idea when that offer will go up.I still have all seeds produced here at home for ones produced in 2015, and the seed producers sent the newest ones produced in 2016 directly to X.

I will be putting up a seed offer preview,NOT the seed offer itself, in the Off topic Forum soon and that might help.


And I'm so behind in packing up seeds for the seed producers for this summer it's terrible. I've let them down badly,but who knew what would happen when I was hit with that lousy virus,not just me,but at the local school and the community as well. But when you are as old as I am and also a diabetic the immune system goes way down,

For Karen and Imp only,if you need a few seeds for this summer,e-mail me, you both have that em addy,give me your address and I'll try to get a few seeds sent to each of you.

And then you can both see how"pimpy" sized they are.

Carolyn, who will be so very happy when another person will be taking over for the 2018 offer and doing the hardest part but I'll still be the one to source seeds,put up the germination and Fall performance threads . Then I can sit back and color in my adult coloring books, read all the many hundreds of books I have here as well as have time to read a lot of the many magazines I sub to as well,from the Smithsonian,to lots of history and archaeology ones, and many current news ones as well. After over 30 years of doing seed offers here and there, well, I loved doing it,but enough is enough.

That tomato does look interesting. Quite nice dark flesh.

Carolyn, I don't have your email or mail address anymore, when things happened, I lost that computer and a lot of information. If you would, please do pm me with both.

Thank you for the pictures, Andrey, it does look good.

[KarenO]

Do you know if are there any photographs of it Carolyn? perhaps I should ask Andrey?
KarenO

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Do you know if are there any photographs of it Carolyn? perhaps I should ask Andrey?
KarenO

I doubt it Karen,I've seen him post pictures of lots over the years, but not his tomatoes, maybe yes,maybe no but I'll ask him for you,since obviously he did grow it out to be able to write what he did on the pack of seeds he sent me,and the reason I'll ask him is b/c I have to contact him anyway about some other issues such as seeds I owe him, etc.

I'll ask him to answer in this thread and give him the link to this thread so all can see his answer.

Carolyn, and it might interest you to know that Andrey first contacted SSE about sending some of his varieties,no go there so he found Lisa at Amishland and not so good there either although he listed quite a few but found that Lisa invented many varieties.I think I saw him there, I can't remember right now ,and Tville had just opened and I asked him to join here,he joined on Feb 3rd,2006, I just checked,less than a month after Tville started.

[AlittleSalt]

When I looked right after you started this thread, I thought I found one, but it turned out to be a current. It looks kind of like a tomato. Sorry, I couldn't help, but I did get to learn about currents.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

When I looked right after you started this thread, I thought I found one, but it turned out to be a current. It looks kind of like a tomato. Sorry, I couldn't help, but I did get to learn about currents.

Yes Robert there sure are black currents. There were rows and rows of black,white and red currents that the Skakers had planted
at the farm where I was raised. I picked them,mom made jellies and jams with them as I recall.Then they were all removed so that I could have room for the orchard I started,there already were 3 orchards the Shakers had started back in the late 1800's.

Aha,I forgot one step. At first after they were removed,we then had chickens and that is where they went first from inside where their nests were, no chickens to orchard and strawberries, 25 plants each of 4 varieties that I put in.

Carolyn

[Andrey_BY]

Carolyn kindly contacted me to answer this thread)

Yes, Chyornaya Lakomka was from me. But I wouldn't call it black currant type. It is too large fruited for current type))) 80-130 g.





I've made my first international seed trades around 2002 via vegetable gardening forums in the web. And it was Carolyn who introduced me to Tomatoville early in 2006) Thank you very much!))

[KarenO]

Looks very nice. Thank you Andrey.
So overall, there are red, yellow and pink (Ted's pink currant being the only pink I am aware of ) but no black by the sounds if it?
Thank you all for your input.
KarenO

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Looks very nice. Thank you Andrey.
So overall, there are red, yellow and pink (Ted's pink currant being the only pink I am aware of ) but no black by the sounds if it?
Thank you all for your input.
KarenO

I can see the wheels turning......

[Andrey_BY]

There is also a White Currant tomato from Baker Creek.

http://www.rareseeds.com/white-currant-tomato/