Paul Robeson

[DennisinPa]

Hello,I'm growing Paul Robeson for the first time and so far so good

Dennis

[Tomstrees]

Very nice looking tomatoes -
This is my first year
for black varieties ...
Mine include:
Black from Tula (my fav. tomato this year)
Carbon (waiting)
& Black Prince (waiting) ...
I'm def. going to plant "more" next year as
the flavor so far has been out of this world !

~ Tom

[jerseyjohn61]

Hearty and hale looking toms, Denise.
Just a great Imagine....JJ61

[coronabarb]

Tom, I didn't realize this is your first year for blacks. They are fabulous! You need Paul Robeson! I'll check my seed stock...we need to do another swap.

[Tomstrees]

coronabarb ~

Yup ... I'm a "newbie"
to the "color-change" -
I think they are great !

~ Tom

ps.
PMed you ~

[DennisinPa]

Finally a ripe tomato and wow was it good

[Suze]

Congratulations. Paul Robeson is one of my favorites, and was one of my top two best tasting darks this year.

[Full Moon]

Geez, you guys are making hard for us down here trying to settle on a growing list. This is a fine looking tomato! Well done

[jwr6404]

I wasn't nearly impressed with my Paul Robeson as I was with my Cherokee Chocolate. Paul Robeson to me was mild and/or somewhat bland. Maybe i overwatered and diluted the flavor

[kimpossible]

That colour sure is gorgeous - is that a true reflection, or is the picture on the dark side?

[Mantis]

That is a nice looking tom. Mine last year was small seedy little things that fed the chooks. A cross or a dud I don't know , but not what it was meant to be.

Tom, Carbon are worth waiting for. Mine were very late but big and wonderful. I have a pic of them somewhere but its getting so hard to find them.

I just had a thought. A tomato pics folder with folders within labeled A to Z (Zogola, bring it on :-). This would make t hem easy to find

[Tomstrees]

I was really impressed with Black from Tula -
I'm going to grow at least 3 - 4 black toms next year ~
Here is a pciture of my biggest BFT ~

Tom

[DennisinPa]

kimpossible, The picture of Paul Robeson is only a little darker than the tomato. For me it is turning out very dark and has a powerful tomato flavor without an acid bite.

Dennis

[kimpossible]

That's great, Dennis! I haven't grown it yet, & from what I have read the "blacks" are darker in the south, so it is good to know you achieved that colour in PA - gives me hope!

[tjg911]

I grew Paul Robeson last year and I was completely unimpressed. It was not bad just nothing special.

I write that off to it being in a 5 gallon pail. I know I'm a broken record on this but I often mention this because think it is important for context - I don't like growing tomatoes in containers. Of the 12 tomatoes in 5 gallon pails last year, none other than Azoychka was really good, 60% new that season and 40% were varieties I have grown in the garden in the past. Many that are excellent (in the garden) were lousy, so I am totally anti-container. The reason I say all that is PR may be good but my experience was such that I'd never waste space on it again. In the garden last year I grew Black From Tula and it too was disappointing but the slugs just devoured the fruits, I figured no loss, another I'd not grow again!

I want to try Carbon next year. Is anyone growing Carbon, Black from Tula and Paul Robeson this year that could compare their thoughts on the 3?

Tom