Amazon Chocolate-A Beautiful Tomato

[amideutch]

This is the second year I've grown Amazon Chocolate and this variety ceases to amaze me. 09 I grew the RL version and this year grew the PL, seed courtesy of Suze. This years plant as all my plants was not set out till 1 June and 2 weeks later was hit with a hailstorm. Two weeks later started the heat wave that lasted 2 1/2 weeks with temps in the mid 90's. None of this phased AC as it had the best fruit set out of all my plants, first to have ripe fruit and no disease problems. Here are pictures of three fruits I picked the other day and the plant which I'm growing in a 7 gal container. Taste is excellent and it's all meat. Two of the fruits were in the 300 gram range and the other was 250 grams. Ami

[Tania]

Ted,

That's a real beauty!!!

I have been trying to locate the true PL version for the last two years (well, may be I did not try hard enough ) - got an RL version from a SSE member in 2009...

Tania

[Alberta]

Ami
That tomato looks great, please share where you got seeds for it from.
Alberta

[frdmfrc]

Wow that looks awesome. I'm afraid to count my how many are on my 2011 list now as I add this one to it.

[amideutch]

Alberta, seeds came from Suze TX AN S who received her seed from WI MI B who in turn got his seed from Amishland Seeds. It is a very robust variety that seems to grow well whether you live in the north or south. Mariseeds also has this variety. Ami

http://www.mariseeds.com/seedcatalog/blacks.html

[Wulfe]

Nice looking tomato. Is it a sweeter flavor or more tangy?

[amideutch]

Wulfe, for me it was both sweet and tangy. Ami

[Stepheninky]

Originally Posted by amideutch

Wulfe, for me it was both sweet and tangy. Ami

Did you notice if the meat was sweet and the gel around the seeds was tangy or was it just an overall taste

[amideutch]

Steph, I didn't really break it down to parts of the tomato. Next one I eat I will taste the different parts separately. Ami

[Farmer Matt]

First year gowning amazon, will grow every year.