favorite blacks

Alpinejs · April 4, 2015

I have decided that for my winter garden, I will concentrate on black varieties as
they seem to be my favorite variety (Cherokee green remains my favorite
species).

Here are some of my candidates but I have a feeling that I am missing some
other good ones. What are your favorites and which would you highly recommend.

JD's Spec. C-tex
Brad's Black Heart
Black Pear
Purple cherokee
Black from Tula
Paul Robeson
Black Krim
Black giant
Black Sea Man
Black Prince
Blue Ridge Black
Black BrandwBine
Chocolate Cherokee
Black & Brown Boar
Ananas Nois
Japanese Trifele Blk
Black Cherry
Purple bumble bee
Black Cherokiee

Here's a Carolyn Male lesson for tonight. Black Pear was my overall favorite in
last summers Canada garden. Here in Alpine, CA., it qualified as a spitter!!
Go figure.

Back to the topic. If you have any you love, (black tomatoes), please post
them. I do have a couple more that I can't think of tonight. So far, JDs goes to the head of the class.

KarenO · April 4, 2015

Margaret Curtain is really great.
KO

Moshou · April 5, 2015

I do not know

JD's Spec. C-tex
Brad's Black Heart
Margaret Courtain
Purple bumble bee

From the rest, with no doubt, Black Krim is my favorite. Definitely!

heirloomtomaguy · April 5, 2015

Lets not forget
Black Elephant
Bundaberd rumball
Black icicle
Black opal
Black zebra cherry
Carbon
Carbon copy
Cherokee chocolate
Cherokee tiger black
Chocolate sripes
Daniel burson
Darth mater
Filipino #2
Grosse verte rose
Guernsey island
Indian stripe
Lila sari
Nyagous
Ania
Black pepper
Dwarf chocolate lightning
D.B. cooper
Dwarf freds tie dye
Matts black
Dwarf sarandipity
Tasmanian chocolate
Uluru ochre....black orange
Dwarf wild fred
Dwarf perth pride
Russian cossack
Dwarf sleeping lady
Spudakee
Vernissage black
Zachary
Im sure i missed a few but here are some i have off hand.

heirloomtomaguy · April 5, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moshou

I do not know

JD's Spec. C-tex
Brad's Black Heart
Margaret Courtain
Purple bumble bee

From the rest, with no doubt, Black Krim is my favorite. Definitely!

If you would like to try brads black heart, margaret curtain, and purple bumble bee i could send them to you Moshou. Just let me know.

FarmerShawn · April 5, 2015

I have also liked Darth Mater and Purple Russian.

parah · April 5, 2015

If I may quote Camochef:

"I spent years growing every black tomato variety I could find and those I grow now are: Dana's Dusky Rose, Bear Creek, Amazon Chocolate.
If I was to add a fourth to my preferred list it would be Blackmaster, although its not as productive as the other three favorites.

Black Krim too much cracking, Cherokee Purple was too inconsistent, Black from Tula was too sweet for my tastes,
Indian Stripe was fantastic the first year I grew it, but went down hill for the next 4-5 years till I finally eliminated it too.
Jd's special and Vorlon produced some real monsters, they weren't consistent or tasty enough,
tried Carbon and Paul Robeson for a number of years and never found one that I'd brag about."
-Camochef

parah · April 5, 2015

My favorites are Wessel's Purple Pride and Amazon Chocolate, they are so easy to grow and so reliable that they almost take the challenge out of growing tomatoes.

I am also growing Dana's Dusky Rose & Bear Creek now... I have to keep B54reds's dilute bleach spray ready to fight the botrytis (grey mold)
that they seem to get more easily.

charline · April 5, 2015

I like very much Nuits australes, very productive too (5 kg)
Cherokee chocolate was planted beside it and gave only 3-4 fruits
Paul Robeson had very good flavor
and one of my absolute favorites is Kazachka
and not to forget Ananas noire
and Black Vernissage, one of the most beautiful tomatoes ever

Gardeneer · April 5, 2015

I am growing the followings in black/brown/purple .. category:

CHEROKEE PURPLE
JAPANESE BLACK TRIFELE
BLACK FROM TULA
BLACK/BROWN CHERRY
KUMATO.
ARBUZNYI

The first 2 are repeats the rest are new comers.

Gardeneer

NarnianGarden · April 5, 2015

Black Plum was a favorit for me last year. It was not too soft, didn't crack, had the wonderful smokey 'Black flavor' .. too bad it was also infested with BER - the curse of paste and elongated tomatoes. If the susceptibility to BER doesn't scare you, by all means try it to have a black with a different, stronger consistency.

Alpinejs · April 5, 2015

heirloomtomaguy.....any favorites among your nice list. Carbon, Indian Stripe and Spudakee
were the ones I couldn't remember when I posted.

Alpinejs · April 5, 2015

Wow....the seed companies are going to love you guys!!

Cole_Robbie · April 5, 2015

Dwarf Tasmanian Chocolate was really good. I also liked Purple Bumble Bee and Black and Brown Boar. Cherokee Purple is of course great too.

Black Brandywine was one of the worst tomatoes I've grown. It had a very musky, gamey sort of flavor.

bower · April 5, 2015

I think it's very cool that you have different favourites in your Canada vs your California garden... and I'll have to give the Black Pear a try.

Indian Stripe was the big winner for me here wonderful taste wise and production, and Chernomor is a real pumper, sometimes a top taster too at its best, and my Mom's favourite indoors or out. Also loved Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Tsindao for the flavour here. My friends are sunk on Cherokee Purple for taste and Brazilian Beauty for the market. Nobody liked Black Russian with the skunky taste and all splits. Vorlon was good to eat but just didn't make enough fruit, and Pale Perfect Purple was not a producer for me either, so can't win no matter how they tasted (same number of fruit as Indian Stripe late in the season, but so much smaller and surely no better). I forgot to mention Black Early was... really early!, just a few days later than Stupice, and surely decent to eat if not a big wow. Maybe it's a better taster in the south...

This year I'm growing two new blacks: Snickers the paste and Ukrainian Purple, the juicy paste. Pumpers, we hope to see lots of fruit, maybe sauce but lots of something.

Nobody mentioned Gary'O Sena yet, that's one that always turns up in my searches for the best most delicious blacks...

I haven't tried it yet.

April 4, 2015	#1
Alpinejs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alpine, Calif. in winter. Sandpoint Lake, Ont. Canada summers Posts: 850	favorite blacks I have decided that for my winter garden, I will concentrate on black varieties as they seem to be my favorite variety (Cherokee green remains my favorite species). Here are some of my candidates but I have a feeling that I am missing some other good ones. What are your favorites and which would you highly recommend. JD's Spec. C-tex Brad's Black Heart Black Pear Purple cherokee Black from Tula Paul Robeson Black Krim Black giant Black Sea Man Black Prince Blue Ridge Black Black BrandwBine Chocolate Cherokee Black & Brown Boar Ananas Nois Japanese Trifele Blk Black Cherry Purple bumble bee Black Cherokiee Here's a Carolyn Male lesson for tonight. Black Pear was my overall favorite in last summers Canada garden. Here in Alpine, CA., it qualified as a spitter!! Go figure. Back to the topic. If you have any you love, (black tomatoes), please post them. I do have a couple more that I can't think of tonight. So far, JDs goes to the head of the class.

April 5, 2015	#3
Moshou Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Romania Posts: 470	I do not know JD's Spec. C-tex Brad's Black Heart Margaret Courtain Purple bumble bee From the rest, with no doubt, Black Krim is my favorite. Definitely! __________________ Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting in your fruit salad

April 5, 2015	#4
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Lets not forget Black Elephant Bundaberd rumball Black icicle Black opal Black zebra cherry Carbon Carbon copy Cherokee chocolate Cherokee tiger black Chocolate sripes Daniel burson Darth mater Filipino #2 Grosse verte rose Guernsey island Indian stripe Lila sari Nyagous Ania Black pepper Dwarf chocolate lightning D.B. cooper Dwarf freds tie dye Matts black Dwarf sarandipity Tasmanian chocolate Uluru ochre....black orange Dwarf wild fred Dwarf perth pride Russian cossack Dwarf sleeping lady Spudakee Vernissage black Zachary Im sure i missed a few but here are some i have off hand. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

April 5, 2015	#6
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	I have also liked Darth Mater and Purple Russian. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

April 5, 2015	#8
parah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Asia Posts: 152	My favorites are Wessel's Purple Pride and Amazon Chocolate, they are so easy to grow and so reliable that they almost take the challenge out of growing tomatoes. I am also growing Dana's Dusky Rose & Bear Creek now... I have to keep B54reds's dilute bleach spray ready to fight the botrytis (grey mold) that they seem to get more easily. Last edited by parah; April 5, 2015 at 01:40 AM.

April 4, 2015	#2
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,929	Margaret Curtain is really great. KO

April 5, 2015	#9
charline Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: France Posts: 688	I like very much Nuits australes, very productive too (5 kg) Cherokee chocolate was planted beside it and gave only 3-4 fruits Paul Robeson had very good flavor and one of my absolute favorites is Kazachka and not to forget Ananas noire and Black Vernissage, one of the most beautiful tomatoes ever

April 5, 2015	#10
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,916	I am growing the followings in black/brown/purple .. category: CHEROKEE PURPLE JAPANESE BLACK TRIFELE BLACK FROM TULA BLACK/BROWN CHERRY KUMATO. ARBUZNYI The first 2 are repeats the rest are new comers. Gardeneer Last edited by Gardeneer; April 6, 2015 at 03:49 AM. Reason: add

April 5, 2015	#11
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Black Plum was a favorit for me last year. It was not too soft, didn't crack, had the wonderful smokey 'Black flavor' .. too bad it was also infested with BER - the curse of paste and elongated tomatoes. If the susceptibility to BER doesn't scare you, by all means try it to have a black with a different, stronger consistency.

April 5, 2015	#14
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Dwarf Tasmanian Chocolate was really good. I also liked Purple Bumble Bee and Black and Brown Boar. Cherokee Purple is of course great too. Black Brandywine was one of the worst tomatoes I've grown. It had a very musky, gamey sort of flavor.

April 5, 2015	#15
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	I think it's very cool that you have different favourites in your Canada vs your California garden... and I'll have to give the Black Pear a try. Indian Stripe was the big winner for me here wonderful taste wise and production, and Chernomor is a real pumper, sometimes a top taster too at its best, and my Mom's favourite indoors or out. Also loved Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Tsindao for the flavour here. My friends are sunk on Cherokee Purple for taste and Brazilian Beauty for the market. Nobody liked Black Russian with the skunky taste and all splits. Vorlon was good to eat but just didn't make enough fruit, and Pale Perfect Purple was not a producer for me either, so can't win no matter how they tasted (same number of fruit as Indian Stripe late in the season, but so much smaller and surely no better). I forgot to mention Black Early was... really early!, just a few days later than Stupice, and surely decent to eat if not a big wow. Maybe it's a better taster in the south... This year I'm growing two new blacks: Snickers the paste and Ukrainian Purple, the juicy paste. Pumpers, we hope to see lots of fruit, maybe sauce but lots of something. Nobody mentioned Gary'O Sena yet, that's one that always turns up in my searches for the best most delicious blacks... I haven't tried it yet.