Elysburg, PA (Zone 5b) | September 2017 | positive
I have grown Carbon a few times here, near the center of Pa. I don’t know if I have grown a better tasting variety? The plant is lik...Read Moree a medium producer here, with medium to large fruits. They do get some shoulder cracks, but have no other flaws for me. Somehow I ended up with one plant this year, not good. Everyone that has tasted them wanted more. This is one of my must plant every year tomatoes.
I just harvested my first Carbon of the season. I decided to plant this because of all the awards and reviews it has received in taste te...Read Morests. So far production is low, but that may have a lot to do with my high alpine area. However, the tomato I did harvest was INCREDIBLE. I'm a lover of dark tomatoes for the health benefits and high content of disease fighting compounds. This tomato tasted like red wine almost, it was smoky, and had so much depth. Amazing. HIGHLY Recommended!!!!
After trying and failing to grow this tomato twice before, I grew it this year with great success. The fruits were extraordinarily beauti...Read Moreful, pink on the bottom with sparkles in the skin, black on top. The taste was very rich--great for sandwiches and also roasted. The fruits at the bottom of the plant were enormous. I had one from fused flowers that weighed 3 lbs. Definitely growing this one again.
I just ate my first Carbon of the season, and it was fabulous! It has a rich, earthy, sweet flavor like any good black tomato. Also, the ...Read Moreplant toughed it out through less than stellar weather and produced a decent crop when others wouldn't, so I have many more to enjoy. Carbon is definitely invited back next year.
This is the perfect tomato, texture, taste, size, beauty - it's all there. As my friend pointed out, sliced with salt & pepper, it tastes...Read More like bacon!! The plant is much more prolific than the Cherokee Purple I grew last year, but then that was my first year with tomato plants and I didn't prune it like I'm doing with this one.
One of my favorites. I find it very similar in taste to Cherokee Purple, another favorite. Plants tend to be slightly more compact than...Read More CP, and the fruits are perhaps a bit more crack resistant.
I've grown Carbons from seed for 3 years. In my experience, the plant is not very prolific but the taste of the fruit makes it worthwhile...Read More. When mature, the skin is a pink/brown, the flesh deep red. I've found the flavor to be tawny and sweet.
Carbon is an exquisitely beautiful tomato with a very creamy texture and mild flavor. There is substantial fleshiness to it, but enough ...Read Morejuice so it is neither dry or mealy. The size and shape can vary, and each plant was very high yielding. Most tomatoes were medium to large burgundy-colored fruits.
I have grown Carbon a few times here, near the center of Pa. I don’t know if I have grown a better tasting variety? The plant is lik...Read More
I just harvested my first Carbon of the season. I decided to plant this because of all the awards and reviews it has received in taste te...Read More
After trying and failing to grow this tomato twice before, I grew it this year with great success. The fruits were extraordinarily beauti...Read More
I just ate my first Carbon of the season, and it was fabulous! It has a rich, earthy, sweet flavor like any good black tomato. Also, the ...Read More
This is the perfect tomato, texture, taste, size, beauty - it's all there. As my friend pointed out, sliced with salt & pepper, it tastes...Read More
One of my favorites. I find it very similar in taste to Cherokee Purple, another favorite. Plants tend to be slightly more compact than...Read More
I've grown Carbons from seed for 3 years. In my experience, the plant is not very prolific but the taste of the fruit makes it worthwhile...Read More
Carbon is an exquisitely beautiful tomato with a very creamy texture and mild flavor. There is substantial fleshiness to it, but enough ...Read More