Very prolific. We had lots of rain this year and this tomato cracked at every rainfall, when other varieties did not. I blame the rainy...Read More season for the not so great taste. They weren't bad, but not great either. Might try to grow them again some day and hope for a sunny summer.
This tomato was in my top 3 for taste last season, out of the 40 or so varieties I grew. Fruit was firm and sweet and didnt crack like mo...Read Morest other black/purple tomatoes do. Some plants were tall and productive while others were weak and sickly, not sure why. But Im definately giving them another try this year.
SSE says that the original stock from this one came from Irma Henkel in the Ukraine. Excellent for the market as it doesn't crack or hav...Read Moree bad shoulders.
Excellent flavor -- similar in taste to many of the better dark/purple varieties. Pretty plants and fruits. Plants get very tall, and ha...Read Moreve that droopy, wispy, tentacle-like foliage common among several of the OP pastes/hearts/plums.
One of the first to ripen this year (2010) ... GREAT taste, good productivity. WILL plant again next year!
Very prolific. We had lots of rain this year and this tomato cracked at every rainfall, when other varieties did not. I blame the rainy...Read More
This tomato was in my top 3 for taste last season, out of the 40 or so varieties I grew. Fruit was firm and sweet and didnt crack like mo...Read More
SSE says that the original stock from this one came from Irma Henkel in the Ukraine. Excellent for the market as it doesn't crack or hav...Read More
Excellent flavor -- similar in taste to many of the better dark/purple varieties. Pretty plants and fruits. Plants get very tall, and ha...Read More
Purplish-pink Italian style plum tomatoes that are a short sausage shape with pointed ends.