Tomato 'Black Prince'

I planted 2 Black Prince this year. The tomatoes are very delicious and I would say the best tasting black tomato I have tried yet. I d...Read Moreefinitely will plant again. However, it seems like the individual plants vary a lot as to production. I have got about 2 dozen fruits off one of the plants and it is still producing. The other plant seemed very delicate at the beginning of the summer, it was just not growing as quickly, and I have only had a few fruits from it. They both are in the same location. So I would recommend planting more than one.

Great plant in nc, 1 cluster is almost ripe, tennis ball to baseball sized and they're turning a deep brown color, one has cracked. I can...Read More't wait to taste them.

Delicious tomato but cracks easily.

My first year trying these and have had no harvest yet. However, the plant is very bushy, about 5 feet tall and currently has about 20 t...Read Moreomatoes about egg size right now. Very impressed so far - will update on ripe flavor.

Update: very nice. Smaller size fruit but very tasty. Not acidic. Very prolific.
I'll try them again next year.

Black Prince really impressed me and I will definitely increase its use next spring. The flavor is truly unique and very rich and comple...Read Morex. Plants were somewhat below average producers for me, producing mostly smaller fruits, but with some large specimens mixed in. Fruit is ripe when it feels ripe, even if it has some green streaking left on top; below that it should be dark burgundy. Inside should be the color of merlot, without any green or white.

We've grown this most years for 7-8 years now. It's a reliable, early, tasty tomato that produces a large number of smaller, salad size ...Read Morefruits, reliably dark - more mahagony than purple. They are somewhat prone to concentric cracks. The plant itself is the large side. The staff at Nichols, where I got my seed, say their fruit is larger, in the 3" or more range, and that there's variability (but all mine, at two locations, have been smaller fruit)

Plants grew huge, prolific small fruit with excellent, sweet, fruity flavor. Not acidic or sharp tomato tasting at all. Wonderful slice...Read Mored on sandwiches. Mixed in with San Marzano for my roasted tomato sauce and WOW! Best sauce we've ever had, hands down. Experimenting with new varieties next year, but not at the expense of this one! Black Prince has a permanent home in my garden now.

Smaller tomatoes, but delicious ones and the plant is very prolific. It is also good for container gardens because the plant, in my garde...Read Moren, tops out at about 4 feet tall. Will definitely grow again--something I can't say for many varieties here in the dry, dusty desert of Baja Arizona. Waiting to see if it will survive the scorching heat of summer to produce again in the fall.

I bought this plant at the local home improvement store, determined to find a worthwhile heirloom for my Michigan garden. This tomato ha...Read Mores been wonderful! The taste is excellent, the fruit is uniform and unblemished, and production has been amazing for my small space. The plant is an aggressive grower and requires diligent staking, but it is well worth the effort. Will definitely plant again in 2011.

I had to go out of town for a week and found that my mater-sitter lacked a green thumb. My Black Prince died down to the ground and only ...Read Morehad a small stub of a stem about a half inch long. I decided to build a very tiny, make-shift greenhouse to see what would happen. As of this morning, my plant stands 4 feet tall and has approximately 30 tomatoes on it, almost ripe for the picking. I had to re-stake it, as it is so wide and heavy and has outgrown it's tomato cage. This is the healthiest tomato plant I've ever grown, and we live in the high deserts of Arizona, just outside of Prescott. They usually don't do this amazing here. I can't wait to taste them.

Very sweet, early and prolific. As others have mentioned, it is a small, soft tomato better off eaten fresh. I will always include one ...Read MoreBP in my garden plans.

Black Prince is a good tomato. It is prolific and tasty with a classic "black tomato" flavor. I had no problems with disease. My only nit...Read More-pick is that the skins were somewhat thick and as a tomato that is best eaten fresh (too soft to can), that was a bit of a problem for me personally. Otherwise, a quality tomato.

Very good flavor, an excellent tasting black tomato (one of the best to me); but poor production. One the upside, fairly small indetermin...Read Moreate plants. 64 days in my spring 2006 garden. If I try this variety again, it will definitely be for the flavor--black tomatoes are my favorite.

Plants are large and sturdy, producing several small to medium fruits in a cluster. Ripe fruit have a dark red to maroonish pulp that is...Read More mildy sweet and surprisingly low in acid. Great for slicing and cooking as the seed chambers are small and there is a lot of "meat" in them. The only drawback I have found is that they have a very short shelf-life after harvesting, going mushy in a few days time. Some occasional zippering of the fruits may occur.