Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: Regional (Southeast, Mountain/Southwest, West/Northwest)
Class: Tomato
Variety Name: Chef’s Choice Black F1
Genus: Solanum
Species: lycopersicum
Year: 2019
Common Name: Tomato
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Seeds By Design
Close Market Comparison: Black Krim and Early Choice Black F1
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Dry to normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: Yes
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Indeterminate – requires staking
Plant Height: 5+ feet
Fruit Color (Harvest): Black/Dark Red
Fruit Shape: Flattened globe
Fruit Size: 5-6 inches
Fruit Weight: 8-10 ounces
Fruit Flavor Description: Full sweet flavor with a touch of saltiness
Number Of Fruits Per Plant: 30+
IN THE GARDEN
Garden Spacing: 12-16 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 95
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 75
Plant Spread: 24+ inches
Disease Resistances or Tolerances: TMV, Crack, F, V
HOW TO GROW
Early maturing in 75 days. Indeterminate plants must be staked or caged, tasty flattened globe shaped fruits weigh 8-10 oz. Dark red/black fruit with delicate skin, fruit shoulders green tinted, deep crimson flesh is full flavored with a slight saltiness that enhances the taste, very juicy.
JUDGE'S OBSERVATION
- “Very vigorous, healthy plants. No late fruit set. Comparisons had very poor quality fruit, many splits.”
- “This entry matured earlier than Black Krim.”
- “Good early fruit set. Soft, meaty interior flesh with good flavor.”
- “Nice appearance and an improvement in disease resistance.”
- “Entry is far more flavorful, less disease, better yield, more uniform fruit set and a more vigorous plant overall. Just not quite as “black.”
- “Overall fruits were clean and uniform”
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