And now there are six! This variety is the sixth color variation in the popular Chef’s Choice tomato series. Chef’s Choice Black is a beefsteak type tomato with a dark green/brown/black hue. AAS Judges reported vigorous, healthy plants with clean and uniform fruits that were early to set and had a meaty interior with great flavor. This hybrid boasts a prolific yield of 8-ounce fruits grown on strong, 5-foot indeterminate vines. You’ll harvest 30 or more blemish-free fruits throughout the season from this disease-resistant plant with dark green leaves and well-behaved form. Grow the whole Chef’s Choice series for a beautiful and unusually colorful tomato salad!
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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.
- “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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