What are black tomatoes valued for?
1. For the taste! Tomatoes / tomatoes with black fruits have a different ratio of acids and sugars, they are sweeter and have a fruity flavor.
2. For color! Of course, there are no purely black tomatoes, but a more saturated color (purple mlm brown) gives them an anthocyanin pigment.
3. For tenderness! They have thinner skin and tender flesh.
26 varieties and hybrids of black tomatoes / tomatoes for greenhouses and open ground
Varieties and hybrids of black tomatoes / tomatoes for greenhouses
1. Tomato Indigo Rose (Indigo Rose) – the blackest (black-purple) of black tomatoes. Early ripe variety (95-100 days from germination to fruiting), when grown in a greenhouse up to 1,2-1,5 m high. Fruits are black, weighing 30-70 g, sweet. The variety is resistant to phytophthora.
Variety received at the University of Oregon, won the Chelsea Exhibition (London) in 2014.
Tomato Indigo Rose (Indigo Rose)
2. Tomato Blue P20, P20 Blue (Blue P20) – early ripe, indeterminate variety. Fruits weighing up to 100 g, purple with burgundy splashes. Bred from the Indigo rose variety.
3. Tomato black moor – semi-determinant (1-1,2 m high), mid-season variety for greenhouses and open ground. Plum-shaped tomatoes, weighing 30-50, are very sweet and tasty.
4. Tomato black baron – indeterminate (up to 1,8 m high), mid-ripening (120 days) tomato. Fruit weighing 150-200 g, fleshy with good taste.
5. Tomato Black Crimea – indeterminate (up to 1,8 m high), mid-ripening tomato with tomatoes, weighing 350-500 g, fleshy and tasty. The disadvantage is that the fruits are poorly stored.
Tomato variety Black Crimea
6. Tomato Black Pineapples (Black pineapple) – indeterminate (up to 1,5 m high), mid-ripening tomato. Tomatoes weighing up to 500 g, fleshy, greenish-brown, with a rich sweet taste.
7. Tomato Truffle black – medium height (up to 1,5 m), early ripe. Fruits weighing 100-150 g, red-brown, fleshy and sweet. The variety is resistant to late blight.
8. Tomato F1 black gourmet – mid-season (110-115 days) hybrid for film greenhouses, tall (up to 1,8-2 m). The fruits are round, juicy, fragrant, weighing 80-110 g.
9. Tomato Bison black – interderminant (tall, up to 1,8 m), large-fruited variety. The fruits are very large, slightly ribbed, purple-violet in color, weighing 300 g (up to 500 – 550 g). The taste is slightly sweet, with a pronounced fruity aftertaste.
10. Tomato Kumato – mid-season, indeterminate (up to 2 m) variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing 100-150 g, red-brown.
11. Tomato Marshmallow – indeterminate (up to 1,6 m), mid-season variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes are red-brown with green strokes, weighing 120-150 g.
12. Tomato pear black – indeterminate, mid-season variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing 50-80 g, brown-burgundy.
13. Tomato Russian black (Black Russian) – tall (up to 1,8 m), mid-season variety with fruits weighing 300-400 g.
14. Tomato F1 Black Bunch – indeterminate (up to 1,8 m), mid-season variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing 37-70 g, black, sweet.
15. Tomato Black Prince – indeterminate, tall, mid-season variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing 150-300 g, burgundy-brown.
16. Tomato Gypsy – mid-season, medium-sized variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing 100-180 g, juicy, chocolate color.
17. Tomato Paul Robson (Paul Robson) – mid-season, tall for greenhouses. The fruits are large, fleshy, weighing 250-300 g, red-brown.
Varieties and hybrids of black cherry tomatoes
18. Cherry tomato Dancing with the Smurfs (Dancing with the Smurfs) – mid-season, indeterminate (1,6-2 m) variety. Tomatoes are dark purple with a red top, weighing 15-20 g.
19. Cherry tomato midnight snack – one of the most suitable varieties for hanging planters, bears fruit in small red tomatoes with glossy black zones.
Cherry Tomato Midnight Snack
20. Cherry tomato F1 Black Opal – early ripe, indeterminate hybrid with fruits weighing up to 45 cm.
Cherry tomato F1 Black Opal (Black Opal)
21. Cherry tomato Be barao black – late ripening (120-130 days) for greenhouses. Indeterminate, tall variety, up to 2 m. Fruits weighing 50-60 g, dark brown with a purple tint.
22. Cherry tomato Cherry black – early ripe, tall variety for greenhouses. Tomatoes weighing up to 20 g, juicy, with good taste.
Black, yellow and red cherry fruits
23. Cherry tomato F1 Dark chocolate – indeterminate (up to 1,7 m), mid-season variety for greenhouses, with a fruit weight of 30 g. 12 fruits in a brush.
Unusual striped black varieties and hybrids of tomatoes
24. Tomato Val’s Black Striped (Val black striped) – semi-determinant, mid-season and fruitful for greenhouses. Height up to 1,5 m. Fruits are dark red with green stripes, weighing 70-100 g.
25. Tomato striped chocolate, or chocolate stripes – indeterminate, mid-season (from germination to the first harvest 105-110 days) and high-yielding tomato variety, up to 2 m high. The fruit is dark in stripes, weighing up to 250-300 g, tasty. For a greenhouse. Beef tomato.
26. Tomato Striped flight – determinant variety (1-2 m high) with brown-red striped tomatoes, weighing 30-40 g. For greenhouses and open ground.
