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'Chef's Choice Black' Tomatoes

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Description:	USER ENTERED : 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.
Days To Maturity:	NA
Seed Sources:	Totally Tomato - updated in 2019

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Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 01/23/2020 by A. W. Davidson - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Marion, Indiana, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I grew this during the 2019 season and was very impressed with it. For a black tomato they were very early, in fact they were not too far behind Fourth of July for me. Flavor was very good, probably not as good as Black Krim but still a good complex flavor from them. They produced until the first hard frost for me and I picked several to ripen in the house before we got hit by that. Disease resistance seemed quite good as well. My customers at market really liked them. I will definitely grow this one again. They did seem to take a break halfway through the season, but did pick up again.

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