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'Black Prince' Tomatoes |
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Russian heirloom. Main-season standard tomato. 3- to 5-ounce, 3-inch, globe-shaped, crack-resistant fruit with red and mahogany-brown shoulders becoming orange-red at blossom end. Indeterminate plants. Tolerant to blossom end rot and cracking.
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74
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Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.1 Stars)
Taste: (4.2 Stars)
Yield: (3.5 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (3.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 13
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/12/2018 by
darkcoolboo
- An intermediate gardener
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Pima, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Black Prince failed to produce for me. It set only 1 shrimpy fruits on each plant. It was simply too hot to grow this. Maybe it would do better in a cooler location. |
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Reviewed on 11/25/2012 by
pea-picker
- An intermediate gardener
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Belknap, New Hampshire, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| These grew well for me, very prolific, healthy plants. Fruit will fall from the plant when ripe. Like other \"black\" tomatoes I have grown this is best picked a day or two before fully ripe, then let it ripen more in the house. Soft when ripe. I like this better than Purple Russian. |
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Reviewed on 12/28/2011 by
grc
- An intermediate gardener
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Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grew 2 of these tomatoes as part of a trial to find tomatoes that do well in the dry summer heat of AZ. My baseline is Early Girl that avoids the heat by producing an early crop for several weeks then surviving the summer to produce a 2nd crop before it freezes and Porter Improved which does a bit better in the heat but also stops production in mid summer. One Black Prince plant was competitive with Early Girl and Porter Improved for dry heat tolerance. The other was not. Black Prince is much juicer and (in my view) better tasting than the other 7 varieties I grew ... with the possible exception of Early Girl which has a more classic tomato taste. Black Prince has a more complex flavor (fruity?). I will be growing it again. I even cloned the successful plant in case its success in the heat was not typical. |
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Reviewed on 09/20/2010 by
bayocum
- An intermediate gardener
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Tulare, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Great tomato for something different in your garden. Very smooth flavor, lacking the acidity that I prefer, but with enough sweetness and uniqueness to make it worth having. Every person that sampled the Black Prince said, "wow, that's different, but good." Was a real favorite of some. I marked down the ease/reliability because I lost this plant about the same time as my Early Girls, likely because of the heat. A wonderfully different variety that is worth planting. |
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Reviewed on 08/23/2009 by
uncledan
- An experienced gardener
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Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Works well in my Oregon plot. Terrific flavor, yeld, juice, early ripening. Tends to burn out as season winds down. Flavor degrades quickly if left on the vine too long. I plant it every year. |
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Reviewed on 05/27/2009 by
AnnaCanna, zone 5B
- An intermediate gardener
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Cook, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grew this the first time in the mid 90's. Each year I'd grow 1 or 2 kinds I loved and 1 or 2 new kinds. After the first year, I had to fight myself to choose a different favorite and alternate among others I love. My grandmother didn't want to taste them; she said they were ugly. A few weeks later I came to visit and she asked me for some of those ugly tomatoes.
I don't find them ugly, though the color is different. I just find them delicious. I had no troubles with them, they always grew well and produced a goodly amount of tomatoes.
Now I'm in the city and container gardening. This is the first year for me to try them in a container. I'll come back and update how the work in a container. |
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Reviewed on 02/02/2009 by
cjb57
- An intermediate gardener
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King, Washington, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| One of the most flavourful tomatoes I have ever had, when the fruit can mature. However, I've tried growing these in Seattle 3 years now and am moving on to other tomatoes until I relocate to a better climate. |
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Reviewed on 01/07/2008 by
Uncle John
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Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
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| Solid tomato. Interesting colors (adds variety to my salsas), decent yields, very good flavor. |
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Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by
Oregon
- An experienced gardener
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Lane, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Very good tomato. Kind of a spicey taste. |
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Reviewed on 05/23/2006 by
Rudi
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Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Cracked easily; poor taste |
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Reviewed on 04/25/2006 by
Troutlily
- An experienced gardener
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Henry, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Delicious, sweet smokey flavour makes this a favorite for us. Easy to grow, crops well in late summer. |
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Reviewed on 01/20/2006 by
Dellareina
- An intermediate gardener
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Broome, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| The sweetest of the blacks I grew in 2005, that includes the Black Cherry which everyone seems so excited about. Very productive, hardy, not bothered by early blight as some others were. 6-8 oz globe shape, greenish brown. Well worth trying. |
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Reviewed on 09/23/2004 by
jlayne45
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Clinton, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| In this cool, wet summer, this tomato was the standout in my garden. I've always liked is mild, sweet flavor and meaty texture, but this year it proved to be extremely crack-resistant and the earliest maturing of all my tomatoes. It also wasn't bothered by the early blight that attacked its neighbors. If you want a low-acid tomato for eating out-of-hand and cooking, I highly recommend Black Prince! |
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