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zipcode · February 5, 2018

I think there are two varieties circulating as Black Plum.
I have seen many pictures on the internet which look slightly pear shaped and smaller sized.
None of mine were ever pear shaped, and I grew them a few years. Robust looking plant, fruits were nice size, maybe 3 oz, some maybe more. Very very steady in production no matter the conditions, which makes them quite productive despite the somewhat low truss weight (about 8 per truss). They had unusually big seeds, the biggest seeds I've seen on a tomato this size, and quite seedy, certainly not a paste. Texture was on the mealy side, somewhat prone to cracking, taste is ok.
If you want a dependable, cold tolerant tomato (not early though), this is not a bad choice, but taste isn't up to the black beefsteaks.

February 5, 2018	#4
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	I think there are two varieties circulating as Black Plum. I have seen many pictures on the internet which look slightly pear shaped and smaller sized. None of mine were ever pear shaped, and I grew them a few years. Robust looking plant, fruits were nice size, maybe 3 oz, some maybe more. Very very steady in production no matter the conditions, which makes them quite productive despite the somewhat low truss weight (about 8 per truss). They had unusually big seeds, the biggest seeds I've seen on a tomato this size, and quite seedy, certainly not a paste. Texture was on the mealy side, somewhat prone to cracking, taste is ok. If you want a dependable, cold tolerant tomato (not early though), this is not a bad choice, but taste isn't up to the black beefsteaks.