I now have a few fruits ripening and lo and behold one of the three Big Cheefs is a medium to small pink beefsteak while the other two are medium black tomatoes. I haven't gotten either to the ripened stage to taste. The two plants with the black tomatoes are really loaded but not with large fruit but with the number of fruits on them that is not surprising in this heat. Comparing their size now to the size of other varieties planted so late they seem to be in line because everything is making much smaller fruit than from the early plantings I made so I assume some of the fruits would be around a pound if planted in the spring.
I am hoping the intense heat wave we have been having will influence positively the flavor of the black varieties that are producing right now.
Bill
|