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Old May 14, 2009   #16
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here in order are:

Black from Tula - - - - Black Prince - - - - - Nyagous




here is a slicer of my Black Prince :



Mine were globes (not perfect globes) but globes

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Old May 14, 2009   #17
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I better start Black From Tula and Nyagous seeds.
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Old May 14, 2009   #18
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I am drooling. Thanks Alot!!!!
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Old May 15, 2009   #19
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I better start Black From Tula and Nyagous seeds.
our FAVORITE black tomato
(out of many sampled "black" varieties) is Black from Tula

It's just outstanding -

Nyagous can not hold a match to BFT - I'd just add more BFT plants, lol

My only challenge with BFT?
I can only get a half season out of it because of its poor disease tolerance;
one needs to take advantage of the yield when its going "strong":



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ps. Kat: me too ! lol
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Tomstrees,

I see blackish-red globe BP fruits on your pictures, but the real BP fruits should be purple-black and more flattend globes. I know about this blackish-red version of BP which is also circulated in CIS. So somebody should think about a new name for it...
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Old May 15, 2009   #21
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I see blackish-red globe BP fruits on your pictures, but the real BP fruits should be purple-black and more flattend globes.
hmmmm - what tangled tomato webs we weave ! So I have an impostor!

Thanks Andrey -

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So I have an impostor!
I grew that one, too (mine looked like Tom's picture).
Maybe the real one is more blight-tolerant.
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Black from Tula is my favorite also. Have four coming on strong but none are ripe yet. I have two Paul Robeson which are looking really good. Loaded with fruit and large healthy plants. These haven't ripened yet either. How do they compare in taste to BFT???
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I have grown both and prefer Paul Robeson for taste. Under my growing conditions Black fro Tula was a great producer but I found it a bit watery and weak in taste. PR produced superb tasting tomates but very few.

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I've grown Black Prince 2 of the last 3 seasons and have been very happy with it. Large, prolific growing plants. Consistent 6-8oz fruit. Abundant producer.

I had one plant in 07 and saved some seed. Two plants this year came from that. The original plant was from Laurel at heirloomtomatoplants. She's a big Gary Ibson/tomatofest fanboi, so her seed may have come thru him. (If that clue is helpful to you detective types...)

I'm a total noob and don't have near the experience to compare it to all the other blacks people speak of. Starting out, it's been encouraging enough to get predictable results and lots of tomatoes. But I'm looking forward to trying Black from Tula and Paul Robeson in coming seasons...
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I grew that one, too (mine looked like Tom's picture).
Maybe the real one is more blight-tolerant.
that's what mine fell victim too -

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Black from Tula is my favorite also. Have four coming on strong but none are ripe yet. I have two Paul Robeson which are looking really good. Loaded with fruit and large healthy plants. These haven't ripened yet either. How do they compare in taste to BFT???
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I need to try PR
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does anyone have a pic of the "real deal Black Prince" ???

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Mine was also exactly like the one in Tom's pic. got two plants growing right now.
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http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

In the above Google image pictures I'd go with the southern exposure picture ( oblate/flattened globes) as well as the tradewind one and note the fruit size variability that has been mentioned before with the latter.

Last night I spent a lot of time reviewing the listings that SSE members had for this variety and it's clear that both forms of it are in circulation.
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