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Showing posts with label Black Zebra. Show all posts

The Black Zebra Heirloom Tomato

(Black Zebra)
So far this has been the most interesting heirloom tomato in our 2009 garden. Here is what someone wrote about the Black Zebra-
"This stunning, perfectly round 1½" to 2" fruits with tender, deep dark red to caramel colored skin beneath vertical dark green and mahogany streaks . . .Black Zebra has opulent, rich flavor with hints of smoke and sweetness"
It is an absolutely stunning and delicious tomato. We had no idea that a tomato could have so many flavors all wrapped up in one small package.
I (Jeremy) have been anxiously awaiting this one to ripen and after months of waiting, we finally tried it.
This is the best tasting tomato (or maybe a close second to the whopper) I have had this year. I encourage you to find one of these and try it with anything and everything. It is perfect on BLT's!!!!
Our List Thus Far of Top Five Favorites-
1. Black Zebra (heirloom)
2. Whopper
3. Dixie Golden Giant (heirloom)
4. Argentina (heirloom)
5. Bull's Heart (heirloom)
We have 41 tomato plants (6 whopper plants-year, we like whoppers)
And our total harvested tomatoes-
134
And it's not even August.