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About Bumble Bee Purple
Bumble Bee Purple AKA Purple Bumble Bee. Purple Bumble Bee is a new and wonderful variety bred by Fred Hempel of Green Bee Farm in Sunol, CA. Indeterminate, regular leaf plants yield very large quantities of 1″, round to slightly elongated, dusky-purple/black cherry to small tomatoes with grey-green stripes that contain distinctly pronounced, complex, well-balanced, sweet/acid, and smoky flavors known for in the black tomato varieties. Inside contains attractive purple flesh. Productive in cooler growing and higher altitude conditions. Crack-resistant. Disease resistant. A perfect choice for gardeners who want big yields of delicious cherry tomatoes throughout the season.
- Culinary Use
- Salad
- Flavor Profile
- Well-balanced
- Flesh Color
- Black
- Fruit Color
- Green / Purple / Striped
- Fruit Shape
- Plum/Pear/Piriform
- Fruit Size
- Cherry / Small
- Leaf Type
- Regular
- Maturity
- Mid-season
- Plant Type
- Indeterminate
- Species
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Variety
- Open Pollinated
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