Carbon

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Big, regular-leaf tomato plants yielding prolific amounts of 10-14 oz., beautiful purple-brown, open-pollinated tomatoes. Color of tomatoes are most often darker than the photo here indicates, making this among of the darkest of the black tomatoes with delicious, rich, complex flavors. This tomato variety won taste test at Cornell Research Farm and Winner of the 2005 “Heirloom Garden Show” best tasting tomato award. Because of it’s productivity and flavor, Carbon is becoming popular to grow for commercial produce markets that are seeking more black tomatoes in their tomato mix.

Seeds available at store.tomatofest.com.

Varieties

Heirloom

Fruit Colors

Black/Purple

Fruit Shapes

Oblate

Fruit Sizes

Large

Fruit Weights

10-14 oz

Culinary Uses

Paste / Sauce / Canner / Salad / Slicer

Maturities

Midseason

Plant Types

Indeterminate

Leaves

Regular