Comments on: Carbon Tomato. http://tomatolover.com/carbon-tomato/ Learning to Grow Tomatoes Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sally http://tomatolover.com/carbon-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Sally Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:33:56 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=489#comment-978 Hello Thank you for stopping by and getting in touch. Information on black tomatoes is especially of interest at the moment - as I definitely want to find another variety to try in 2011. I'm happy to hear that you also had assorted sizes - the shape I'd assumed was down to the variety - but I thought may be my 'care' had resulted in differing fruit sizes so its reassuring to hear it's not just me. From your description of Black Prince - I will now add to my long list for consideration I am wondering if your Russian Black Cherry is the same as my Black Cherry ? From your description I think it may be. The flavour and the fruit growing in clusters sounds similar. If so I am in complete agreement. It's a great tomato - the only minus - I find the skins split . This will be the 2nd year I've grown in - and if I were to experiment with another black cherry - it will have a lot to live up to ! It also really adds something to the 'tomato bowl' in the kitchen in terms of colour contrast . Like you I'd highly recommend it as one to grow ! Hello
Thank you for stopping by and getting in touch. Information on black tomatoes is especially of interest at the moment – as I definitely want to find another variety to try in 2011. I’m happy to hear that you also had assorted sizes – the shape I’d assumed was down to the variety – but I thought may be my ‘care’ had resulted in differing fruit sizes so its reassuring to hear it’s not just me.
From your description of Black Prince – I will now add to my long list for consideration

I am wondering if your Russian Black Cherry is the same as my Black Cherry ? From your description I think it may be. The flavour and the fruit growing in clusters sounds similar. If so I am in complete agreement. It’s a great tomato – the only minus – I find the skins split . This will be the 2nd year I’ve grown in – and if I were to experiment with another black cherry – it will have a lot to live up to ! It also really adds something to the ‘tomato bowl’ in the kitchen in terms of colour contrast . Like you I’d highly recommend it as one to grow !

]]> By: Janet http://tomatolover.com/carbon-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Janet Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:18:09 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=489#comment-975 I grew Carbon for the first time this year. Production was sporadic, but we didn't have a normal growing season (is there such a thing any more?). I did notice that most of the fruits harvested had moderate to severe cracking around the top. Size and shape were all over the place, too. Flavor was full bodied and nice, but I thought the texture was a little too 'soft'. I also grew Black Prince (Russian heirloom) for the first time this year. Comparing the two varieties, I would have to say I prefer the Black Prince. The flavor was more 'rich' and complex, the texture was firmer, and the fruits were much better formed (consistently nice round globes) and unblemished. Both fruit varieties averaged about the same size and color, several looking identical to each other. And both plants grew to about the same size and gave me comparable harvests. I will definitely give Carbon another try next year, along with Black Prince. But if results are similar next year, I will most likely stick with growing the Black Prince in future years. While talking about black tomatoes, I would like to mention that I also grew Russian Black Cherry for the first time this year. I have one word to describe it...WoW! Talk about a cherry with a punch! Excellent and intense flavor with a wonderfully sweet residual. And they are so perfectly beautiful! This plant produced like a champ, and the fruits grow in clusters. Everyone who tried them immediately fell in love with them. It has earned a permanent place on my annual 'to grow' list. I grew Carbon for the first time this year. Production was sporadic, but we didn’t have a normal growing season (is there such a thing any more?). I did notice that most of the fruits harvested had moderate to severe cracking around the top. Size and shape were all over the place, too. Flavor was full bodied and nice, but I thought the texture was a little too ‘soft’.

I also grew Black Prince (Russian heirloom) for the first time this year. Comparing the two varieties, I would have to say I prefer the Black Prince. The flavor was more ‘rich’ and complex, the texture was firmer, and the fruits were much better formed (consistently nice round globes) and unblemished.

Both fruit varieties averaged about the same size and color, several looking identical to each other. And both plants grew to about the same size and gave me comparable harvests. I will definitely give Carbon another try next year, along with Black Prince. But if results are similar next year, I will most likely stick with growing the Black Prince in future years.

While talking about black tomatoes, I would like to mention that I also grew Russian Black Cherry for the first time this year. I have one word to describe it…WoW! Talk about a cherry with a punch! Excellent and intense flavor with a wonderfully sweet residual. And they are so perfectly beautiful! This plant produced like a champ, and the fruits grow in clusters. Everyone who tried them immediately fell in love with them. It has earned a permanent place on my annual ‘to grow’ list.

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