by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
Developed by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farm in Napa California. A fairly new variety created as an unintentional cross between indigo Apple and pink Berkeley tie dye tomatoes. The fruit is considered the darkest of tomatoes in existence today and the flavor is unusually...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
This heirloom traveled all the way from Irkutsk, Siberia. The Black Prince tomato fruits vary in shape substantially. Some fruits are round while others are more plum or heart shaped. It boasts wonderful and deep blackish-chocolate color with green shoulders, bright...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
The word ‘Bedouin’ comes from old world French ‘bedüin’ and refers to a nomadic Arab of the desert. The French word probably came from colloquial Arabic ”badawin” literally “desert-dwellers”. The Bedouin tomato is an old...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
The Russian Persimmon tomato originated in Russia. This variety is believed to be a creation of the Russian gardener N.P. Kustov from the town of Babushkin. It was originally called ‘Khurma’. Interestingly, ‘Khurma’ is not a Russian word. It is...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
This just might be the very best tasting tomato in existence! “Krim” is Russian Ukrainian for Crimea, which is a peninsula in the Ukraine. The Black Krim tomato is from the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea, near the Crimean coast. The fruit astonishes tomato...
