Black Prince was the first tomato to break color on August 12th (80 days after transplant)
Of course, this was the same week I had planned a trip to San Diego to visit my family. Three of the Black Prince tomatoes actually ripened within a week of the first tomato breaking. I made my husband take a picture, then pick them since they were getting overripe.
Black Prince tomatoes ripening on the vine on August 20th
I was only away for six days, but of course, this was when the weather finally started warming up (breaking 80°), so the other tomatoes also started breaking. When I got home on August 23rd, all of them were breaking.
More Black Prince tomatoes breaking on August 23rd
Cherokee Purple tomatoes breaking on August 23rd (89 days after transplant)
Tomatoes on the first Black Krim plant breaking on August 23rd (90 days after transplant)
One tomato on the second Black Krim plant breaking on August 23rd (90 days after transplant)
One Jaune Flammé tomato breaking on August 23rd (41 days after transplant)
The week's harvest of Black Krim (on bottom left, including the bright red one), one Jaune Flammé (top left), three Black Prince (top left), two Cherokee Purple (top right), and dozens of Sun Gold tomatoes on August 26th
Cherokee Purple starts off pink with green shoulders, then turns golden-orange, then dark reddish-purple. It's not only beautiful (if you can overlook some catfacing) but tasty too!
The two Black Krim plants are producing different colored tomatoes. Tatiana's TomatoBase shows Black Krim tomatoes to be dark reddish-brown when ripe, like the ones in on the bottom left of the photo above. However, all the tomatoes from the second Black Krim plant are bright red when ripe, some with green shoulders. I grew both of these plants from Burpee's Heirloom Tomato seeds, and their photos show some bright red tomatoes. I was a little surprised by the variation in shape for the Black Prince, but I wasn't expecting that much variation in the color for any of the heirlooms.
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