Hundreds of Fruit by Late July

By late July most of the plants had several fruit set. The smaller varieties like Green Zebra and Black and Red Boar plant had 13 fruit larger than 1 cm in diameter. A second Black and Red Boar plant had 10 fruit larger than 1 cm in diameter. Only some of the fruit on the Black and Red Boar had a heart shape, compared to most of the fruit last year having a heart shape, possibly due to fruit set in colder weather.

The largest fruit is about 2" in diameter on Green Zebra by July 29th

 The largest fruit is about 1.5" in diameter on Black and Red Boar by July 29th

The larger black tomatoes like Paul Robeson, Spudakee, and Vorlon had each set a few fruit by late July. The first Paul Robeson had 7 fruit while the second had 9 fruit larger than 1 cm in diameter. Black Prince also had 7 fruit set by the end of July.

The largest fruit on the first Paul Robeson was a fused tomato with 2" and 3" halves 

The largest fruit on the second Paul Robeson plant was 3.5" in diameter by July 29th

The largest fruit on Spudakee was 2.5" in diameter by July 29th

The largest fruit on Vorlon was 2.5" in diameter by July 29th

The first Black Krim plant had 8 fruit set while the second only had 4 fruit since it was planted two weeks later to replace a plant that was uprooted. An Indian Stripe was also planted on June 28th to replace another plant that was uprooted. The Indian Stripe also only had 4 fruit larger than 1 cm in diameter by the end of July.

The largest fruit on Black Prince was 2" in diameter by July 29th

 The largest fruit on the first Black Krim plant was 2.2" in diameter by July 29th

The largest fruit on Indian Stripe was 1.5" in diameter by July 29th

Two of the plants grown, Rosella Purple and Tasmanian Chocolate, are part of the Dwarf Tomato Project. The quality of the Rosella Purple fruit has been reported to be comparable to Cherokee Purple, and the flavor of the Tasmanian Chocolate tomatoes should be balanced and very good. However, the yields seem to be much lower than Spudakee and Vorlon, with Rosella Purple only having 3 fruit set and Tasmanian Chocolate only having 5 fruit set larger than 1 cm by late July. Tasmanian Chocolate fruit also has quite a bit of catfacing. 

The largest fruit on Rosella Purple was a fused tomato about 1.5" wide by 2.5" long

The largest fruit on Tasmanian Chocolate was 2.5" in diameter by July 29th

The only large non-black tomato I grew was Orange Strawberry, which was expected to produce orange heart-shaped fruit. However, my fruit have an oblate shape. The plant is also later and not very productive, taking 39 days to set fruit, the longest of any plant I'm growing this year, with only two fruit set larger than 1 cm by late July.

The largest fruit on Orange Strawberry was 1.5" in diameter by July 29th