Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Black
Blue
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Cherry
Fruit Size: Small
Fruit Weight: 1 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
History: Bred at Oregon State University
Country: USA

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.

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Common names
  • Tomato

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2023-08-03
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-09-22

Date: 2011-09-20
Courtesy National Gardening Bureau Inc.
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-08-10

Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-08-10
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-08-10 
Topside view
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-08-10 
Showing the underside prior to ripening.
Location: Orange, CA
Date: 05/15/2016
Indigo Rose
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2016-01-04
Comments:
  • Posted by pardalinum (Willamette Valley OR - Zone 8a) on Sep 23, 2013 12:17 PM concerning plant:
    This tomato is more of a novelty than a good tasting tomato. I have to admit it looks very attractive amongst my other tomato plants. Only the surface areas that receive sun will appear to be black or very deep purple, depending on the lighting. That being so, the tomatoes in the center of the plant will show more red when the tomato is ripe. It is hard to tell when the outer tomatoes are ripe because they easily fall off the vine when a cluster is lifted to view the color of the bottom. This is where a mirror comes in handy.
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