I don't can, juice, or otherwise process tomatoes. I just grow them for fresh eating, most often hand to mouth. I usually grow a couple cherries or grapes, a couple salads, and a beefsteak. Hybrids usually do better for me with my short growing season, although I've had some luck with open pollinated (Old German, Bloody Butcher).
For the past few years, I've been tracking my tomatoes and rate them as either Good, Meh, or Bleh. Black Cherry was one black tomato I tried and got a Meh rating with the notes "sweet, OK producer, weird color." Cherokee Purple got a Bleh rating "doesn't climb well, cracked bad, don't get again."
I've seen lots of references to Black Krim, maybe I'll give that one a whirl this season. Does it climb well? I use twisty stakes for my tomatoes rather than cages.
