PlantFiles: Tomato
Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Black Prince'

Very sweet, early and prolific. As others have mentioned, it is a small, soft tomato better off eaten fresh. I will always include one BP in my garden plans.

Black Prince is a good tomato. It is prolific and tasty with a classic "black tomato" flavor. I had no problems with disease. My only nit-pick is that the skins were somewhat thick and as a tomato that is best eaten fresh (too soft to can), that was a bit of a problem for me personally. Otherwise, a quality tomato.

Very good flavor, an excellent tasting black tomato (one of the best to me); but poor production. One the upside, fairly small indeterminate plants. 64 days in my spring 2006 garden. If I try this variety again, it will definitely be for the flavor--black tomatoes are my favorite.

Plants are large and sturdy, producing several small to medium fruits in a cluster. Ripe fruit have a dark red to maroonish pulp that is mildy sweet and surprisingly low in acid. Great for slicing and cooking as the seed chambers are small and there is a lot of "meat" in them. The only drawback I have found is that they have a very short shelf-life after harvesting, going mushy in a few days time. Some occasional zippering of the fruits may occur.