Delicious at Any Stage

Black Velvet Hybrid Tomato

Delicious at Any Stage

Pick young or leave to mature on vine
Attractive chocolate-brown fruits
Indeterminate
Good disease resistance

Young fruit boasts a lusciously sweet flavor that becomes more complex with a nice blend of sugars and acids as it matures! Beautiful to look at, too. Lovely, rich chocolate brown, 5-to 6-oz. tomatoes are liberally streaked with deep red. Indeterminate. Disease Resistance: F2 V. 62 DAYS.

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Product Details

Botanical Name: Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Black Velvet'
Height: Indeterminate 6 - 8 feet.
Spacing:15 to 24 inches in rows 3 feet apart.
Depth:1/4 inch
Spread:2 feet.
Light Required:Full Sun
Yield: 100 lbs/ 100 ft row.
Color: Shades of dark brown, brick red.
Size: 25 Seed Pkt
Fruit: Lovely, rich chocolate brown, 5- to 6-oz. tomatoes are liberally streaked with deep red. Young fruit boasts a lusciously sweet flavor that becomes more complex with a nice blend of sugars and acids as it matures!
Days To Maturity: 62 Days
Zone: 3-9