📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR)
- 🌍 Origin: A dark heirloom variety known as Black Early.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Interestingly, the plant habit is described as quite compact for an indeterminate variety, making it manageable.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Dark purplish-pink/black fruits. They have an excellent texture that manages to be both juicy and reasonably meaty at the same time.
- 👅 Flavor: The flavor profile in this review was flat or bland. As discussed by the growers below, in cooler northern climates, this seems to be a genetic trait of the variety rather than an issue of overwatering.
- ⏳ Yield & Climate: Consistently produces a very good yield.
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An indeterminate, mid-season salad variety. The bush is compact. The fruits are a black-pink-violet (purple) color. They are juicy, but at the same time quite meaty.
I didn’t like the taste — they were bland. The yield was good.
Is the bland taste a result of overwatering, or is it a varietal trait?
oleg viktorovich (Oleg) wrote:
Is the bland taste a result of overwatering, or is it a varietal trait?
Oleg! Under my growing conditions, it is most likely the second option (a varietal trait). The first option would be an agrotechnical issue.
