Black Ethiopian

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Black Ethiopian
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color black
Fruit shape round
Fruit size small
Fruit type salad
Variety type open-pollinated
Country Ukraine
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Ethiopian - sliced fruit. 2009-09-04.

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf plants with high yield of 3-4 oz black/brown round fruits with dark green shoulders. Nice balanced flavor, slightly more acidic than sweet. Fruits do not keep too long and are best when consumed within a couple of days from the harvest.
2009 growout notes
one plant out of three has brick-red round fruits that are slightly larger than the true Black Ethiopian fruits.

Seed source:

IL LO N 05 (Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois) / MN LE C 96 (Conrad Leighton of White Bear Lake, Minnesota)

Year grown:

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


IL LO N

80 days, indet., regular leaf plant, high yield of 4 oz, brown-red fruit shaped like a plum, good flavor.
Source 
MN LE C 96 (Conrad Leighton of White Bear Lake, Minnesota)

Location: Oblong, Illinois


GERM SC K

brown tomato with green shoulders, regular leaf, indet., good flavour, long continuing harvest until frost.
Source 
M. Hahm-Hartmann

Year: 2007

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany


FRAN SC J

indet., brown fruit with green shoulders, good yield of small fruits (3-6 oz). Juicy and acidic.
Source 
 ?

Year: 2008

Location: Nancy, France


History

  • This variety first appeared in the SSE Yearbooks in 1996 where Conrad Leighton from White Bear Lake, Minnesota listed it and said it was from the Ukraine and seeds were received in 1995.

Similar to

  • Efiop (may be the same variety)



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