Black Zebra

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Black Zebra
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	black, striped
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Zebra. 2006.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf, 3-4 oz round black fruits with green stripes. It is certainly a good looking tomato, and it would keep well on the counter after picking, but there are better tasting blacks.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Sylvana Manna, Alberta, Canada 05

Year grown: 2006, 2015

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

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., regular leaf plant, fair yield of black and green fruit with good flavor.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Jeff Dawson of Napa, California (CA DA J2)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM SC K

Black and green striped round fruits, regular leaf, indet., fruits are hard to peel.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / CV Treml (Raritätengärtnerei Treml)

Year grown: 2003

Location: Germany

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MAN ST T

A Jeff Dawson selection. Beautiful blemish free purplish black fruit with green stripes and great taste! The medium size round fruit weigh 4-6 oz and are produced in abundance. Excellent for adding color to salads or slicing on a platter. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (75 days from transplant).

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Heritage Harvest Seed

Year grown:

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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History

• An open-pollinated variety, developed by Jeff Dawson of Sebastopol, California, from a natural cross of Green Zebra. Jeff offered it commercially in 2000 through his seed company, Grandview Farms Tomato Seeds.
• Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) and Steve Strickler (OH ST S), who lived in Dayton, Ohio at that time, both obtained the seed from Jeff Dawson and offered it in the SSE 2001 Yearbook. Interestingly, none of them mentioned the taste in their first listings, which does not praise this tomato.

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Also known as

• Dawson's Black Zebra

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See also

• Red Zebra,
  
• Big Zebra,
  
• Green Zebra,
  
• Zebra,
  
• Black Zebra Cherry

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Zebra. 2006.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Zebra. 2006.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Zebra. 2006

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  Sherry Shiesl, Alaska. Black Zebra - ripe fruit. 2011.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013 Solana Seeds Swallowtail Garden Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Tomato Growers Supply *	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - not available for 2011 Solana Seeds Terroir Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm	12	9
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Terroir Seeds	11	5
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - new Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Terroir Seeds	15	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply - new TomatoFest	16	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds	13	.