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No. 043 · open-pollinated

Tasmanian Chocolate

Tasmanian Chocolate is a determinate open-pollinated dwarf tomato with burgundy brown with green ribbed shoulders fruit. It ripens in about 75 days.

Typedwarf tomato
Habitdeterminate
Days to maturity75
Fruit size4 to 6 oz
Colorburgundy brown with green ribbed shoulders
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as richly flavored with a silky texture, a dependable brown slicer for a small plant. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

Developed by members of the Dwarf Tomato Project from a cross of New Big Dwarf and Paul Robeson.

What it does well

  • Compact dwarf plant, roughly 2 to 4 feet, good for patios and containers
  • Full sized brown slicing fruit on a short plant
  • Needs little or no staking

Where it frustrates

  • Smaller total yield than a full sized indeterminate
  • Green ribbed shoulders can make ripeness harder to judge

Like Tasmanian Chocolate, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Rosella Purplebut Tasmanian Chocolate is a true determinate brown slicer rather than a dusky purple dwarfPaul Robesonbut Tasmanian Chocolate packs a similar dusky flavor onto a compact dwarf plant

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