Purple / Black
Dusky purple-brown to near-black shoulders from retained chlorophyll and anthocyanin-adjacent pigments; the class of Cherokee Purple and the Russian black tomatoes.
Purple / Black tomato varieties (22)
- heirloom
Cherokee Purple
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Krim
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Black Cherry
64-75 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Paul Robeson
78-82 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Japanese Black Trifele
74-80 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Black Beauty
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Indigo Rose
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Chocolate Cherry
70-75 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Cherokee Chocolate
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Sea Man
75-80 days · Determinate
- heirloom
Purple Calabash
80-90 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Marnero
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Dwarf Purple Heart
75-85 days · Dwarf
- open-pollinated
Dwarf Wild Fred
75-85 days · Dwarf
- heirloom
Black Prince
70-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Carbon
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Chocolate Stripes
75-85 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Berkeley Tie-Dye
65-75 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Midnight Snack
65-70 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Chef's Choice Black
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Purple Russian
75-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Plum
75-82 days · Indeterminate
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Purple / Black pepper varieties (6)
- open-pollinated
Purple Beauty
70-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Black Pearl
70-90 days
- open-pollinated
Purple Star
70-85 days
- heirloom
Hungarian Black
60-75 days
- open-pollinated
Explosive Ember
70-90 days
- open-pollinated
Purple Flash
70-90 days
Related color traits: Red · Pink · Yellow · Orange · Green When Ripe · White · Bicolor · Striped