"Burpee Exclusive. A true treasure, 'Black Pearl' is two different flavors in one cherry tomato. Enjoy right off the vine, but be sure to put a big bowlful in the refrigerator for a special treat. When chilled, 'Black Pearl' has a unique, extra sweet, 'Concord' grape flavor. Indeterminate vines produce 1 1/2"", purplish black fruits in abundance until fall. A rare pearl! 65 days. Sorry, plants CANNOT be sent to AK, AZ, CA, HI, or NV. Plants ship in spring at proper planting time. ( click here for shipping schedule ) "
Average Customer Rating:
4.2 out of 5
18 of 21 (86%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
4
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 50 Contributor
Hearty Producer, but not grapey.,
April 18, 2009 Submitted by7im8 from Fountain Hills
"Like the rest, this variety was a hearty grower, more disease resistant than others, and heavy producer for me too. But as others noted, the "unique" coloring made it hard to judge ripeness. Good flavor, doesn't split, but I like the Super Sweets flavor better.
No grape flavor, warm or cold."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Containers
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
AZ
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
5-10 years
Review 2 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 250 Contributor
Great Product,
March 10, 2009 Submitted bymoondogi from San Diego
"I have been ordering from Burpee since I was 9 years old, and the Black Pearl is by far the most successful tomato that I have purchased. Very prolific, easy to germinate, quality fruits that are delicious and are appealing to the eye in salads, salsa, bruschetta and add a great flair to homemade tomato soup."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
CA
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 3 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
3
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Not all its said to be,
January 7, 2009 Submitted byFrog from SC
"This tomato does not taste like Concord grape when refrigerated. So if thats what you are buying it for, you may want to think again. However, if are just looking for a great cherry tomato this one is a good pick. The vines produced heavily and kept producing. The tomatoes were a nice big size."
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
SC
Gardening experience:
1-5 years
Review 4 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
3
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Prolific but tasteless,
March 24, 2008 Submitted bykaivy from Carencro, LA
"You would be happy with this variety if you wanted a prolific plant. This plant has a tremendous yield. The plants got to 6 feet tall with thin stalks. My problem is that I do like a tough skin such as this one produces. This plant has zero taste. I will not purchase this again."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
LA
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 5 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
oh so good!!!,
February 19, 2008 Submitted byMRShurley from nashville, tn
"Here in Tennessee we love our tomatoes! the more acidic, the better. i was very please with the turn out of these plants. At their peek i was filling a reguler sized cereal bowl daily with tomatoes, and i was letting my neighbors help themselves, and there were still ripe tomatoes on the vine!! . The taste is fabulous and i used them in most meals, they froze well...what can i say?!?.. i'll buy these again this year!"
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
TN
Gardening experience:
5-10 years
Review 6 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
4
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Forget the Concord Grape but Good 'mater,
December 14, 2007 Submitted byCimarronMaterWoman from Boise City, Oklahoma
"I bought this because I love grapes and am severely allergic... in 2006. I didn't do them that year though... Started from seed in 2007. Seed sprouted well. Plants want to leg unless they get a lot of sun, but they love sun. Give them at least 6 hours a day. One of the first to bloom and show fruit, out of 15 plants, 4 were trying to produce in 1 gallon pots by end of May. I suckered them to convince them to be good plants and produce. I planted 5 in 54" 6.5 gauge cages...at three feet between plants and five feet to the next row. Little did I know. They grew, and they grew, and they grew and they GREW. And started blooming and putting on the real fruit load by late June (Zone 6a). And grew. Did I mention they grew? I watered heavily, early morning, we tend to sunfry and windblow.... By July, they were over 5 1/2' tall and still going, the cages were sunk to 4' tall and I had to put in steel fenceposts to keep them up. And they produced! At first it takes some figuring out what is 'ripe' and when to pick. They started putting out at least two quarts a day a plant. Good size, good flavor, everyone I shared with thought the same. I tried refrigerating for the grape flavor. Nope. I tried them fresh for the grape flavor. Nope. Grape? NO. Great tomato flavor. Not grape. They grew, and they grew, and they fell over their cages. I lavished them with water when it hit our 'fryer' season of at least 90 every day then when it goes to the 3 weeks of 100 or more... they seemed to thrive on it as long as I gave them enough water. I would check them near dark for the amount of wilt they still had (our midday could make them wilt a little-all the better then to gently tuck and convince them to go back in their cages) and how the ground was, to adjust for how long for next dawn watering. I made spaghetti sauce with them. I froze them. I gave them away. I took them to club gatherings and picnics. Everyone loves their flavor. Their shoulder blush makes them a nice looking tomato on a relish tray. The shoulder blush can make it difficult to figure out when they start producing, when to pick. Look at the very bottom of the fruit at the start of the season...they are best as a vine ripe, they don't like ripening after picking very well, though picking them and taking to the picnic the day after was fine. They went up to about 4 quarts a day a plant after the temp broke in August. They produced! They won a blue ribbon at the county fair. Some of them even won a grand champion! (assortment of tomatos that I entered as a group). I took the plants down in Mid October before the frost came; at 10-12 feet 'tall' (remember they fell over and sprawled). I started to refer to them as 'Franken-maters' for how big they got, that was the trick, the treat was the great tomatos. And they were still producing, fruit from bloom to ripe in all stages, as I hacked them down. I will recommend them highly for a good cherry tomato, once they get in the mood they produce. They need sturdy caging though, just a post might not stand up; they also cooked reasonably well, but everyone that met them loved them. They are water lovers. They do not like windscald, protect them from prevaling strong winds. They also tended to irritate my arm some when I reached in to pick the day's yield. Long sleeve and light glove became manditory or I would itch after harvesting. Seed or plant, I recommend this one as a 5' radius plant and serious caging with a steel post to hold it up. It looks ridiculous when you plant it. 3-4 months later it won't. Hunting for the production can be interesting too, like finding easter eggs. Keep them off the ground else the fruit will rot very fast. You could prune this one as it starts to produce well, pinch and trim, but it will be happier as a larger plant. Out of the 12 varieties I tried for 2007, this one is a repeat. It's not a real 'first producer' though it'll try very early, but it will come in after your early varieties (Early Girl, Fox Cherry, Better Boy beat it too) and stay past your late season (Ferderline, Brandywine, etc). It loves it's marigolds too, four French with each plant planted at the edge of the cage helped cut the insect bothering."
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Very skilled
State of residence:
OK
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 7 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
2
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Number One Contributor
Not that good, I'll try again,
November 12, 2007 Submitted byLakeErieGarden from Lorain, OH
"I tried these and thought the only thing they had in common with a grape was a very sour grape. I don't think these were very good at all but I'll try them again. I see the other reviewers say they are very sweet, maybe I had a bad batch?"
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
OH
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
5-10 years
Review 8 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
High producer!,
September 5, 2007 Submitted byZeroxmom2
"I don't have a lot of experience in gardening, and i've had more failures than success. This tomato produced dozens of fruits with little care other than watering and a spray of antifungal.
If you can leave them on the vine to get ripe, they are incredibly sweet. I really don't see a difference when putting them in the fridge. I had been pulling the fruit off early and letting them ripen in a paper bag, because of the chipmunks who tunneled directly under the plants. They tend to eat half a tomato and leave it, so now I leave them a couple on the ground and they have stopped taking them off the vine, so we're having more success.
My daughter hates tomatoes but she says these are so sweet, she can't stop eating them.
I'll definitely buy these again, the other two cherry tomato plants I bought from the local greenhouse have produced very few fruits. These took a little longer to get going and it seemed like they'd never get ripe but it was well worth it."
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 9 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 10 Contributor
These are the Best,
August 29, 2007 Submitted bySamsMom
"Grew this tomato last year, everyone loved them. Although, the plants get extreamly tall (sometimes over seven feet) it is a high yielder and has a great flavor. Planted again this year with great sucess. My husband's co-workers can't wait until I share. Will definitly plant again next. year."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 10 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 250 Contributor
Grow this tomato!,
August 16, 2007 Submitted bytomatogirl
"Plant is very vigorous. Produced early and keeps going. Great flavor. Tomatoes are much larger than usual cherry tomatoes--some larger than 1 inch. I will definitely grow this one every year!"
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 11 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
2
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Black Pearl,
August 1, 2007 Submitted byCoolbeans
"First time grower of these tomatoes.. High maintenance. I live in Kentucky. These plants need a lot of water, I mean several times a day. I have these with other plants spaced properly and doing fine. Great yeild though. Just think I would rather plant a cherry that require less work. Flavor and taste good just not worth the effort. Cheers!"
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Review 12 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 250 Contributor
YUMMY,
July 27, 2007 Submitted byHocusPocus
"Lower yield than I'd like but these tomatoes are delicious."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 13 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
2
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 250 Contributor
Sour Grapes,
February 14, 2007 Submitted byTomatodog from Lorain, OH
Plant performance:
4
out of 5
Taste:
1
out of 5
Yield:
3
out of 5
"Only thing this had in common with a concord grape as it is advertised is if the grape is not nearly ripe. Very sour. Not bad off the vine but not as good as a typical cherry."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: No
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
OH
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
5-10 years
Review 14 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
How sad.....,
January 8, 2007 Submitted byPegs
Plant performance:
5
out of 5
Taste:
1
out of 5
Yield:
5
out of 5
"Was one of the best plants I've ever seen as far as tomatoe plants go. It was HUGE, had many fruits. But sadly enough Winter came much sooner than expected and killed everything. I never even got so much as a taste of one of those hundreds upon hundreds of tomatoes. Taste was given a 1 just because I didn't get to sample. Probably wouldn't recommend for the Colorado area just because we tend to frost soon in the year."
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 15 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Beautiful,
December 29, 2006 Submitted bybleepy
"Can't wait to grow these again! They look as good as they taste."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 16 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 250 Contributor
Excellent Cherry Tomato!,
December 29, 2006 Submitted by1mrsva
Plant performance:
5
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
5
out of 5
"My tomato season was unusually poor, but the Black Pearl produced faithfully all summer long and was the best tasting and most beautiful cherry I have grown. I drip watered faithfully, used red plastic mulch over newspapers, and staked to a wire mesh fence. The Pearl was still producing when all the other varieties had quit."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Review 17 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Where's the grape?,
August 30, 2006 Submitted byRamsden from Boise, ID
Taste:
3
out of 5
"Black Pearl is a good Cherry Tomato with super yield, but in all the tomatoes it produced, I have yet to find one that even remotely tastes like a concord grape - no matter how long it stayed in the refrigerator."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
ID
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 18 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Unique and Unusual,
August 27, 2006 Submitted byAuntieMiche from Livonia, MI
Plant performance:
5
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
5
out of 5
"This is my first time growing this variety. Although it was the last cherry tomato to mature in my garden, it was worth the wait. The color can only be described as unusual; dark burgundy with black. The taste is very mild and sweet with low acidity. I would definitely grow this tomato again!"
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
MI
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 19 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
4
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
Very Rich Flavor,
August 22, 2006 Submitted byHuaiming from Branchburg, NJ
Plant performance:
4
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
4
out of 5
"This tomato is a big hit! It is one of the most flavorful tomatoes I have ever grown. The black color adds to its charm. Almost all the seeds germinated, and the plant growth has been vigorous. They are great for salads or as a snack."
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
NJ
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
Review 20 for Tomato Black Pearl Hybrid - Packet (30 seeds)
5
out of 5
(Overall Rating)
Top 500 Contributor
August 2, 2006 Submitted bymerry from long island, ny
Plant performance:
4
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
4
out of 5
"YUMMY!"
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
NY
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
