Black from Tula

Black from Tula is a rare beefsteak tomato that is highly praised among tomato enthusiasts for its rich flavours and great quality. It often ranks in the top 3-5 places in taste tests.

Black from Tula is ideal for cottage gardens or direct sales at farmers’ markets. But be warned, picked dead-ripe from the vine and eaten directly, the flavours may put you off store-bought tomatoes forever.

It has large fruits, weighing on average 200-500g. The fruits have an attractive somewhat dusky red-brown skin with dark green shoulders. It has brick-red flesh with rich, somewhat smokey and complex savoury umami flavours.

When we grew Black from Tula next to our favourite tomato Paul Robeson we did note that they are very similar but not identical in appearance nor flavour. Some seem to slightly prefer one over the other, but everyone agreed that both are among the best tomatoes they have tried.