Large beefsteak fruits with mauve-purple skin, green shoulders and red flesh.

The most popular of the "black" tomatoes for its outstanding flavor and texture. Widely grown by gardeners and market growers alike. A popular heirloom for the greenhouse. Believed to trace back over 100 years to the Cherokee tribe.

• Indeterminate

• Field or greenhouse

• 12-16 oz fruit

• Heirloom