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Old January 19, 2014   #2
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I've grown Indian Stripe, and it's veeery crack prone. Even protected from rain it's very tough not to get some radial cracking. Appearance: good, quite uniform, little catfacing, awesome interior colour. Good taste, perfect texture. Good production early on, not so much after. Disease resistance: nothing special here (early blight, septoria, late blight).
Quite small plant, can be easily grown in containers.
It's worth a try, serious production is a concern, since it seems to lack vigour, which does show after first 3 trusses or so. And cracking...

I recommend Chernomor (PL. ind version). More vigour, much less cracking, jolly good taste (a bit more acidic), no catfacing. Awesome interior colour (very different from IS, with dark green gel). Exterior colour is light than IS, so should be picked earlier than you think. This chernomor might also be the same as Amazon Chocolate, the way everything looks about the plant and fruit is very similar (or maybe it's just a coincidence.)

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