My experience with Black Prince is:
1. I tasted at a tomato festival, and it was the best thing ever!
2. I squirreled away seeds from the tomatoes samples at the tomato festival (thinking, "what if these are a very special line of Black Prince?")
3. The next spring I raved about Black Prince and gave seedlings to anyone who would take them.
4. They were very below average compared to mine and everyone elses black tomatoes.
5. I grew them a second year, and they were below average that year too.
6. They are not popular around here, which would not be the case if they were really great.
My conclusions:
1. Black Prince has a very high "upside". Under the right conditions they can be spectacular.
2. Most of us mere mortals have a very difficult time growing Black Prince in a way that realizes it's "upside"
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