Violet Jasper or Tzi Bi U Tomato

I started many plants from this tomato variety seed. They grew quickly and were plentiful. However, I have no idea what they would be good for since they have no flavor and are mushy on the inside. I tried using them for roasting, cutting, making tomato sauce, cooking, but really they are just not very good.

I anxiously awaited some ripe violet jasper tomatoes to add some new color to the tomatoes on the farm stand. These ripened about 2 weeks after the cherry tomatoes and Dad's Sunset. As soon as a few ripened I picked some and tried one. The taste and texture was so bad that I didn't even finish one slice of it. Since the plants did seem to produce a lot of tomatoes, I tried to add them to sauce or to my dehydrated tomatoes. No good for either of these purposes either. Once peeled and seeded there is maybe a half teaspoon of usable pulp. They have an overabundance of extra large seeds considering the small size of the tomato. When I returned from a 4 day vacation in August, the plants were loaded with tomatoes, but many were rotten before they ripened. I picked about 5 gallons of tomatoes, green and ripe, fed them to the pigs, and then tore out the vines to make room for something I can eat.

First year with this variety. I have to say it was the worst tomato I grew out of many varieties. The texture tasted like hothouse winter tomatoes, very pulpy, no juice, no taste. Prolific producer but will feed them to the chickens..Definitely not something I will grow again to eat.

I won't be growing these again

Great seed germination and plant growth. This was the first tomato to mature of the 6 varieties I planted. Fruits are a little bigger than a golf ball with very cool color. Taste is ok but not great. Inside is almost black, which I liked. Later fruits in the season had some black spots on the skin.