Variety characteristics:

• 455 Pertsevidny Cherniy is a vigorous, tall-growing tomato producing distinctive elongated fruits shaped like sweet peppers. The smooth, glossy tomatoes mature from green through mahogany red to rich reddish brown and chocolate brown, sometimes retaining olive-green shading around the shoulders. Fruits weigh approximately 2.1 to 7.1 oz and develop dense, meaty flesh with relatively little gel and fewer seeds than many standard slicing tomatoes. Their balanced savory-sweet flavor and substantial texture make them especially useful for thick sauces, tomato paste, roasting, drying, stuffing, canning, and fresh salads. Indeterminate vines grow approximately 5.9 feet tall and require sturdy staking or trellising throughout the season.