Sounds like you got a seed or transplant labeling mix up. Did you grow them from seed yourself or did you buy them? Maybe you got one of the great orange tomatoes like Kellogg's Breakfast.

Nope; it's not normal at all. It is normal to get 1%-5% cross-pollination when saving seeds or even purchasing them, and nothing to be ashamed or sorry about. Some very nice varieties have gotten their start "happened" like this. As well as mentioned above ... could just be you or someone in the growing chain got mixed up.

Cheers

PC

Agree that it is not Black Krim.

Dave

I actually bought them from a local nursery and both had a Black Krim identification. They were in with dozens of other "Black Krim" tomato plants. I have several other varieties of black, pink, and red tomatoes (Cherokee Purple, Rutger's, Floridade, Sunray, Marglobe, Brandy Boy, Brandywine, Brandywine Pink, Mortgage Lifter, Beefmaster, Beefsteak, and Ace 55) that I grew from seeds this season and the "Black Krim" were the only ones I bought as plants (both already had blossoms on them). I have two of the "Black Krim" plants in a 15 gallon pot and they are about 5 feet in height-one with the normal Black Krim markings and one with about 6 orange tomatoes and 10 green tomatoes and they are also very round, where the other tomatoes look more like beefsteak tomatoes-all are turning dark green and have the traditional beefsteak shape-a couple are purple. So I must have got something else from the nursery. Thanks for everyone's advice, the orange tomato is probably ripe as it is actually starting to get a little soft and I had to surround the plants with mesh to keep the mockingbirds off them. I will pick it tonight and see how it tastes, along with one of the ripe purple "Black Krims."

I bought Black Krim and Orange Blossom from a non big box store grower in my area. The OB blushed this week and I picked them. The OB plant is determinant and smaller than the Bk. I'm in 9a that was acting more like 8b in the spring. Here is a couple photos of both:

OB

BK follows:

rd_teague: I actually bought them from a local nursery and both had a Black Krim identification. They were in with dozens of other "Black Krim" tomato plants.

Could have been seed mixup at the nursery. Or label mixups are common for many reasons. They may fall out, and a not-particularly-motivated minimum-wage employee may just stick them back in without regard for order. Customers may pull out the labels to read them better and then put them back in the wrong pots. Mischievous children sometimes switch plant labels while their parents are busy elsewhere in the store. Many possibilities.

I hope the orange tomato is a tasty one!

I buy mine from a nursery too. One thing I've noticed people doing- taking the tag out to read then just sticking it in an adjacent plant or putting it somewhere else altogether and labels get mixed up. Not sure if that's what happened, but I've seen it. Could just be grower/packing error. It happens.

The Black Krim tomato was pretty tasty, but the orange one is fairly bland.

'One thing I've noticed people doing- taking the tag out to read then
just sticking it in an adjacent plant or putting it somewhere else
altogether and labels get mixed up.''

I watched a child following an adult around and he was moving many labels. He thought it amusing.

The LAST time I bought tomato plants at a chain store I was so excited as they offered Cherokee Purple! I rushed home to plant them and diligently cared for them. When the tomatoes formed, I knew I was in trouble as they were borne in clusters. Roma tomatoes? I as so upset. Since then I have gone to growing my own from seed. Assuming the seed I buy is accurately labeled. I have had weird stuff show up in seeds before that I purchased (Heavenly Blue morning glories being a mix of different kinds, a purple carrot growing in a whole bed of Royal Chantenay ect). Sometimes seeds do get mixed up I supposed when they run the seed thru the packaging machines.

I must confess the Roma tomatoes were not a total loss. While not my favorite for a BLT sandwich, they sure were good canned up in quart jars.

Yeah, seed mixups, crosses, etc. happen on occasion with every company. It shouldn't be a common occurrence, though.

I have about 20-25 Cherokee Purple tomato plants and they seems to be just as healthy as any I am growing this year, but I grew them from seeds from Burpee and Botanical Interests. I have had very good luck buying seeds from Amazon and E-bay. Ohio Heirloom Seeds are also very dependable(and cheap), except for the long delivery wait (about a week to 10 days). Seed Needs (highest price) is a great place to get any type of seeds-all high quality. Everwilde also has high quality seeds, as does the GMO pure pollination tomato seeds (8 varieties of high quality seeds). Sweet Garden Organic has very high quality seeds that have a 75-80% germination rate. Ferry-Morse are the worst seeds I have dealt with over the years and I generally will not buy them, as is the case with most seeds from Home Depot (they have Burpee-but they are all old seeds). All of my other plant varieties (i.e. cucumbers, artichokes, squash, watermelons, peppers, etc.) I grow from my own seeds and have the best success with them. I am going to harvest some seeds from my tomato plants this season for the first time-from the best tasting tomato varieties.

Funny you all should talk about seed mixups. In a row of Sugar Ann peas, a single plant just bore a purple flower! Every other plant in the row is as expected. So yeah, seed mixups are perfectly normal.

I talked to the nursery and they told me to come in whenever they have some new varieties and they will give me whatever I want for free. I tried one of the Orange tomatoes right after it turned color and it was much better. I waited on the first one to turn purple and it was almost fluorescent orange and way past prime by the time I tried it. Don't get me wrong the Black Krim tomatoes are much better and I wasted time growing the huge orange tomato plant, but I will probably just get one later in the year and keep it in the shade so I will still have tomatoes in October. I had a couple that lived from last year and one, an Amelia just died and the other Brandywine Pink is still hanging in there although the tomatoes are getting smaller each time it produces more-they look like cherry tomatoes now.