At the bottom I've linked to Tania's page for black varieties, and there's several hundred. Yes, some are better known and grown by many, but just picking a fruit from an heirloom box, and wanting to know what it is, just isn't going to work, and know that you aren't the first one to ask if anyone can ID a variety via a picture.

Especially in S CA where you are since there are a lof of growers there that do raise what I assume to be an heirloom variety.

Since you got it at a farm stand is there any chance you can go back there with your fruit, or take a picture of it to that farmstand, b'c I do think that's the only way you might get it Ided.

Hope this helps,

Carolyn

Cherokee purple.

Here is a picture posted by Ed Weather, not too long ago.
My own green ones look just like that. But I have seen pictures of more round ones too.

Seysonn, thanks for the tip. :)

I can't.

Once a variety becomes an orphan and has no label, no ID,it remains an orphan. (smile)

Carolyn

Can you tell me what is the variety in this picture ?
There are 4 different shape/size fruits on the same cluster.

you are right. I got it from the internet, As seen, there are 4 different shape and size of fruit in just one cluster.

I just wanted to show that fruits shape, size, color can be different. Normal BK has roundish fruits, not lobbed, not boat shape. So really, short of a DNA test one cannot say if this is CP, BK, Black from Tula, so forth.

I just take it as a guessing fun game here. It is not a matter of life and death.