Story:
First introduced in U.S. in the SSE 2008 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who obtained seeds from Reinhard Kraft, Neukirchen, Germany.
Reinhard received seeds from Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus with a translated name that could be interpreted by some as racially discriminatory. As it appeared to be a great tomato, Mr. Kraft chose a nice neutral name for it - 'Black Bear' - and shared seeds under this new name.
