Details
- Lycopersicon lycopersicum
- Open-Pollinated
- Type: indeterminate
- Shape:
- paste or plum shaped
- oval (CCN)
- Color:
- dark green shoulders, dark red on the rest of the tomato
- deep-mahogany to brown skin (SoC website)
- Maturity:
- 75-80 (SoC)
- Late Season (CCN)
- Size:
- 2-4 ounce fruits (SoC seed packet)
- 1-2 oz (SoC website)
- small (CCN)
- Yield: very productive (here in Redding, CA)
- Taste: “good flavor”, “notable flavor” (SoC website), “sweet & fruity” (CCN)
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
- grows well in hot weather (above 100) but they do crack a tiny bit
- susceptible to bacterial wilt
- doesn’t mind being planted early in the cool soil
Notes:
- Unique Russian variety
- great for drying
- I love these for making tomato paste
Sources:
- Seeds of Change
- Cross Country Nurseries (chileplants.com)
- Territorial Seed Co.
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | SoC seed | 3/5 > 5/21 > 6/4 | 1 | 12″x12″ | 71 days | 49 | 2.6 lbs | 0.75 oz | |
| 2011 | SoC seed | 3/5 > 4/9 > 4/18 | 1 | 12″x24″ | 100 days | 206 | 12.6 lbs | 1 oz | BW? |
| 2012 | SoC seed | 2/19 > 4/16 > 5/30 | 1 | 18″x24″ | 52 days | 242 | 9.1 lbs | 0.6 oz | BW |
| 2013 | CCN start | 5/13 | 2 | 24″ | 56 days | 121 | 4.6 lbs | 0.6 oz | BW |
| 2014 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/15 > 5/15 | 1 | 21″ | 47 days | 18 | 0.5 lbs | 0.4 oz | BW |
| DIY graft (SoC seed w/ TSC SuperNatural Rootstock | 3/8 > 4/5 graft > 4/15 > 5/4 | 1 | 21″ | 64 days | 195 | 8 lbs | 0.7 oz | ||
| 2015 | TSC seed | 2/21 > 4/2 > | 1 | ||||||
| DIY graft w/ SuperNatural | 2/21 > 3/23 graft > | 1 | |||||||
| DIY graft w/ Estamino | 2/21 > 3/23 graft > | 1 | |||||||
| DIY graft w/ SuperNatural | 2/21 > 3/25 graft > | 1 | |||||||
