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Old September 3, 2015   #60
Lindalana
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Ella, thanks for graft idea! I will investigate it. Although it does seems to work best for getting fresher seeds of multiple varieties but does not allow to learn habits of new plant, right?

Tomatoes that will be returning to my garden. Tormato, thanks for encouragement LOL


Beef
Biyskaya Rosa-early, productive, tasty
Sakharnyi pudovichok- early productive, still hoping to discover real one
Russian 117 does well even under not so good conditions
Grightmire pride- great heart
Dana Dusky Rose- yummy dark
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka- one of very few GWR I like
Rozovyi Gigant- large, productive
Orange strawberry- oh my, what it does to sauces
Medvezhia Lapa- one of those ole USSR beefs
Mikado Rozovyi- seriously good
Nicolas Doochov- your typical old fashioned tomato, round red with deep taste. Probably gets bigger in the better year.
Mikhalych- must have for most gardens. Winner
Olena Ukrainian- late, but just love taste
Nikolaevna- same, bit on a late side but what a taste to look forward to
Marianne Peace- one of my very very favorites
Muddy Mamba- this year treasure
Black Magic- you are going to love this one. Good disease tolerance too
Guido- LARGE RED. LOTS. Tasty.
Russian Bogatyr- it is midseason and workhorse. One of those people traditionally think as ole Russian tomato
Novikov Giant- not a giant for me but very productive with great taste
Kukla Portuguese beefsteak- great producer, vigorous, your typical red beef. Gotta have something reliable.
George Detsikas- productive early red
Terhune- worth for taste alone
Shirley S- same, divine taste
Orlov Yellow- my few yellow loves, sharper taste, earlier than Brandywine Yellow. Would say AGG for northern growers
Yellow Clusters- new tomato, code name. Keeper. Very uniform large yellow beefs Excellent producer, good resistance to leaf diseases
" pink"- no name yet- early, lovely pink with childhood memories taste
Tsarskiy Lybimets- large midseason beef. Can't have enough of those
Sereginy- totally worth growing. Great find from Tania
Ukrainka- bit on a late side but LARGE barrel looking or hearts. Excellent taste
Gypsy- smaller than I like but great taste
Black Yum Yum- excellent dark and lots
Missuri Pink Love Apple- does well here and great taste
Indian stripe... nuff said
Purple 1884- workhorse and tasty black
Noire Charbonneuse- seems to be best for me. Forget Black Krim.
Crnkovic Yugoslavian- must have.
Galina Red- must have- large red and sweet, what else anyone wants?
Koroleva- superb taste and productive
Breeding efforts from buddy, Jan- code name Jan- I keep thinking it is Brandywine. Well it is that good.
Morgage Lifter Estlers- late but worth the wait.
Maya and Sion- early and plenty. Goes well into fall too. So planting one early and one bit later gets you covered for whole season.
Milka Red Bulgarian- large, red, distinct and good producer
Raspberry Giant- has everything- taste, size, productivity- does very well here year from year
Stump of the world. Just one of the staples.
Earl Faux- again, gotta have.
Sakharnyi Slon- Sugary Elephant, it is sugary

heart
Gloria- sheesh, it is still producing. Superb.
Sensay- early delish heart
Tsar Kolokol- one of my faves
Alice- love hearts
Bychye Sertse Rozovoe- there are many of them... aka strains, tomato of my childhood
Em Champion- ole USSR gig
Mayo delight- it is not late for me- YAY, and superb varieity
Kermit- early productive heart, what else do you want?
Dagestanskiy- lots of hearts, unusual for heart varieites.
Serbian oxheart- same, lots and lots. Excellent taste for both
Monomakh hat- yummy heart, does well even in shadier spot
Kosovo- one of all times fav hearts.
Hungarian Heart- one of all time favs
Mama Alla- early heart and plenty, does well even in shadier spot. Keeper. Named by Tania after her mom


paste,salad, container, cherry
Klein Early- delish early round.
Khirkiv- large plums? barrels? Pretty juicy to be paste but what a divine taste.
Japanese truffles black- seems do well year after year
Purple Russian- love darks
Altajskij Urozajnii- am hoping this one gets more popular, taste is superb!!!
Pirkstine orange- good for salads and great for sauces. Early and plenty
Chernomor- keeper
Shedra Slivka Tarasenko- oh my, it is generous indeed, translated Generous Plum from Tarasenko. Great taste to eat and dry enough for cooking
Pravda- Truth tranlated. Small but mighty. Productive, excellent distinct taste
Hssiao His Hung shin- yellow plum and one plant is PLENTY
Lagidniy- container plum
Perth Pride- dark and tasty
Jaune Flammee- gotta have some sharp taste
Kimberley- goes on and on and on... early and tasty
Matina- lovely early round tomato
Moravskiy Div- early container, winner
Burshtyn- less spice than Jaune Flammee but distinct taste. Yum.
Beliy Naliv- it is your typical winner- compact, early, productive and goes on for long time. Plenty acidic old fashion taste
Blush- just love for eating and salads
Kazachka- great for eating and nice touch to juices and sauces
Dwarf Wild Fred- one of favs
black plum- must have for every garden
0-33- early, tough to kill, fills the spot when you really really want that darn tomato. Acidic
Idaho hillibilly- excellent paste.
Kiss the sky- larger that Black Cherry and arguably better.
Isis candy- love sweet tomatoes
Blue P20- maybe it is a strain but year from year bunch of my friends looking forward to it.
Russian Queen- have been asked multiple times to grow it again. Workhorse
Medovaya Kaplya- one of my favorite yellow pear type
VB RUssia- loved loved taste of it.
Fiolotoviy Krugliy- did very well, very productive and a bit dark. Winner


am sure I have forgotten couple too. Enough reasons to be depressed.
And now Tania says that new collection of Russian seeds from Armavir gardener did very well in trial- sign

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