Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Tomato keepers, still producing.

Shedra slivka, Pink- mine, mix of pastes- Idaho Hillibilly, Pirkstine Orange, Khirkiv, Shedra Slivka,
2 large Gloria and Yellow Clusters






Keepers list at the end of the year

Compilation of few years

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