Azoychka
| Azoychka | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | yellow |
| Fruit shape | oblate |
| Fruit size | medium |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | open-pollinated, heirloom |
| Country | Russia |
B.C KO T
- Compact indet., regular leaf, lemon-yellow oblate globes 6-10 oz, with very good acidic flavor with a hint of citrus. Good yields. Matures quite early for such a large tomato.
- Seed Source
- Reimer Seeds / Tomato Growers Supply 05|2005, 2010}}
BELR BA A
- 60-70 days, indet., regular leaf, good yield of 120-300 g yellow beefsteaks with nice tangy citrus flavor.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds /a gardening friend from Russia
Year: 2007, 2009
Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe
CT BE J
- 67 days, indet., regular leaf, average production of 6-10 oz deep yellow fruit.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds
Year: 2007
Location: Connecticut
GERM SC K
- Yellow beefsteak type, regular leaf, indet., meaty.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds
Year: 2006
Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany
MI FL J
- Large vines need caging or staking, 78 days, large (6-12 oz for me) bright golden yellow round to slightly flattened juicy fruit, very good tangy fruity flavor, productive for a long time. This is one of the better yellow varieties, recommended.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)
Year: 1997, 2003
Location: Augusta, Michigan
QC CA C
- 69 days Plant was fast to grow but did not thrive as well over time. Average productivity, much variability in size of fruit. Taste is very good.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Firefox seeds, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Year: 2009
Location: a rooftop in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
TN MA T
- Oblate yellow fruit with excellent flavor. Indet, regular Leaf, medium plants, 6-8 oz average size, 75 days.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A) 08
Year: 2009, 2011
Location: LaFollette, Tennessee, USA
TX AN S
- 60-65 days, indet., regular leaf, average production of 6-12 oz yellow beefsteaks with good flavor.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds Tomato Growers Supply 05
Year: 2005, 2006
Location: Bastrop, Texas
B.C GI K
- 77 days. Regular leaf. Moderate production, only about 2lb per plant. Seemed to suffer from the heat quite a bit. Good sized fruit, oblate and pleated (very non-uniform) about 3-4" across. Excellent flavour, slightly fruity and with low acidity.
- Source
- Reimer Seeds / Meighan, Vancouver, BC.
Year: 2009
Location: Nelson, BC, Canada.
History
- Russian heirloom (non-commercial variety), bred by a hobby gardener Valentina Petrovna Kruglova.
- The original name of this variety is Azochka (without "y"). It has also been known under the second name, Zolotoy Borago, in the former USSR since at least the 1980s (according to Andrey BELR BA A).
- Twelve commercial sources were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition. A number of commercial vendors were selling potato-leaf Azoychka, which was an incorrect type, in the early 2000s. This error has now been corrected by the majority of the seed vendors.
Russian name: Азочка
- ('Azochka') Azochka is a nickname for an Arabic female name, 'Aza', which means 'comfort'. In Russia, this name was common in a Jewish population in the early/mid 20th century.
Description in Russian
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - plant. 2010-05-22.
John Beidler (CT BE J). Azoychka. 2007
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - flowers. 2010-05-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - baby fruit. 2010-07-03.
Ted Maiden (TN MA T): Azoychka - green fruit. 2009.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Azoychka - ripening fruit. July 2011.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Azoychka - ripening fruit. July 2011.
QC CA C. Azoychka. 2009-08-03
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-28.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - ripe fruit. 2010-08-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Azoychka - sliced fruit. 2010-08-16.
Marla and Steve McClaren, CA (Heritage Tomato Seed). Azoychka. 2009 (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Azoychka - sliced, 2004-02-16
Ted Maiden, TN. Azoychka - sliced - 2009.
Ted Maiden, TN. Azoychka - sliced - 2009.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Azoychka - sliced.
John Beidler (CT BE J). Azoychka. 2007
QC CA C. Azoychka - sliced. 2009-08-03
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