Alesha Popovich

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Alesha Popovich
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	commercial
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - sliced fruit. 2012-09-10.

B.C KO T

Compact indet., regular leaf, red oblate fruits, slightly ruffled, 4-8 oz. Heavy producer. Very good flavor and nice texture.

Seed source:

ONT HU J 06 (Jennifer Hutson, Ontario, Canada) / BELR BA A (Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus)

Year grown: 2011 (crop failure), 2012

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• Russian commercial variety introduced in the early 2000s.
• Alesha Popovich (alt. Alyosha Popovich) is one of the three famous 'bogatyrs' (Alesha Popovich, Ilya Muromets, and Dobrynya Nikitich) in Russian folklore. See [1] for details.
• There are three Russian tomatoes named after each 'bogatyr', and this is one of them.

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Russian name: Алеша Попович.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-08-22.

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  Olga Golikova, BC. Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - ripe fruit. 2012-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - sliced fruit. 2012-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - sliced fruit. 2012-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alesha Popovich - sliced fruit. 2012-09-10.

=More Pictures (plants, green fruit, etc.) Image: Alesha Popovich Plant1.jpg=

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2012		0	0
2011		0	0
2010		0	0
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.