Babushka Byka

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Babushka Byka
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color pink
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type open-pollinated, heirloom
Country Russia
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Babushka Byka - sliced fruit. 2015-08-10.

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Indet. plants with regular leaf foliage. Large pink blunt hearts. 9-12 oz. Very juicy and meaty. Delicious rich flavor, with nice sweetness. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Aleksey Kulik, Ukraine 15 / Natalia Khilenko, Armavir, Russia 14

Year grown: 2015

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



History

  • Russian heirloom variety from Khilenko Family. The name means 'Grandma of a bull' in Russian.
  • The seeds were sent to Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2014 by Aleksey Kulik, Ukraine 15, who received them from Natalia Khilenko of Armavir, Russia. Mrs. Khilenko and her family have been growing many native Russian heirlooms for many years, and she shared seeds from her seed collection with Aleksey Kulik, a Ukrainian seed vendor.
  • Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2016.



Russian name: Бабушка Быка

The name means 'Grandma of a bull' in Russian.



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