Banzai

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Banzai
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	open-pollinated, commercial
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - sliced fruit. 2010-08-29.

B.C KO T

Compact indet. (or semi-det.?), regular leaf, healthy bushy plants with early fruit set, high yield of 2-4 oz pink round fruit with excellent sweet flavor. Reportedly it has some good resistance to late blight.

Seed source:

Patty Brown, Ohio 10 / Ukraine (CV Gavrish)

Year grown: 2010

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

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GERM SC K

Round red fruits, 114 g, regular leaf, semi-det.

Source 

Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A)

Year: 2007

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• Russian commercial variety vended by CV Gavrish and other Russian commercial vendors.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus, who got the seeds from CV Gavrish.

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Russian name: Банзай

The name means a salutation or cheer in Russian.

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Description in Russian

• Cреднеранний, высокорослый сорт. От всходов до созревания проходит от 100 до 150 дней. Предназначен для выращивания, как в открытом грунте, так и пленочных теплицах. Плоды крупные, розового цвета от 150 до 200 грамм. Очень урожаен. Имеет повышенную устойчивость к фитофторе.

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See also

• Bonsai - a different tomato variety vended by Gavrish (the same Russian seed vendor who offered Banzai tomato a few years earlier.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - plant. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - plant. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - flower. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - flower. 2010-07-01.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Banzai - flower.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Banzai - green fruit.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-21.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Banzai - ripe fruit.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - sliced fruit. 2010-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Banzai - sliced fruit. 2010-08-29.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Banzai - sliced.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013		.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2012	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	1	0
2010		1	.
2009		1	.
2008		1	.
2007		0	.