Bordovyi

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Bordovyi
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	purple, black
Fruit shape	round, oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bordovyi - sliced. 2015-08-25.

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular leaf foliage. Beautiful round and oblate purple-black fruits with smooth shoulders and mahogany flesh. Meaty and juicy. Delicious rich flavor. 6-12 oz. (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)

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History

• Russian heirloom variety from Khilenko Family.
• 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.

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Russian name: Бордовый

The name means 'Purple' in Russian.

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Description in Russian

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bordovyi - ripe. 2015-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bordovyi - ripe. 2015-08-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bordovyi - sliced. 2015-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bordovyi - sliced. 2015-08-25.

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Seed Availability

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