Bread and Salt

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• Seed Availability

Bread and Salt
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	det.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	oblate
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	commercial
Country	Russia

This is not the original name of the tomato - see Khlebosolnye

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History

• This is a Russian commercial variety Khlebosolnye, named for the long held tradition in Russia to give special guests a loaf of bread and salt as they arrive. In Russian culture bread is associated with hospitality, and salt has an association with long friendship.
• Vended by number of Russian commercial seed vendors in the late 2000s, including 'Sibirskiy Sad'.
• First introduced commercially in North America by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in 2010, under translated name Bread and Salt. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog picture does not match the pictures given by Russian seed vendors for Khlebosolnye. It should be a bright red oblate tomato, but what is sold in the North America is a heart-shaped tomato. There must be some seed mixup happened in the seed exchange transaction between Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and a Russian seed saver, or the variety was not entirely stable. I suspect the stability could have been an issue, as the Russian vendor 'Sibirskiy Sad' shortly released another variation of this tomato named Khlebosolnyi Rozovyi (pink).

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Russian name: Хлебосольные

the name means 'Bread and Salt' in Russian.

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Also known as

• Khlebosolnye - the original Russian name.

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Picture Gallery

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Bread and Salt - green fruit. August 12, 2011. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Bread and Salt - ripe fruit, incorrect fruit shape (probably originated from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds ). August 4, 2011. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Bread and Salt - ripe fruit, heart shape. 2012-08-10. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Khlebosolnye - Commercial seed packet (CV Sibirskiy Sad).

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2013	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2012	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (heart)	2	1
2011	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	1	1 (correct oblate shape)
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new	0	.
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.

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