Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe

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Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	plum
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - ripe fruit. 2016-09-23.

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular leaf foliage. Medium pink plum or heart-shaped fruits, 4-8 oz. Excellent sweet flavor, not many seeds. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

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

Year grown: 2016

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

History

Russian heirloom variety from Khilenko Family.
The seeds were sent to Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2014 by Aleksey Kulik, 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 in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2017.

Russian name: Бычье сердце Минусинское кистевое

Description in Russian

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - green fruit. 2016-07-28.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - ripe fruit. 2016-08-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - ripe fruit. 2016-09-07.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - ripe fruit. 2016-09-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - sliced fruit. 2016-08-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Minusinskoe Kistevoe - sliced fruit. 2016-09-07.