Medovaya Kaplya

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Medovaya Kaplya
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	yellow
Fruit shape	plum, oval, pear
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	commercial
Country	Russia

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Seed source:

1. Valeriy Popenko, Semei, Kazakhstan 11 / CV Russkiy Ogorod 11

2. Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC, Canada 14 / Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C)

Year grown:

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

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The first thing I really noticed about this plant was that it looked really cool. I liked the shade of green on its potato leaves, especially when wet. It wasn't early (I'd say midseason), and it wasn't productive at first, but it became productive at the end of the season. The fruits were very small, and definitely yellow (no orange at all) but also one of the sweetest breeds I've tasted. Great taste. Better fresh than cooked. The only consistently sweeter tomato I've tried that comes to mind is Ron's Carbon Copy. I gave a Medovaya Kaplya fruit to my niece, who is said not to like tomatoes, and when I asked her what she thought of it, she said, "It tastes like yummy." I plan to grow this one again in 2017 from saved seeds.

Seed source:

AlittleSalt of tomatoville.com (received from a trade in 2015)

Year grown: 2016

Location: New Plymouth, Idaho

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History

• Russian commercial variety.
• Introduced to North America by Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus in 2009.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2010 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C).

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Russian name: Медовая капля

The name means 'Honey Drop' in Russian.

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Description in Russian

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Picture Gallery

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  Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC. Medovaya Kaplya - ripe fruit. 2012-09-23. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Medovaya Kaplya - ripe fruit. 2012-07-04. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Medovaya Kaplya - ripe fruit. 2013-08-01. Posted with owner's permission.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2013	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Double Helix Farms Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Double Helix Farms (as Honey Drop) Gleckler Seedmen	1	0
2011	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie - new Gleckler Seedmen - new	.	.
2010		1	.
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.