Russe

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Russe
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape beefsteak
Fruit size large
Fruit type slicer
Variety type open-pollinated
Country Russia?
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Russe - ripe fruit. 2016-09-06.


B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf. Large round oblate red fruits with smooth shoulders. 8-16 oz. Very good balanced tomato flavor. More acidic than sweet.

Seed source:

1. Dan and Val McMurray of Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada (B.C MC D) 08 / Christian Lemaire, France
2. Nathalie Antaya of Saint-Robert, Quebec, Canada (QUE AN N) 08 / a collector from France

Year grown: 2015(crop failure), 2016(1)

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


B.C MC D

70-80 days, indet., regular leaf, 6' plants, 1+ lb red fruit, good tomato taste, slightly more acidic than sweet, no splits, vigorous, productive, 25 lbs/plant.

Seed source:

Christian Lemaire, France

Year grown: 2006

Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada


TX GU R

75 days, indet., regular leaf, red fruit up to 1.5 lbs.

Seed source:

Luc Fichot, Belgium (BELG FI L)

Year grown: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas



History

  •  ?
  • This French name is too generic, and probably many tomatoes from Russia were labeled this way in France.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 1994 Yearbook by Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D), who bought seeds from CV Lon in 1992.



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