]> 2026-04-08T07:12:59-07:00 Saraev I-2 0 Russia Determinate plants with regular leaf foliage stay quite compact and manageable, so they are good for growing in pots. Fruits are red, small to medium size, round and oblate, shaped like small beefsteaks with smooth shoulders, juicy. 2-5 oz. Very early. Full tomato flavor with nice acidity. (''15 seeds / packet'') red round oblate medium slicer det. * A cold-tolerant selection by a Russian tomato breeder P.Y. Saraev, who specialized in breeding tomatoes that can withstand freezing temperatures. * [[:Category:Tomato Seeds|Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds]] received 15 years old seeds from Valery Popenko of Semei, Kazakhstan in 2014. The seeds had very good germination, and the 2015 growout was successful. Unfortunately there was no way to test the cold tolerance, as the spring was exceptionally warm and quite dry, very unusual for Pacific North West. regular early Valery Popenko, Semei, Kazakhstan 15 open-pollinated 2015 2015-11-19T07:30:03Z 2457345.8125347 Saraev I-2