Tsar-Kolokol

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Tsar-Kolokol
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular, wispy
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, paste, cooking
Variety type	open-pollinated, commercial
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

B.C KO T

Compact indet. plants with a fair yield of pink heart-shaped fruits. Fruits have dense and meaty flesh and very few seeds which is typical for heart-shaped varieties. 7-18 oz. Excellent sweet flavor. Early to mid-season.

Seed source:

1. Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A) 07

2. Tom Galluchi, Connecticul 10 / Susan Anderson of Elgin, Texas (TX AN S) 09 / Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 07

Year grown: 2007(1), 2013

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

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TX AN S

75-80 days, compact indet., regular leaf/wispy foliage, with an average yield of 5-12 oz. raspberry pink hearts, superb sweet and rich flavor, a new favorite.

Seed source:

Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 07

Year grown:

Location: Elgin, Texas

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History

• Non-commercial variety from Siberia, Russia.
• Introduced to SSE by Carolyn Male of NY (NY MA C) in 2008, who also observed smaller fruit (5-11 oz).
• This is the original description supplied by Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus, who also shared the seed with many North American tomato growers at Tomatoville:

...midseason, semi-det. (80-120 cm high) with a good yield of dark-red, heart shaped, meaty 300-700 g fruits, very good flavour, disease tolerant. Siberian amateurish variety.

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Also known as

• Tsar of Bells

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Russian name: Царь-Колокол

The name can be translated as "Tsar of Bells" and refers to the largest existing Bell which cracked while it was still in the casting pit in 1737. The Tsar of Bells is 19 ft high and weighs 440,000 lb, and is now displayed in the Moscow Kremlin (see [1]). Obviously the name refers to the tomato fruit shape, which resembles a bell.

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Description in Russian

• "Один из лучших сортов любительской селекции. Плоды вытянутой формы, темно-красные. Достоинства сорта: крупные плоды (от 400 до 700гр и выше) при довольно ранних сроках созревания в сочетании с низкорослым кустом (80-100см). отличные вкусовые качества мясистых сладких плодов. Сорт достаточно устойчив ко многим заболеваниям, а также к неблагоприятным погодным условиям. Выращивается в открытом грунте и пленочных укрытиях. Куст мощный."

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - ripening fruit. 2013-07-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - ripening fruit. 2013-07-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (B.C KO T) - ripening fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripening fruit. 2013-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Tsar-Kolokol - ripe fruit. July 2009. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Tsar-Kolokol - ripe fruit. July 2010. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (Tom G.) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - ripe fruit. 2013-08-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (BELR BA A) - sliced fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (Tom G.) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (Tom G) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - sliced fruit. 2013-08-13.

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Tsar-Kolokol - sliced fruit. 2008.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol - flower. 2013-06-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol - flower. 2013-06-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol - baby fruit. 2013-06-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol - baby fruit. 2007-07-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (B.C KO T) - green fruit. 2007-07-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar-Kolokol (B.C KO T) - green fruit. 2007-07-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - green fruit. 2013-07-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - green fruit. 2013-07-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - green fruit. 2013-07-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tsar Kolokol (BC KO T) - green fruit. 2013-07-22.

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