Purple Russian

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Purple Russian
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	black, purple
Fruit shape	elongated, plum
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	paste, canner
Variety type	heirloom
Country	Ukraine

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - ripe fruit. 2016-09-18.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf 5' plant with wispy foliage, dark purple plum shaped elongated fruit, 4-9 oz, very good flavor. Excellent pickled and makes a fabulous sauce rich in flavor. Very high yields.

Seed source:

Dan and Val McMurray of Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada (B.C MC D) 06

Year grown: 2006, 2016

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

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MI FL J

Large vines need caging or staking, 70 days, plum-shaped brownish-pink fruit usually with green shoulders, good flavor. Too juicy to be a paste variety despite its shape.

Seed source:

Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)

Year grown: 2006

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a high yield of 4-7 oz, purple-brown fruit, paste type, very good flavor, originally from Irma Henkel, Ukraine.

Seed source:

Frederick Ineman, Ohio 99 / Aunt Irma Henkel, from Ukraine, 1980

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

• An heirloom variety from the Ukraine.
• First introduced in the Seed Savers 1999 Yearbook by Frederick Ineman of Ravenna, Ohio (OH IN F), who said that the seed came from Ukraine, from their Aunt Irma Henkel in 1980.
• Renamed by First offered in the Seed Savers {{{1}}} Yearbook by {{{2}}} to Ukrainian Purple.

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Also known as

• Ukrainian Purple

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - green fruit. 2006-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian. 2006.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian. 2006.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian. 2006.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - ripe fruit. 2016-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - ripe fruit. 2016-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - ripe fruit. 2016-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - ripe fruit. 2016-09-18.

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  Marla and Steve McClaren, CA (Heritage Tomato Seed). Purple Russian. 2009 (uploaded with the owner's permission)

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - sliced fruit. 2016-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - sliced fruit. 2016-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Russian - sliced fruit. 2016-09-18.

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  Denise Salmon. Purple Russian - sliced. 2006 (posted with permission from the owner)

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Purple Russian. 2006

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S). Purple Russian. 2006

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Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heritage Tomato Seed Ohio Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit - sold out for 2014	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Heritage Tomato Seed Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heritage Tomato Seed Seed Savers Exchange (as Ukrainian Purple) Tomato Growers Supply	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Heritage Tomato Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Seed Savers Exchange (as Ukrainian Purple) Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	8	6
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Heritage Tomato Seed - new Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	11	2 + 4 (in pink section)
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Totally Tomatoes - new	13	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - new Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	14	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	14	.

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