Zolotye Kupola

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Zolotye Kupola
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular, wispy
Fruit color	yellow
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner
Variety type	commercial, open-pollinated
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - sliced fruit. 2009-08-05.

B.C KO T

Indet. but compact plant with regular leaf wispy foliage that is typical for Eastern-European heart-shaped tomato varieties. Produces lots of large flowers. Yellow heart-shaped fruit, often with some pinkish streaks inside, 8-20 oz, some fruits can be up to 2+ lbs, very good to excellent flavor, few seeds. It was one of the first large-fruited varieties to set fruit in June 2009.

Seed source:

Tamara Yaschenko of Biysk, Siberia, Russia 06

Year grown: 2008, 2009

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

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a good yield of 12-16 oz gold fruit with good flavor.

Seed source:

Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM SC K

very meaty tomato, not much fruits at the plant, good taste

Seed source:

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T)

Year grown: 2009

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• Russian commercial variety.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N),who received the seeds from Andrey Baranovski, Minsk, Belarus.
• Introduced commercially in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2009.

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Related

• Zolotye Kupola Red

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Russian name: Золотые купола

The name means 'Golden Domes' in Russian. The name refers to the domes of the Russian Orthodox church (Cathedrals). Click here to see a picture of a Russian Cathedral. Obviously, the name was given to this cultivar because the fruit shape resembles a cathedral dome.

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Description in Russian

• Среднеспелый, высокорослый сорт сибирской селекции. Высота до 1,5 м. Плоды округло-сердцевидной формы, оранжево-желтой окраски, мясистые, вкусные, массой до 800 г. Великолепны в салатах и зимних заготовках.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - sliced ripe fruit. 2008-10-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - ripening fruit. 2009-08-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - ripening fruit. 2009-08-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - ripening fruit. 2009-08-02.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Zolotye Kupola. 2009.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Zolotye Kupola. 2009.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - sliced fruit. 2009-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - sliced fruit. 2009-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - sliced fruit. 2009-08-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola. 2008-06-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - flower buds. 2008-07-19.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Zolotye Kupola - flower. 2009.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - flowers. 2008-07-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - baby fruit. 2008-08-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola - green fruit. 2008-08-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola (B.C KO T) - green fruit. 2009-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola (B.C KO T 09) - green fruit. 2009-07-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Zolotye Kupola (Tamara Yaschenko) - green fruit. 2009-07-11.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2014	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Double Helix Farms	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Double Helix Farms as Golden Dome	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	2	0
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	2	.
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	2	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.