📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Altaysky Bely (Altai White)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Siberian variety. The name translates to “Altai White”, referring to the Altai Mountains region.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Grows to a moderate height of 1.2–1.5 m (4–5 ft). Known for being incredibly low maintenance and undemanding.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Gorgeous, pale yellow/white heart-shaped tomatoes (oxhearts). They have excellent keeping qualities and do not spoil quickly after ripening.
- 👅 Flavor: Very sweet and mild. Growers specifically note that it has absolutely zero acidity.
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Officially listed as mid-late season, but some growers report it ripening as a mid-early. Highly productive, even in years with terrible weather conditions.
Altaysky Bely (Altai White). Height is 1.2-1.5 m (4-5 ft). It is high-yielding, very low maintenance, and once ripe, it doesn’t spoil for a long time. The taste is sweet with absolutely no acidity.
Why is it called “white”? (Looking at the photos, it looks pale yellow)
And what is its ripening time / maturity?
Natsha said:
Why is it called “white”?
That is just the variety name printed on the commercial seed packet.
marinas11 said:
And what is its ripening time / maturity?
Mid-late season.
For me, it behaved more like a mid-early variety. And even in the terrible, stupid weather year of 2017, it was highly productive! The fruits are absolutely gorgeous, heart-shaped oxhearts. And oh, how incredibly delicious it is 👍 😋. My seeds were from Angelina, for which I owe her a huge thank you 🌺.
