My Auria turned out small and had a low yield, it didn’t get sick with anything, but it was sweet 😋, I will plant it again this year! Your photos are giving me no peace! 👍
I planted 2 bushes in the greenhouse. Due to a bad summer, like all my other tomatoes, Auria only started setting fruit between 1.5 meters and 3 meters up; it completely skipped the bottom three trusses. It suffered from BER, but after an application of Calcium nitrate, everything returned to normal. Eaten fresh, it’s not great, but in jars, it’s excellent. I also really liked freezing them whole—then it’s super convenient to just hold them and grate them directly into soup! 👍
And this is my Auria. It’s only just started to ripen here, but the vast majority managed to ripen on the vine. It grew outdoors in open ground under a temporary cover. Very productive and abundant. I’ll be growing it again this year.
Natalia 83 wrote:
I also really liked freezing them whole—then it’s super convenient to just hold them and grate them directly into soup! 👍
Natasha, why grate them? You can just run them under hot water to easily slip the skin off and then finely chop them with a knife. It’s very convenient, that’s how I add salad varieties to various dishes.
This year, my Auria is growing from my own saved seeds. Super variety! 👍 It hasn’t dropped a single blossom, no BER (knock on wood). I’ve already had to train the vine horizontally across the greenhouse roof, and the bottom truss is just about to start swelling.
Auria is wonderful!
I’m pruning it to 2 stems. The fruits are about 10 cm (4 inches) long.
Auria is beyond praise!!!!!! 9 trusses with 5-7 fruits each!!!!! Excellent for our half-summer, half-autumn weather. They aren’t turning red yet, though.
alvlad wrote:
Auria is beyond praise!!!!!! 9 trusses with 5-7 fruits each!!!!! …They aren’t turning red yet, though.
I have the exact same picture. A ton of fruit, and not a single ripe one yet.
It’s both funny and sad… yesterday I took my elderly aunt to the farmer’s market (she wanted some wild berries). And there’s this huge mountain of tomatoes lying there, they were clearly French Red Pear (Francuzskaya Krasnaya Grushka), but they had a giant, proud price tag labeled “AURIA”.
Rumors are spreading that this is a good variety, and there you have it—a sharp business move! 😆
My Auria died this year. I only planted 1 bush, and in May, it was eaten by wireworms. The only one out of 100+ bushes. And I just remembered, last year the wireworms ate this exact variety too. Does it taste better to them than the others?
I have almost completely eradicated wireworms on my plot, but why did they go for Auria, the only one? So I missed out on it this year. Guess I’ll have to wait until next year.
We are already canning Auria for the winter. In 2-liter jars.
olga petrovna wrote:
We are already canning Auria for the winter. In 2-liter jars.
Lucky you! 🙂 My first fruits have finally just started turning red.
Auria 2015:
Only one BUT—it suffered from Blossom End Rot (“vershinka”).
Last year my Auria suffered from BER, but this year it didn’t! However, my Golden Canary variety was completely destroyed by it this year. What on earth does this depend on???
I had no idea what Blossom End Rot (BER) was until now—now I know! But I still liked Auria regardless. I grew it in the greenhouse, initially pruned to 2 stems. It is a good size, sets fruit well, and is sweet. I applied dolomite lime in the spring under everything. Treated it a couple of times with calcium nitrate. It didn’t help. I just need to adapt to it. My husband said: “Plant it!” He takes them to work and the guys crack up over it.
A wonderful variety. Blossom End Rot only hits the first trusses. Then it goes away even without any treatment.
mopsdad1 said:
A wonderful variety. Blossom End Rot only hits the first trusses. Then it goes away even without any treatment.
For me, it was the exact opposite. The first trusses were free of BER, but now it has appeared on the upper trusses.
You can never guess with this Blossom End Rot. This year, it even appeared on a single tomato of R.S. Everett, yet the huge trusses of Golden Canary, Tenderness, and Golden Rain didn’t have any at all. 😲
o-lya-lya said:
This year I am growing Auria from my own saved seeds. Super variety! 👍 It didn’t drop any blossoms at all, no BER (knock on wood), I’ve already let it grow horizontally, and the bottom truss is just about to start plumping up.
Olchik, I am growing your beauty! Huge thanks to you for it! 🌺 Here is the bottom of the plant.
And here is the top of the same bush on September 17th.
Not a trace of BER or any other nasties, even though BER was going around the neighboring plants. Grown to 2 stems. At first, it didn’t impress me and turned out quite late (sown February 20th). But now I truly appreciate its value. It is tasty, stays tasty after ripening indoors, stores well, and transports perfectly. I’ll find out how it performs in canning a bit later, but it already has a guaranteed ticket to next year’s garden! 👍
– Bush appearance: mid-late season, wispy, somewhat frail.
– Fruit set: drops some blossoms, has skips, the last trusses are ripening now.
– Height outdoors: 1.1m (3.6 ft) by mid-August, up to 1.2m (4 ft) by September.
– Trusses: 3-5 fruits each.
– Overall yield: average.
– Fruit: an elongated paste tomato, red, with a characteristic dimple/fold at the blossom end.
– Density of ripe fruit: average to low.
– Taste: dense, balanced, delicious, melt-in-your-mouth, juicy. Sweetness is a 4.5/5.
First impression: a very original tomato for canning.
Cons: weak bush, prone to Blossom End Rot.
Rating: Seedling – 4, Bush – 3.5, Fruit – 4.5, Overall variety rating – 4.5/5.
Oh, girls, I’ve had a good laugh looking and reading through this.. 😄 And although BER scares me, I want to plant this funny shape just to amuse the neighbors. I’ll go up to the bush every morning just to smile.
But the fact that it stores so well is actually very appealing to me!
Tatyana Kemerovo said:
I had no idea what Blossom End Rot (BER) was until now—now I know! But I still liked Auria regardless.
I also don’t know what BER is yet, I’ve never had it. But Auria is in my plans for next season. Reading the comments—everyone seems to get BER on it 😞. I will plant it anyway, maybe it will bypass my garden.
Elena P said:
I also don’t know what BER is yet… Reading the comments—everyone seems to get BER on it. I will plant it anyway, maybe it will bypass my garden.
I didn’t get any BER on my Auria. This variety has earned a permanent residence in my garden! 👍
The yield is excellent, the trusses are full, it didn’t drop blossoms in the heat, and it kept setting fruit until the frosts. The taste is balanced and sweet.
Sveta, thank you, judging by the reviews the variety is just too good to pass up 😄. And if it can grow without diseases—then it definitely gets a permanent spot!
Elena P said:
Sveta, thank you, judging by the reviews the variety is just too good to pass up 😄…
Elena, if you are afraid of BER, just do some prevention. I applied dolomite lime to the beds in autumn. Though for two years I didn’t apply anything and still had no BER. True, I did water them once or twice with a calcium nitrate solution. Next to it, the Golden Canary variety had isolated cases of BER, so Auria got some of that solution too (just in case).
Oh, I’m not afraid of it, but I will do the prevention, thank you!
I had no BER even without prevention. Sometimes it’s amazing how icicle/paste types and round tomatoes grow side by side. You’d think the elongated ones would get it first. But the icicles stayed BER-free, while the round ones got sick. 😲
Planted Auria for the first time this year, and basically, I liked it 😄. Productive, stores well, no BER, grew perfectly in the greenhouse right up until frosts. But it turned out a bit hollow inside, I wonder why? Or is that normal for this variety?
And another thing 😞 This parasite corrupted the neighboring Goose Egg tomato! It was a perfectly respectable Goose Egg, always exemplary in growth and highly productive. 😛
Hello! I planted Auria two years in a row, and I really like it! It ripens late, but the variety stands out for being incredibly low-maintenance in my conditions—Auria always grew in open ground, and is resistant to diseases and low temperatures. It bravely survived bad weather without any disease issues. The yield is good, maybe even a bit above average, and the taste is excellent.
One setback—I lost my seeds and in the spring had to buy a plant labeled “Ladies’ Man”. The taste is similar, also late-ripening. The only thing that confuses me is that on some fruits, instead of the characteristic fold, there is a nipple. I saved seeds from the largest and earliest fruits with the fold.
tomatinka said:
I had no BER even without prevention. Sometimes it’s amazing how icicle/paste types and round tomatoes grow side by side. You’d think the elongated ones would get it first…
Vera, exactly! And I thought things in my garden just worked backwards. Your Highness (a round tomato) was the only one with BER this year. The long ones were totally fine….
A wonderful variety, productive, tasty, good for fresh eating and canning, and an absolute treat for the eyes! 😂
Performed very well both in the small greenhouse and outdoors. No BER, set fruit right up to harvest without dropping any blossoms. Seeds were from GalinaD. Galya, thank you so much! 🌺
GaLinaNik said:
One setback—I lost my seeds and in the spring had to buy a plant labeled “Ladies’ Man”.
It turns out Ladies’ Man is definitely not Auria. The fruits are smaller and the taste is plainer. Yesterday for dinner, I chopped up the last Ladies’ Man tomatoes into a salad with sour cream.
And I have some great news—I found my seeds of the true Auria! I will absolutely plant it! And I will work on selecting it for earliness, thankfully the technique for doing so is well known now.
Galina, how do you select a variety for earliness? Please tell us or point us in the right direction.
Grown for 4 years, no BER. 🙂
My Auria grew outdoors, and unlike San Marzano, there was absolutely no BER. It wasn’t hollow either. Out of all our canned goods, my husband loved this one the most. 😋 Will definitely repeat!
Evgenia said:
My Auria is from Tomatanya. Grew outdoors, survived our heat, didn’t get sick… I gave seeds to all my friends; they all laugh, but they take the seeds anyway 😂 Next year I’ll plant about five bushes of Auria, Eros, and Yellow Auria just to let the neighbors and friends have a good laugh…
Could you tell me how tall it grew for you?
Ninulik0980 said:
Could you tell me how tall it grew for you?
Nina, Zhenya rarely visits the forum, so I’ll answer since she used my seeds. The growth is very indeterminate; you could say it’s endless in a greenhouse. Outdoors it will be tall too—my seeds came from Olya-Cherry, who grew it outdoors, and it reached about 2 meters (6.5 ft) for her, if I’m not mistaken.
Ninulik0980 said:
Could you tell me how tall it grew for you?
5.5 meters (18 ft) 😛
Tomatanya said:
The growth is very indeterminate… Outdoors it will be tall too… reached about 2 meters…
Thank you, I was specifically interested in open ground.
elsa30 said:
5.5 meters (18 ft) 😛
😲 Wow… well, I assume that was in a greenhouse.
Ninulik0980 said:
😲 Wow… well, I assume that was in a greenhouse.
Yes, yes. That was the length at the time we pulled the vines out. It was pruned to a single main stem.
Really cool. 😲
Mine outdoors was a little taller than me, so about 1.8m (6 ft).
Alright, you convinced me, I’ll plant it.
The potential dryness scares me a little, but maybe I’ll sun-dry them with olive oil.
Veronika said:
The potential dryness scares me a little…
For us, this is our absolute favorite variety for pickling/canning.
My Auria wasn’t particularly dry at all, I liked it in salads and it was very good for cold pickling.
Veronika said:
The potential dryness scares me a little…
Veronika, I think everyone should plant Auria at least once. Just get seeds from someone who praises it and had good results, and yours will be tasty and not dry!
Matilda said:
I think everyone should plant Auria at least once.
Exactly, even if it’s just to give away as joke gifts 😂
This year I took “revenge” on my neighbors for their “Real Man” cucumber variety. I gifted them the largest Auria tomato along with two fuzzy Elberta Peach tomatoes, all arranged on a horseradish leaf.
salix said:
This year I took “revenge” on my neighbors… gifted them the largest Auria tomato along with two fuzzy Elberta Peach tomatoes…
You really made me laugh! 😂
salix said:
This year I took “revenge” on my neighbors… gifted them the largest Auria tomato along with two fuzzy Elberta Peach tomatoes…
🙈
I’m reading this and laughing 😂😂😂. I will definitely plant it.
Auria surprised me… The seeds sat and sat without germinating, I thought it was done for 😢.. And suddenly it popped up all at once.. Even though right next to it in the tray other varieties were already growing strong.. Is this a specific trait of this variety? Seemed a bit late… It was sown on March 13th.. Didn’t want to throw it away.
It usually germinated on day 5-6 for me. Auria has a very delicate, wispy structure, you can even plant 2 right next to each other if you prune them to 1 main stem each. The most important thing is to apply calcium in advance and do foliar sprays during fruit development.
Zulfiya said:
Auria has a very delicate, wispy structure… The most important thing is to apply calcium in advance…
Thank you, that’s exactly what I’ll do!
I liked it. Didn’t catch any diseases. Only the suckers grow like weeds.
Auria showed its best side once again. 😄
It was productive and disease-free. It grew in the middle row pruned to three stems in the greenhouse, reached the roof, bent over, and kept growing. One of the few varieties that didn’t drop blossoms during our hot summer. Loved it in jars. I will continue planting 2 bushes of it.
A favorite 😄 didn’t disappoint again..
I regret planting only one bush in 2016.
This variety is a guaranteed candidate for my annual grow list. 👍
amarant said:
Auria showed its best side once again… Loved it in jars. I will continue planting 2 bushes of it.
Myself and everyone who tried it pickled absolutely loved it; out of all the tomatoes in the jar, people fished these ones out specifically 😋 …. and it is not bad fresh either. I will definitely repeat it in future seasons.
Our Auria.
I only liked Auria for its hilarious shape.
Everyone who saw it laughed and took pictures with it. I gave away more as funny souvenirs than I actually ate 🤫 Well, it was productive too… but those are all the pluses I can note.
Blossom End Rot ran rampant on it, it was one of the last to start ripening, and it ripened gradually, so I ran out of canning jars before Auria even fully ripened. The taste was nothing special, a bit dry. I don’t even know what would have to happen for me to plant this miracle again.
By the way, I liked Casady’s Folly (Безумие Кэссиди) much better: earlier, tastier, and prettier 👍
I also really liked Auria. There were many fruits on the bush, which I pruned to 3 stems. Yes, it suffered badly from BER, but it’s my own fault since I only treated it with calcium nitrate once. So, I will definitely plant it again. It stored for a long time too. The skin is very thin, and the tomato is sweet. As a seedling, it was the leggiest of them all.
Tatyana Kemerovo said:
I had no idea what Blossom End Rot (BER) was until now… My husband said: “Plant it!” He takes them to work and the guys crack up over it.
This year I repeated it using my own saved seeds. It turned out VERY productive. Fruited from bottom to top right until the very end. Pruned to 2 stems. And there was no BER at all?! Even though the neighboring Flaschentomaten variety suffered from it. Taste was up to 5 points. 👍
I liked Auria too (grew it for the first time). Seeds were from Tomatanya. I had 2 bushes, highly productive, set fruit without missing any blossoms. Grew in a greenhouse, didn’t catch any diseases. Will repeat next year.
