Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6 Experience)
I loved everything about this variety. The taste, the color, and the yield was surprisingly good even though it grew outdoors in the dirt. Fruits weighed 7-25 oz (200-700 g).
Edited January 17, 2015 by Drosera
My Beauty Queen.
Is this variety the same as Beauty King (USA)??? My seeds are from N.P. Dryzhakova.
Anela wrote:
Is this variety the same as Beauty King (USA)??? My seeds are from N.P. Dryzhakova.
What makes you think that, Elena? 😲 They are completely different varieties…
Yaroslavna wrote:
What makes you think that, Elena? 😲 They are completely different varieties…
I grew it this year too (no photos of ripe ones unfortunately, they got picked while I was on vacation), but it looks very much like yours. So now I’m confused, which one did I actually grow? King or Queen? 😂 Oh well, the royal beauty grew well and tasted great. My label said Beauty King.
Edited December 6, 2014 by elena1984
Yaroslavna wrote:
What makes you think that, Elena? 😲 They are completely different varieties…
Calling these varieties “completely different” is pretty tough, they are practically identical.
Tatiana Kushnareva writes that Beauty Queen is just a smaller version of Beauty King.
Drosera wrote:
Queen vs. King.
So it’s just the translation of King and Queen? Now I’m totally lost, I thought they were the same. 😳
Oh, I was just editing my post… I didn’t see the English names earlier. I asked because I don’t want to grow duplicates 🙂. Why order the same thing twice or put it on my wish list if I already have it, right? 😆
They are two completely different varieties. Even the color inside and out, and the vines themselves look totally different. Beauty King is in the catalog, you can go look and compare.
Yeah, mine were exactly the same, only the size was different.
I got both Beauty King and Beauty Queen from Popenko.
Sandr wrote:
They are two completely different varieties. Even the color inside and out, and the vines themselves look totally different. Beauty King is in the catalog, you can go look and compare.
Oh right, my Beauty King was more reddish-pink, and this one is more orange. I would have thought they were the same variety since the names sound so similar.
We might be dealing with crossed seeds here, keep that in mind.
Although somewhere on a foreign site, not Tatiana’s… ah, Tomatoville, I read that the varieties are indeed the same and really only differ in size.
I’m totally confused too. I guess if they really are different, I need to order Beauty Queen and grow it side-by-side with Beauty King to compare 🙂
Vera, this thread is about Beauty Queen, and then there’s Beauty King, and they are so similar it’s really easy to get them mixed up. I’m definitely confused now…
I just added the English names to the thread title.
Both varieties exist, but they are very similar.
Edited December 6, 2014 by Drosera
I grew both of them last year side-by-side, so I can tell you my vines, fruit set, fruit color, and taste were completely different. The only similarity is that they are both striped bicolors, but even the striping pattern is different.
Sandr wrote:
I grew both of them last year side-by-side, so I can tell you my vines, fruit set, fruit color, and taste were completely different. The only similarity is that they are both striped bicolors, but even the striping pattern is different.
Which one tasted better?
Tatiana’s TOMATObase is unfortunately down right now.
Beauty Queen is way more productive than Beauty King. If even Oleg (Rudik) said King was a low yielder for him—and he gets huge yields out of the most stubborn varieties with how well he takes care of his plants… They are completely different varieties, even if they look somewhat similar.
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ElenaN wrote:
Beauty Queen is way more productive than Beauty King. They are completely different varieties, even if they look somewhat similar.
Yeah Elena, mine wasn’t a huge yielder either, but it was delicious. My family said we definitely need to grow it again, but I’m going to put something new in its spot for 2015. 😳
From Tatiana’s TOMATObase about Beauty Queen: Not very productive in our garden, but we would give it a second chance!
From Tatiana’s TOMATObase:
Beauty Queen is a smaller version of Beauty King, which arose in the fields of Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms, Vacaville, CA. It is felt by many that Beauty King is a sport of Big Rainbow.
Beauty King
From Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms, Napa, California.
Likely a Big Rainbow X Green Zebra cross.
Edited December 6, 2014 by Drosera
They are both delicious, but Beauty Queen is way more productive.
Sandr wrote:
They are both delicious, but Beauty Queen is way more productive.
Where did your seeds come from? Maybe I need to swap out my King for the Queen? 😆
From Kulik. The Queen is different, smaller fruits, and it’s listed separately in his catalog too.
Sasha, you keep saying King and Queen are completely different, but you aren’t explaining *how* they are different? Back it up with details… Mine turned out absolutely identical this season. Both were large, not very productive (maybe King yielded slightly more), and the tomatoes were very sour—some of the sourest I grew this season… but they sure were beautiful! The vines grew right next to each other, and I didn’t notice a single difference 😞
I grew Beauty King. The taste was a solid 4 out of 5, sweetish with a fruity note. Grew it in a sunny spot, so a few fruits got sun-scalded.
I planted Beauty Queen in 2015, seeds from Kulik.
Didn’t like it at all because the yield was terrible and the days to maturity were closer to late-season. Absolutely no desire to grow it again.
Sandr wrote:
They are two completely different varieties. Even the color inside and out, and the vines themselves look totally different.
Exactly. King’s fruits are larger and orange-red. Queen is more orange and has much more distinct, narrow vertical yellow stripes.
Beauty Queen showed really good disease resistance for me, and combined with how gorgeous and delicious the fruits are, it easily became one of my favorites.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and The King vs. Queen Debate
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate vine. Known to be mid-late to late-season. Demonstrates good disease resistance.
- 📈 Yield: Highly polarizing. Some growers report heavy yields even outdoors, while others note it was one of their lowest-producing varieties.
- 🍅 King vs. Queen Differences: According to the most observant growers in this thread, Beauty King is larger and leans toward an orange-red base. Beauty Queen produces smaller (7-25 oz) fruits that are a brighter orange base with much more distinct, narrow vertical yellow striping.
- 👅 Taste: Generally praised as sweet and fruity, though in unfavorable seasons or poor soil, it can turn out surprisingly tart/sour.
As mentioned by user Drosera, both Beauty Queen and Beauty King were created by the legendary Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms (California, USA). They are part of a family of stunning bicolor striped tomatoes, likely descending from crosses involving Big Rainbow and Green Zebra.
