🍅 Quick take: Datlo is an extremely disease-resistant, high-yielding yellow cherry tomato. Growers praise its sweet flavor, long shelf life, and ability to set fruit in both heat and cold right up until the first frost. It produces chubby, barrel-shaped little cherries that outperform many other varieties in the greenhouse. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6 Experience)
I got the seeds for this beautiful little cherry from Tatunya.
Even though it was growing right near a cucumber that infected almost all the tomatoes in the greenhouse, it completely ignored the crud. It didn’t even notice that the plants next to it were sick. Massive yielder. And extremely tasty.
Yulia, have you ever grown Grushevyi Apelsin (Pear Orange)? Does it look like Datlo?
Datlo. Seeds from Vera-tomatinka. Sweet, good keeper. Tolerates heat and cool weather. Sets fruit right up until frost.
The only difference I saw between it and Pera Naranja* was the fruit shape: this one is a chubby little barrel, while the little pears have a skinny neck.
Full Summary: Disease Resistance, Yield, and Fruit Shape
- 🌿 Plant: A highly resilient and vigorous indeterminate cherry tomato. It shows outstanding disease resistance, shrugging off greenhouse pathogens even when neighboring plants fall ill. It is also exceptionally adaptable, tolerating both high heat and cool temperatures without dropping blossoms.
- 📈 Yield: A massive producer. Growers report that it continues setting fruit aggressively all season, right up until the first frost kills the vine.
- 👅 Taste: Consistently praised for its very sweet flavor.
- 📦 Storage: Excellent. It is noted as a very good keeper, allowing the little cherries to be stored for extended periods after picking.
- 🍅 Appearance: Produces yellow/orange cherry tomatoes shaped like “chubby little barrels,” distinguishing it from similar varieties like Pera Naranja, which have a more pronounced, skinny pear neck.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Three growers across USDA Zones 4 and 6 (Moscow Region, Pskov, and Europe).
🍅 Have you grown Datlo? Drop a comment below to let us know your zone, how it handled disease for you, and whether you loved the flavor!
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: Pera Naranja vs. Pear Orange
In the Russian seed market, the popular Spanish heirloom Pera Naranja is frequently sold under its direct Russian translation, Grushevyi Apelsin (Pear Orange). Agnija is directly answering Valentina’s question by referring to the variety by its original Spanish name.
In the Russian seed market, the popular Spanish heirloom Pera Naranja is frequently sold under its direct Russian translation, Grushevyi Apelsin (Pear Orange). Agnija is directly answering Valentina’s question by referring to the variety by its original Spanish name.
