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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4 Experience)
Got the seeds from Belgium. It’s a Tom Wagner variety. Super interesting and gorgeous! Indeterminate vine, reaches about 6 ft (1.8 m). Mid-season, heavy yielder. The fruits are tricolor blue-yellow-green pears, shaped like truffles! Weighs 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g). Delicious, sweet with fruity notes, and holds up great in storage.
Toma, I got my Flanders Contrast seeds from you. Huge thanks for those! I’d just clarify one thing, it wasn’t just productive, it was a massive yielder for me. Grew it to three stems in the greenhouse.
Potato vs Regular Leaf
What kind of foliage is it supposed to have? I’ve got two plants going, one has regular leaves and the other is potato leaf. 🤷♀️
The correct foliage is regular leaf, not potato. 🙂
Absolutely loved it, the sweetest one I grew. Had it outdoors in the dirt, both potato and regular leaf versions… Definitely adding it to my permanent collection, will grow it again.
Grew it last year, heavy producer, gorgeous, really liked it.
Very beautiful and delicious variety, fruits get up to 7 oz (200 g), olive-colored pears with blue shoulders, so sweet! 🤤 Indeterminate, productive, regular leaf.
How to Tell When Ripe
How do you tell when it’s actually ripe?
Elizara (Natalia) said:
How do you tell when it’s actually ripe?
Easy! The olive-yellow blossom end (the bottom of the fruit, opposite the stem!) changes color, and the tomato itself feels softer to the touch.
neLENtyayka (Elena) said:
Easy! The olive-yellow blossom end (the bottom of the fruit, opposite the stem!) changes color, and the tomato itself feels softer to the touch.
Thanks. Someone just sent me this variety, want to try growing a plant.
Flanders Contrast is a gorgeous and delicious variety! The jelly-marmalade flesh tastes a bit like kiwi. We absolutely loved it. 🤤
Got the seeds from @Kalugina Olga. Olya, thank you! 🙏
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Vladimir Baranov (Vladimir) said:
Here’s how my Flanders Contrast turned out in the greenhouse in 2022. Just starting to color up, can’t wait to finally taste it.
Morning Vladimir. What kind of foliage does your Contrast have? The one I’m growing from your seeds has potato leaves.
Veselyi ogorodnik (Lyubov) said:
Morning Vladimir. What kind of foliage does your Contrast have? The one I’m growing from your seeds has potato leaves.
Potato leaf here too.
Potato leaf.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate mid-season vine, reaching up to 6 ft (1.8 m). There is a wide discussion about foliage: while the original Tom Wagner variety is supposed to have regular leaves, many seeds circulating in the community are producing potato leaf plants. Both types seem to produce identically beautiful tricolor fruits (blue, yellow, and green) weighing 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g).
- 📈 Yield: Exceptionally high. Dzhina calls it a massive yielder, and multiple other growers describe it as highly productive both in greenhouses and outdoors.
- 👅 Taste: Universally praised as delicious and very sweet with fruity notes. neLENtyayka describes the flesh as a jelly-marmalade texture that tastes slightly like kiwi.
- 📦 Storage: Excellent. tomik specifically notes that it holds up great in storage.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Multiple growers across USDA Zones 3 and 4, growing it successfully both in greenhouses and in open dirt.
