Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Gildo Petriboni. Indet, grew it in the greenhouse to 2 stems, an excellent variety! 👍 The fruits are large, red, round-heart shaped, firm, and meaty with very few seeds, up to 1.1 lbs (500 g). Beautifully balanced flavor with some nice sweetness 😋 Seeds from Masha (Murka) 🙌
Really loved this variety last season:
A great variety, has it all: yield, flavor, and didn’t catch a single disease. Dark red flesh, tastes sweet but not overly cloying.
The sliced tomato on the plate is the one on the scale. For some reason, the image cropped out the 1.5 lbs (675 g) reading.
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I really loved this variety. Productive, fuss-free, and very tasty, massive fruits. We had a hot and dry season, I grew it out in the dirt, and the plant proved to be very resilient. We ate it fresh, and I made lecho. A batch requires 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of tomatoes, and just 4 fruits were enough since they were almost 1.1 lbs (500 g) each. I also canned vegetables and beans with it. I only had one plant and it provided enough for absolutely everything!
I wanted to keep it to 2 stems, but ended up with 3; I just couldn’t bring myself to cut off a stem covered in tomatoes, and it supported 3 stems with no problem.
Couldn’t find a photo of my ripe fruits 😕, just a photo of the plant.
Edited October 29, 2022 by Natalya79
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste, and Uses
- 🌿 Plant: Vigorous indeterminate vine. Highly resilient, handling hot and dry outdoor conditions beautifully. Can easily support 3 stems without dropping fruit. Completely disease-free for these growers.
- 📈 Yield: Extremely heavy yielder. A single plant produced enough 1.1 to 1.5 lb (500-675 g) tomatoes to supply all of one grower’s fresh eating and canning needs for the season.
- 👅 Taste: Sweet, well-balanced, and never cloying. The dark red flesh is very meaty, dense, and contains very few seeds.
- 📦 Uses: Fantastic multi-purpose tomato. Excellent for fresh eating, cooking, and canning (especially for thick sauces and stews).
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Three growers, all gardening in USDA Zone 4 (Central Russia).
