Quick Summary of Slivka Gurman (Gourmet Plum)
- 🌍 Origin: A stunning novelty striped anthocyanin variety popular among Russian collectors. The name translates to “Gourmet Plum”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), but known for being quite slender and well-behaved—it doesn’t produce an overwhelming amount of suckers. It performs very well in cooler greenhouse conditions and is highly disease-resistant. ⚠️ Growing Tip: Like many plum/paste varieties, it requires stable soil moisture and adequate calcium to prevent Blossom End Rot (BER).
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Gorgeous pink plum-shaped fruits covered in vertical stripes and dark blue/purple anthocyanin shoulders. Fruits weigh around 50-70g (1.8-2.5 oz). They have a thick skin and absolutely do not crack. They can hang on the vine for a very long time (even starting to sun-dry on the plant) and have an incredibly long shelf life indoors.
- 👅 Flavor Controversy: Highly debated! Some growers find them wonderfully sweet (the trick is to let them hang on the vine until completely ripe). Others report that they are thick-skinned and totally bland.
- 🥫 Usage: Even if you don’t love the fresh eating quality, this variety is universally praised as a top-tier tomato for canning, pickling whole, and dehydrating (sun-drying).
Slivka Gurman (Gourmet Plum). A very beautiful and tasty variety, the absolute find of the season! Indeterminate, grew in a greenhouse in 3 stems, very productive, and has a long fruiting period. The fruits are striped pink plums with anthocyanin, weighing 50-70g (1.8-2.5 oz), sweet!
Wow, what a handsome one! Thanks, I will plant it!
Slivka Gurman. Seeds from @Svetikk. A truly handsome tomato! 😎
I also got my seeds from Sveta @Svetikk. A totally gorgeous variety, very productive, and tasty. One nuance: you must let it hang on the bush so they become super, super sweet.
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I planted two bushes this year. A beautiful, productive variety. For me, it turned out bland. But it is wonderful for canning and dehydrating (sun-drying).
By some miracle, I got Slivka Gurman as a seedling. Elena @Rea Caddi, thank you!
It is stable in cool temperatures (in the greenhouse), highly resistant to diseases, and abundant. It’s not exactly “candy” sweet, thick-skinned, but it doesn’t crack. It was the first of the indeterminate varieties that we started eating.
On 7/28/2023 at 7:29 PM, Shusha Kuznetsova said:
Stable in cool temperatures (greenhouse), highly resistant to diseases, abundant. Not exactly “candy” sweet, thick-skinned, doesn’t crack. First of the indets we started eating.
I second this. Very beautiful, productive, slender (not too bushy), doesn’t push too many suckers, and stores very well.
It requires stable humidity, sufficient feeding, and calcium.
Thanks to Natasha @priora for the seeds.
I planted it 2 years in a row. Productive, very beautiful, not particularly prone to disease (even in our very bad summer this year), stores well, and hangs on the bush for a long time (to the point where it can actually start sun-drying on the vine). And I could even overlook the thick skin, if not for one “but.” Both years the fruits were absolutely tasteless. Assumptions about bad agrotechniques or soil won’t fly here, because 2 of my friends grew it at the same time as me, and we all have gardens in completely different places.
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