📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Ibiza Elena’s Plum
- 🌍 Origin: A specific plum-shaped selection/variation of the known Ibiza variety, stabilized and circulated by a Russian grower named Elena.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indet. A highly productive workhorse with a long fruiting season. Growers recommend running it as a 3-stemmer for optimal yields.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful plum/paste type tomatoes. They generally weigh around 5 to 7 oz (150-200 g). Known for having an excellent shelf life deep into the fall.
- 👅 Flavor: Excellent, rich flavor with a very distinct sweetness. Not dry like typical paste tomatoes.
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Ibiza Elena’s Plum (Ibiza Eleny Slivka)
A variation of the Ibiza variety. Indet with a really heavy yield. It does best when you run it as a 3-stemmer, and it keeps producing right up until the end of the season.
Beautiful variety with excellent flavor and a distinct sweetness 👍 The last of my harvest lasted in storage until early November. Weights usually run around 5 to 7 oz (150-200 g).
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: Who is Elena?
If you are wondering why this variety has a person’s name attached to it, it is a very common naming convention in the Russian heirloom community! When a grower discovers a natural mutation or an off-type in their garden, they will often save the seeds and attempt to stabilize the new traits.
If you are wondering why this variety has a person’s name attached to it, it is a very common naming convention in the Russian heirloom community! When a grower discovers a natural mutation or an off-type in their garden, they will often save the seeds and attempt to stabilize the new traits.
In this case, a well-known grower named Elena likely found a plum-shaped (Slivka) off-type growing among her regular Ibiza tomatoes. She saved it, grew it out, and shared the seeds with the community. Over time, it became recognized as its own distinct, stable strain: Ibiza Elena’s Plum!
