📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Ispolin Malinoviy (Raspberry Giant)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety. The name translates to “Raspberry Giant” and it is widely distributed by the Siberian Garden (Sibsad) seed company.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching anywhere from 3.2 to 5.9 feet (1 to 1.8 m) depending on whether it’s grown outdoors or in a greenhouse. Vigorous plants that respond well to pruning to 2 stems.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Massive, beautiful raspberry-pink beefsteaks. They typically weigh between 10.5 and 17.6 oz (300-500 g), but frequently grow even larger. They are very meaty with few seeds and resist cracking well.
- 👅 Flavor: Very sweet and tasty. Excellent for fresh eating, salads, and canning.
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Description from the seed packet: Mid-season, large-fruited variety for greenhouses and outdoors. Plant height ranges from 3.2 to 5.9 feet (1 to 1.8 m) depending on growing conditions. Fruits are very large, weighing 10.5-17.6 oz (300-500 g), with few seeds. They have a raspberry-pink color, taste great, and don’t crack. They are used for salads and canning.
Photo credits: OlChik and Nelli.
Svetlana 👍, do you happen to remember which seed company they were from?
It really is huge 🙂
Here is my giant, I grew it from Siberian Garden seeds. The one on the scale isn’t even the biggest specimen, I had even larger ones. Tasty, sweet, and the plant is very vigorous. I pruned it to two stems.
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