📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Izumitelnye (Amazing)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian heirloom/commercial variety. The name “Izumitelnye” translates directly to “Amazing” or “Marvelous”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Appears to be semi-determinate or a shorter indeterminate, reaching about 4 feet (1.2 m) in height. It is highly valued by growers for its strong resistance to Late Blight.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Red, dense, pear-shaped or plum-like fruits. The flesh is very firm, making them hold their shape perfectly during processing.
- 👅 Flavor: Sweet and pleasant. A highly versatile workhorse tomato that is equally great for fresh eating in salads or preserving and canning.
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Izumitelnye: I grew these out in the dirt and they proved to be highly resistant to Late Blight. Plant height was around 4 feet (1.2 m). The fruits are beautiful, dense, and nice and sweet. They are fantastic for canning and also just great for eating fresh in salads.
They look a lot like Red Truffle 🙂
Yeah, I really liked them too, and the yields were great.
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: Red Truffle (Tryufel Krasniy)
Svetlana points out that this tomato looks just like a “Red Truffle“. Tryufel Krasniy (Japanese Truffle Red / Russian Red Truffle) is an incredibly famous and widely grown pear-shaped commercial tomato variety in Russia. It’s very common for growers on Eastern European forums to use the “Truffle” series as the gold standard baseline for comparing the shape and density of any pear or bulb-shaped paste tomato!
Svetlana points out that this tomato looks just like a “Red Truffle“. Tryufel Krasniy (Japanese Truffle Red / Russian Red Truffle) is an incredibly famous and widely grown pear-shaped commercial tomato variety in Russia. It’s very common for growers on Eastern European forums to use the “Truffle” series as the gold standard baseline for comparing the shape and density of any pear or bulb-shaped paste tomato!
