📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Krasavitsa Moskvy (Beauty of Moscow)
- 🌍 Origin: A reliable commercial Russian variety, originally distributed by the Sedek seed company. The name translates to “Beauty of Moscow”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: A highly compact determinate (bush) variety. It stays extremely short, maxing out around 20 inches (0.5 m) tall. It requires absolutely no pruning or suckering, making it ideal for low-maintenance growing.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Bright orange, perfectly round “little lanterns” or spheres. They fall into the large cherry or cocktail size category, weighing between 2-3.5 oz (60-100 g).
- 👅 Flavor & Use: Firm, tasty, and highly versatile. They are excellent sliced in half for fresh salads, or tossed whole into jars for canning. If you want a ridiculously fuss-free, highly productive bush tomato that thrives outside without any special protection, this little workhorse is a fantastic choice!
Krasavitsa Moskvy (Beauty of Moscow). A variety specifically for those who love short tomato bushes completely loaded with fruit. The bush height is about 20 inches (0.5 m), maybe just a tiny bit taller. The fruits are attractive little orange beauties that look like little lanterns, weighing up to 3.5 oz (100 g). They are tasty and firm. Great in a fresh salad, but also perfect for canning.
My Beauty of Moscow grew outdoors right in the dirt without any row covers. An excellent, absolutely fuss-free variety.
Huge thanks to Sveta @Svetikk for the seeds! 🙏
My Beauty of Moscow grew in the greenhouse. The bush was 20 inches (50 cm) tall, completely loaded, looking gorgeous, and I used zero suckering on it. The fruits are bright orange little spheres up to 2 oz (60 g), with a pretty good flavor. I got the seeds a while back from Sveta (Sweet) up in St. Petersburg. They came in a Sedek seed packet with a note attached saying: “Who else should grow this if not you?” 😁
Notice the joke in user Svetikk’s post? She lives in the Moscow Region, so her friend in St. Petersburg intentionally mailed her seeds for the “Beauty of Moscow” variety just so she could make the pun, “Who else should grow this if not you?”
