Kronprinz (Crown Prince) Tomato Review & Photos: Multiflora Canning Variety

An interesting variety, the description makes it sound a lot like Hybrid Tarasenko 2. It’s an indet with massive clusters, mid-season, the fruits are red and round with a little beak, 2.8-4 oz (80-110 g). They are firm, tasty, and absolutely excellent for canning jars.

I grew one plant in the greenhouse, pruned to two main leaders. Nowhere near all the blossoms in the clusters actually set fruit, maybe something was wrong with the weather… or maybe it was just my hands. 😀

Edited January 29, 2015 by Drosera

Svetikk wrote:
An interesting variety, the description makes it sound a lot like Hybrid Tarasenko 2…

Sveta, I’m pretty sure it was actually used to breed Hybrid Tarasenko 2. I was just reading about it.

elena1984 wrote:
Sveta, I’m pretty sure it was actually used to breed Hybrid Tarasenko 2. I was just reading about it.

Interesting, how do they differ? I haven’t grown Hybrid 2 yet. 🙂

Svetikk wrote:
Interesting, how do they differ? I haven’t grown Hybrid 2 yet. 🙂

Honestly, I don’t think they differ much at all. I grew Hybrid 2, but I haven’t grown Kronprinz yet. Hybrid 2 has these really interesting trusses, they fan outwards and upwards. By the way, it didn’t set all of its blossoms into fruit either, although it bloomed beautifully. It ripened somewhat unevenly, but was excellent for canning.

elena1984 wrote:
…Hybrid 2 has these really interesting trusses, they fan outwards and upwards…

I added a photo of the blooming clusters to my first post. 😉

Svetikk wrote:
I added a photo of the blooming clusters to my first post. 😉

Yeah, I think they look very similar. Here is a truss on my Hybrid Tarasenko 2, seems to me they are almost identical to Kronprinz.

Svetlana, how tall did the plant get in the greenhouse?

Galinka wrote:
Svetlana, how tall did the plant get in the greenhouse?

I kept two main stems, let them set 3 clusters each, and then topped the plant. It was about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall.

Ladies, this year I grew the Kronprinz variety bred by Myazina, both in the greenhouse and outdoors in the dirt. And honestly, I felt like the ones outdoors were more productive, reaching about 3 feet (1 m) tall. I liked the tomato and would like to grow it again, but since I’ve hoarded enough seeds from this forum to last me five years, I’ll have to put it on hold for now. I saved seeds, if anyone is interested I can send some out.

Nera wrote:
Ladies, this year I grew the Kronprinz variety bred by Myazina, both in the greenhouse and outdoors in the dirt…

Galochka, what shape are the fruits on your Kronprinz? In the State Register, Myazina’s version is listed as a large oblate (flat-round) slicer, but Svetik’s is elongated with a beak.
How was the yield outdoors? Did you prune suckers? Did they manage to ripen on the vine, or did you have to ripen them indoors?

Edited January 10, 2015 by Drosera

Svetikk wrote:
I grew one plant in the greenhouse, pruned to two main leaders. Nowhere near all the blossoms in the clusters actually set fruit…

I grew it last year too, a good variety. I ran it on a single main stem, but only three clusters actually managed to ripen on the vine. To be fair, the clusters were massive, and it started ripening quite late. I’m thinking maybe I should start the seeds earlier next time, I really want to try it again this year.

Edited January 10, 2015 by Drosera

Tatyana Kemerovo wrote:
Galochka, what shape are the fruits on your Kronprinz? … How was the yield outdoors? Did you prune suckers? Did they manage to ripen on the vine, or did you have to ripen them indoors?

Tanyush, mine are oblate without any beak. To me, a “large” tomato is around 10-14 oz (300-400 g), and my Kronprinz was probably around 7 oz (200 g). I ran them on 2 stems, the bottom two clusters ripened on the vine, and the rest I had to ripen indoors off the vine.

I can’t tell you the exact yield in pounds because I can’t keep track of everything, but the plants were absolutely beautiful. You also have to keep in mind that I planted them out on June 10th and didn’t cover them for a single day.

I had Kronprinz in the greenhouse last summer. Just one little bush. Planted it by accident… A different variety I planted earlier died on me, so I just shoved a Prince in that spot. I really liked the taste, and it definitely had the little beak… Seeds were from SibSad, looked exactly like the picture on the packet…

Edited January 10, 2015 by mamaGalya

And here is what mine looked like, seeds from Galya-64. Absolutely loved it!!! The height was about 5.5-6 feet (1.7-1.9 m). Not all the fruits set, but there were still so many of them, and they look just gorgeous in canning jars!

I’m looking at these photos and realizing my Kronprinz is definitely missing something )))) I guess it just doesn’t like my garden. Grew it for two seasons, very few fruits and they were sour. Had to give up on it, no point in it taking up valuable space.

Svetikk wrote:
Interesting, how do they differ? I haven’t grown Hybrid 2 yet. 🙂

Svetlana, good evening! If you’d like, I can mail you some Hybrid Tarasenko 2. I just got them from Viktoria Gitelman this year, I’m sure her seeds are high quality. I can send you like 5 seeds, 10 is too many for me anyway. Sorry to bother you.

I was just reading the thread on the Tarasenko varieties.

So it turns out that Kronprinz is an old heirloom variety with a little point, and Tarasenko used it as the foundation to create his Hybrid No. 2.

But the one from Myazina has no point on the bottom. It’s a modern variety, added to the State Register in 2002.

Modern breeders really lack imagination, they just breed confusion. 🙁

I’ve been growing it for five years. Seeds came from Donetsk.

kinnergard wrote:
I’ve been growing it for five years. Seeds came from Donetsk.

Nataliya, did you grow those outdoors in the dirt?