🍅 Quick take: Menryka is an indeterminate, mid-season variety (stabilized from a commercial hybrid in 2005 by German collector Reinhard Kraft) that produces 1.8 oz (50 g) plump reddish-pink plums with a sharp pointed tip, setting about 8 fruits per truss. Tested in USDA Zone 4, it offers a balanced sweet-tart flavor ideal for whole-fruit canning and performs especially well outdoors when trained to 2-3 leaders. Full summary ↓
Grower’s Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Indeterminate, mid-season variety with regular leaf foliage. The fruits are compact, plump reddish-pink plums with a sharp pointed tip, averaging around 1.8 oz (50 g). Flavor is pretty solid with a nice bit of sweetness and tang, making it a great variety for canning. I trained it to a single leader in the greenhouse, so my greenhouse yield ended up just average. Sets about 8 fruits per truss.
The last photo shows a plant outdoors grown from a sucker I rooted in June*. Looking at how that one did, I can tell this variety will produce great in the open ground if you run it on 2-3 leaders.
Judging by the info I dug up online, this is a hybrid that was dehybridized by Reinhard Kraft back in 2005/
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Canning Use
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, mid-season vine with regular foliage. Stabilized (dehybridized) in 2005 by German tomato collector Reinhard Kraft.
- 🍅 Fruit: Plump reddish-pink plum tomatoes with a distinct pointed tip (beak), averaging 1.8 oz (50 g) and setting around 8 fruits per truss.
- 📈 Yield & Training: Moderate yield when restricted to a single leader in a greenhouse, but sets heavily in open ground even from a June-rooted sucker. Training to 2-3 leaders outdoors is recommended for maximum yield.
- 👅 Taste & Uses: Pleasant, balanced flavor with a touch of both sweetness and acidity; ideal size and texture for whole-fruit canning and pickling.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Reviewed by ElenaN in Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 4).
