Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-6 Experience)
Local strain from Minusinsk. Indeterminate, 5.6-6.2 ft (1.7-1.9 m) tall in the greenhouse. The vine isn’t wimpy. Pink heart-shaped fruits, sweet and sugary flesh, very few seeds. Weighs 7-17.6 oz (200-500 g), highly productive.
Grew Minusinskie dlinnye rozovye (Minusinsk Long Pinks) from our Svetla this year. Really loved the strain. Indeterminate, doesn’t throw out too many suckers. Loaded with fruit, produces in clusters. Fruits are pepper-shaped and large flat hearts (“blobs” as Sveta calls them) on the very same truss. Reliable. Very, very tasty! Excellent across the board. A favorite! My photos don’t really do it justice since we pick the ripe ones regularly.
Grew it in the poly greenhouse. The bottom trusses pumped out some seriously large fruits. Higher up the vine, they took on more of a pepper shape. Tasty.
Seeds from Sveta @SVETLA. Thanks.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste, and Phenotypes
- 🌿 Plant: A strong indeterminate vine that generally hits 5.6-6.2 ft (1.7-1.9 m) tall in a greenhouse. Unlike many heart varieties, the vines are sturdy (“not wimpy”) and well-behaved, not throwing out an excessive amount of suckers.
- 📈 Yield: Excellent. It is a cluster-type producer that routinely loads up with fruit.
- 👅 Taste: Universally praised as extremely sweet. The flesh is sugary and meaty, with very few seeds inside.
- 🧬 Fruit Shape: This heirloom displays variable fruit shapes on the same plant. The bottom trusses tend to produce heavy, flat, wide hearts (“blob hearts”), while the upper trusses produce elongated, pepper-shaped pink hearts.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and reviewed by growers in the temperate and short-season climates of Kemerovo and Pyatigorsk (USDA Zones 3-6).
