Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4)
The seed packet description says: Super low-maintenance, early, short determinate for open ground with steady yields. Fruits are round, amber-yellow, 2.8-3.5 oz (80-100 g), super sweet dessert flavor, packed with vitamins and beta-carotene. After the early harvest, the plants bounce right back and keep producing until frost. Great for fresh eating or whole canning.
Well, I grew it outside and I definitely had to prune it. It wasn’t early at all, strictly mid-season for me. Wasn’t short either–it kept growing and setting trusses until July 25th, when I finally just topped it off 😆 Height was right around 32 inches (80 cm).
But man, I absolutely loved the fruits! Nice little barrel shapes with a hint of a heart, decent size, and a matte finish. The color is wild, kind of a pale caramel-cream with a pinkish blush, and the flesh is orange. Very meaty, buttery, sweet, and incredibly tasty. The yield was just average, though. Even so, it became a favorite and is definitely staying in my seed stash 😘
Polina, that looks exactly like my Non-Suckering Orange! Mine threw completely different plant types though–one was a pretty tall det, and two others were compact tree-types. One of them had a little beak, the other was perfectly round. The taller det produced for a really long time, but the very first tomatoes ripened quite early! And it looked more like a small beefsteak 😆😆
Taste was just average for me, a bit of a tart tang like you get with most early tomatoes. The flesh was really nice though, firm and buttery… Probably just a highly unstable variety!
Ninulia said:
Polina, that looks exactly like my Non-Suckering Orange! Mine threw completely different plant types though… Probably just a highly unstable variety!
Yeah Nina, it’s a completely unstable strain, just like their whole “Non-Suckering” lineup 😉
SeDeK even sells them under numbered trials, total cash grab I guess 😆
P.S. my seeds weren’t actually from SeDeK 😊
Borchanochka said:
P.S. my seeds weren’t actually from SeDeK 😊
Mine weren’t either 😉
Ninulia said:
Mine weren’t either 😉
Nina, I’m thinking of starting a whole thread just for this “Non-Suckering” line. If I can track them down, I’ll list the trial numbers these varieties are sold under 😊
Polina, my Amber was a compact tree-type bush, never grew taller than 16 inches (40 cm). My fruits were smaller than yours, around 1.4-2.1 oz (40-60 g), no bigger. But the color inside is identical to your last slice photo.
I really love this one too, I mostly grow it just to mix with other cocktail tomatoes for color. This season it ripened right after June (Iyunskiy). Pretty sure my original seeds were from SeDeK, can’t remember exactly, I’ve been growing it for 5 or 6 years. Both pics are from last season, didn’t take any this year.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Determinate, marketed as a compact early bush. However, growers report highly unstable genetics. Depending on the seed batch, it can grow as a stocky 16-inch (40 cm) tree-type dwarf, or a sprawling 32-inch (80 cm) determinate that requires topping and pruning.
- 📈 Yield: Average. Plants set fruit well, but don’t produce massive harvests.
- 👅 Taste: The main highlight of this variety. Reviewers rave about its meaty, buttery texture and sweet dessert flavor, which is excellent for an amber/yellow tomato.
- 📦 Storage: Great for fresh snacking or mixed cocktail-tomato salads. The firm, meaty flesh suggests they hold up well after picking.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Growers from central Russia (USDA Zone 4), dealing with short-season outdoor conditions.
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