🍅 Quick take: Nizhegorodskie is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom that produces round, slightly ribbed red slicing tomatoes weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). It is known for its excellent productivity, setting fruit in distinct tiers all the way up the tall 6.5 ft (2 m) vines. Growers report that it performs equally well in a greenhouse setting or planted straight in the dirt outdoors. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos
Variety “Nizhegorodskie”.
The description says: “Height up to 6.5 feet (2 m). Fruits are red, round with some ribbing, mid-season, weighing up to 14 oz (400 g).”
I grew this one in the greenhouse and out in the dirt. The fruits set in beautiful tiers all the way up the vine. Yield was really good both inside and outdoors.
Lyuda, is this your own family heirloom? I haven’t seen anyone else growing it.
Lena, nope, not my own variety. Someone sent me the seeds from Moscow.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, mid-season. Tall vines reaching up to 6.5 ft (2 m). Produces large, red, slightly ribbed slicing tomatoes weighing up to 14 oz (400 g).
- 📈 Yield: Excellent. The plant reliably sets multiple tiers of fruit all the way up the vine without dropping blossoms.
- 👅 Taste: While not explicitly described in this short thread, traditional ribbed red Russian slicers of this size usually offer a robust, old-fashioned tomato flavor perfect for sandwiches and salads.
- 📦 Growing Conditions: Highly adaptable. It performed beautifully and yielded heavy crops both in a protected greenhouse and out in the open garden.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and reviewed by a veteran grower in Russia. It appears to be a rare regional heirloom passed between seed collectors.
🍅 Grown Nizhegorodskie? Share your zone and how it did for you in the comments below, and add your photos!
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: The Name
The name Nizhegorodskie translates simply to “from Nizhny Novgorod” (a major historic city in central Russia). It is extremely common in Russian gardening circles for undocumented local heirlooms to be casually named after the city, region, or even the person who originally shared the seeds.
The name Nizhegorodskie translates simply to “from Nizhny Novgorod” (a major historic city in central Russia). It is extremely common in Russian gardening circles for undocumented local heirlooms to be casually named after the city, region, or even the person who originally shared the seeds.
