Quick Summary of Chudo Zemli Orange
- 🌍 Origin: An orange variant/strain of the famous Russian heirloom “Chudo Zemli” (Wonder of the Earth). Some growers note a strong visual resemblance to the Fox Nose (Liskin Nos) variety, though they behave differently in the garden.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and extremely vigorous. When grown in a greenhouse, bushes can easily exceed 2 meters (6.5 ft) in height.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, beautiful orange tomatoes. The shape varies from slightly ribbed, blunt hearts to distinct elongated oxhearts with pronounced “noses.” They are almost entirely seedless!
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Known for an incredibly rich, sweet, and fruity flavor. The flesh is dense and “buttery” or “meaty” rather than juicy. Several growers rank it as the absolute sweetest among all orange oxheart varieties.
- ⚠️ Pro Tip: Like many elongated oxhearts, it can occasionally be susceptible to Blossom End Rot (BER) if watering is inconsistent.
Chudo Zemli Orange (Orange Wonder of the Earth). I don’t know the exact origin of this strain, but I’ll risk starting a thread about it in the catalog. The variety deserves attention. I read somewhere that it is very similar to Liskin Nos (Fox Nose). I didn’t have much luck with Fox Nose—it turned out late and had low yields for me. But Chudo Zemli Orange is beyond all praise.
I grew the variety in a greenhouse, the bushes were over 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall. The fruiting period is extended. It was one of the first to start ripening and continued until the end of the season. It didn’t drop its blossoms. The fruits are orange with slightly pronounced ribs, some may have a “nose” (tip).
They are delicious with a buttery flesh. Large. The size of the fruits is practically the same from the bottom to the very top of the bush. The yield is excellent.
Seeds were from Natalya Pavlovna @Yaroslavna
Grew in the greenhouse in 2 stems, was not early (but summer arrived late too), set fruit reliably (though far from Innochka’s yields, of course 😉). The fruits are very beautiful, yellow-orange with buttery, dense flesh, practically seedless, with a rich, sweet tomato flavor.
The fruits on the upper trusses had more elongated noses. It was the first one I would grab from the harvest crates, and it stored and ripened indoors well.
I grew Liskin Nos (Fox Nose / Orange Heart) before — they are definitely not the same variety.
Thank you @Inn@ for the seeds!
Grew in a tall polycarbonate greenhouse. Initially, I pruned it to 3 stems, but when it shot up — I stopped counting 😄. It set fruit almost without skipping any blossoms, unlike many others. Its growth and fruiting seem limitless, the yield is excellent.
For me, there is one big “but” — it is too firm. We hardly ate them; it crunches like an apple, definitely not buttery. The fruits themselves are just beauties, asymmetrical, slightly ribbed oxhearts with long noses. But it was one of the few varieties that suffered heavily from Blossom End Rot (BER). I don’t plan to repeat it.
Chudo Zemli (Orange). For me, the yield was average. It is practically seedless, buttery, and took first place for sweetness. My mom really loves sweet tomatoes! 😊 @Nadia
I grew it this year. They were very productive, the bush is very vigorous, and fruited until the end of September. Very little juice, but the flesh is not dry, very tasty.
Chudo Zemli Orange. Mid-season, indeterminate tall variety. Fruits are large, uniform, meaty, with few seeds, tasty, sweet, and a very productive variety. One of my absolute favorites.
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Chudo Zemli Orange.
Indeterminate. Probably the sweetest variety among all orange hearts. Delicate flesh, fruity taste 😋 And almost seedless 😊.
