Growers’ Notes and Photos
Mid-season indeterminate with solid yields. Fruits are oblate, slightly ribbed, and have a gorgeous dark pink-black color. Meaty and high quality. The vine was totally disease-free and set every single truss. The flavor is pretty good, though I’ve had tastier dark varieties 😉, and weights hit up to 10.5 oz (300 g).
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It’s a beauty, almost looks like a pomegranate. Bummer that it tastes bad, though. 🙂
Andrey_K said:
It’s a beauty, almost looks like a pomegranate. Bummer that it tastes bad, though. 🙂
What makes you say it tastes bad? 😲 I just grew a ton of varieties this year, over 280, so I just casually mentioned that I’ve had better-tasting dark ones. So I’ll say it again, the flavor is pretty darn good 😉
ElenaN said:
What makes you say it tastes bad? 😲 I just grew a ton of varieties this year, over 280… So I’ll say it again, the flavor is pretty darn good 😉
Talking to ladies in real life, I’ve noticed y’all tend to sugarcoat things and bump your ratings up by about a letter grade 😉
So if a gal writes “a little tart,” translated into plain English, that means you can use it instead of a lemon for tea. 😶
And if she says “standard tomato flavor,” it means you shouldn’t even bother planting it 😄
And “I’ve had tastier dark varieties” roughly translates to “put the seed packet down and step away, don’t you have anything better to plant??” 😉
Andrey_K said:
Talking to ladies in real life, I’ve noticed y’all tend to sugarcoat things and bump your ratings up by about a letter grade 😉
Nah, Andrey, I hear what you’re saying 😄 I actually rate the flavor of all my varieties way harsher than other folks growing the exact same ones. I think it comes down to my soil. The catalog description from A. Kulik says “very tasty fruits,” and I really trust that collector, I’ve grown a ton of his stuff. I’ve had so many dark varieties turn out tasting like mealy cardboard, so compared to them, Ozurs is actually really good 😉
Tell you what, let me send you some seeds so you can judge a lady’s taste for yourself 😛 Send me your address if you’re game!
ElenaN said:
Tell you what, let me send you some seeds so you can judge a lady’s taste for yourself 😛 Send me your address if you’re game!
Of course, send ’em over! You think I was running my mouth for nothing? 😂
Just go ahead and finish me off with variety overload this year. 😶
The main goal now is just to avoid ending up in the loony bin come springtime. I finally figured out the most important thing in life. 😎
Do. Not. End. Up. In. The. Loony. Bin. This. Spring. 😄
Lena, does this one have an English name? 📝
ElenaPr said:
Lena, does this one have an English name? 📝
Lenochka! I searched for an English name all summer and couldn’t find one. Even asked for help looking, same result 😞
Andrey_K said:
The main goal now is just to avoid ending up in the loony bin come springtime… Do. Not. End. Up. In. The. Loony. Bin. This. Spring. 😄
Give it a couple of years bouncing around the tomato psych wards, and you’ll start to recover 😉 I guess “tomato fever” isn’t a chronic disease after all, just an acute one 😄
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, and Taste
- 🌿 Plant & Looks: A mid-season indeterminate vine that produces stunning, dark pinkish-black oblate slicers. The fruits can weigh up to 10.5 oz (300 g) and have a meaty, high-quality interior structure.
- 📈 Yield & Resistance: Yields are highly rated. The vine is praised for being totally disease-free and setting every single truss without dropping blossoms, making it a reliable workhorse in the garden.
- 👅 Taste: As highlighted in the hilarious forum banter above, flavor ratings can be subjective! However, the consensus on Ozurs is that it boasts a very solid, good flavor. It avoids the dreaded “mealy” or cardboard-like texture that ruins so many dark varieties, making it a worthy addition to your seed list.
