Quick Summary of Fenix (Phoenix)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian folk heirloom variety from the collection of V. Kolyakov. The name translates to “Phoenix” (Fenix).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Medium foliage. Performs very well outdoors in open ground and delivers a solid, dependable yield.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, dark pinkish-red oxheart-shaped fruits. The flesh is incredibly dense, meaty, and contains very few seeds. They can grow to massive sizes, reaching up to 700 g (1.5 lbs).
- 👅 Flavor: The original catalog describes it as “amazingly sweet,” though growers in cooler regions report a more classic, well-balanced, traditional tomato flavor.
- ⏳ Maturity: Early season.
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Fenix (Phoenix)
Description from V. Kolyakov’s catalog:
An early folk heirloom variety. The fruits are large hearts up to 700 g (1.5 lbs), dark pink-red, very meaty with an amazingly sweet taste. A productive variety.
It grew outdoors in open ground, the bush has medium foliage, and the yield is good. The fruits are dense, meaty, with few seeds, but the taste turned out to be an ordinary, classic tomato flavor.
