📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Brikadel Rozovaya (Pink Brikadel)
- 🌍 Origin: Vintage Russian heirloom tomato. The name translates directly to “Pink Brikadel.”
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and highly vigorous. Expect the vines to easily reach 2 meters (6.5 ft) or more when staked in a greenhouse or open garden. Mid-season maturity.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, beautiful pink beefsteaks that can be round or slightly oblate (flat-round). They average 300-500g (10.5-17.5 oz). Growers especially note the skin has a unique, stunning pearlescent (iridescent) glow.
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Considered a true delicacy. The flesh is dense, juicy, and “buttery.” The flavor profile is complex and perfectly balanced, finishing with a delightful sweet-and-tangy aftertaste.
- ⚖️ Yield: A very heavy yielder. An excellent all-purpose tomato, great for fresh slicing or processing.
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My seeds were sent to me by Galya (@galia). Here is the original description she provided:
“Mid-season variety, indeterminate. Fruits are pink, round and oblate in shape. The flesh is beefsteak-type, juicy, buttery, with a harmonious flavor and a sweet-and-sour aftertaste. A true delicacy. The fruits are large (300-500g / 10.5-17.5 oz), all-purpose, and the plant is highly productive.”
I can absolutely confirm this—the variety is simply wonderful! My plant grew to nearly 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall, was extremely high-yielding, and unbelievably delicious! It has a very rich, complex tomato flavor profile. And it is so beautiful, the skin truly has this unique pearlescent glow to it.
