Quick Summary of Tryufel Krasno-Rozovyi (Red-Pink Truffle)
- 🌍 Origin: A legendary “folk” heirloom circulated widely among Russian seed savers. It was originally distributed by a grower named Galya-64 around the year 2000. Because it had no official name, it spread across the internet under various names: Galya’s Truffle, Raspberry Truffle, or Folk Truffle (Narodnyi).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Performs excellently in both greenhouses and open ground. Growers note that outdoor yields are often higher, but greenhouse plants ripen earlier and produce late into the autumn.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Red-pink (raspberry) pear or truffle-shaped tomatoes weighing roughly 90-150 g (3.1-5.2 oz). Important Trait: The variety is genetically prone to prominent “green shoulders” (yellow/green tops even when ripe). Some growers find this charming, noting the skin is thin and doesn’t ruin the texture.
- 👅 Flavor & Culinary Use: A highly versatile variety. Firm yet juicy and sweet. Their perfect size and dense walls make them top-tier for whole canning in jars, but they are equally loved in fresh salads.
- ⏳ Yield, Storage & Challenges: Exceptionally high yielder and an outstanding “long keeper”—growers report storing them successfully until late December (though they can get hard/woody if kept too long). Warning: It can be susceptible to Blossom End Rot (BER) in the greenhouse and requires generous potassium feeding.
AleksandrS said:
Galya, what kind of truffle do you have?
Sasha, it’s this red-pink one, always productive, the absolute tastiest for pickling/canning and always a pleasure in a salad. They store extremely well, we ate the last ones this year on December 20th.
Edited January 19, 2015 by Sweet
I’ll write about it here then, because just today three people asked me about it. I sent it out to a lot of people this year, and last year too.
You can plant it both in open ground (outdoors) and in a greenhouse. Like everyone else, my yield is higher in open ground, but in the greenhouse, it is one of the very first to start bearing fruit and I pull the vines out last. But in the greenhouse, it sometimes gets hit by BER (blossom end rot).
Galya 64, did you by any chance call your truffle Zapotec? (I have this variety from you)
Yes, Alen, when I visually saw it from [seed seller] Redko, I decided it looked a lot like Zapotec, so I wrote that down later, but when I actually grew Zapotec, I realized they weren’t even close 😄
Galechka, you described everything wonderfully, but what about the weight of the tomato? I will be planting your truffle.
Olya, sorry, I never actually weighed it 😳 roughly speaking, probably around 90-120 grams (3.1-4.2 oz), and likely some up to 150 g (5.2 oz).
Galya, thanks again for the seeds 🌺 I was thinking of saving them for next year, but these photos and your words completely won me over! I will definitely find a spot for it 👍
It becomes like oak (hard/woody) if it lies in storage for too long.
Galya, why exactly a truffle? It doesn’t look like the Biotekhnika [seed company] one in shape at all. And even Biotekhnika’s name is a stretch; real truffles (mushrooms) are shapeless, like Jerusalem artichoke.
Galya-64 said:
roughly speaking, probably around 90-120 grams (3.1-4.2 oz), and likely some up to 150 g (5.2 oz).
Got it, a very suitable size for canning jars. I was worried that if they were larger… then they’d only fit in three-liter jars….
Galenka, huge thanks for such a tomato. 🌺 I have it recorded as “Galya’s Truffle”. I will plant it both in the greenhouse and in open ground.
Galya! Are your “Raspberry Curly” the same variety?
I grew Galyushka’s Truffle in 2013. 🌺
Len, hi! 🌺 Where did you grow it? What a beauty it turned out to be. 👍 👍 👍
I don’t think so, Len. But Galya will say for sure.
o-lya-lya said:
Len, hi! 🌺 Where did you grow it? What a beauty it turned out to be. 👍 👍 👍
Olya, I grew it first in open ground, and then… a roof – a greenhouse was built over it (in August). So I don’t know how to say correctly – where it grew for me 😳 The yield is good, and in jars – yummy 😋
Well, let it be “Red-Pink Truffle”.
Sasha, I called it a truffle because it does have a resemblance to pink truffles (chocolates/candies), mine is just a little rounder, and sometimes the fruits grow wider. And 15 years ago, when these seeds came to me from an acquaintance, there wasn’t this massive variety craze, and there was nothing much to compare it to other than truffles 😄. If you dig deeper, it’s most likely an offshoot of them 😄
Lena, Raspberry Curly is a completely different variety, but also a folk heirloom.
Very productive variety, grew it in 3 stems. It was completely hung with fruits, the clusters didn’t dry up. I can’t say anything about the taste – didn’t try them, didn’t have time. But for yield and keeping quality, I liked it very much.
A candidate for next year.
Season 2015: Thanks for the seeds, Galya!
Galya, thanks for the seeds! 🌺 One of the best pear-shaped varieties and generally one of the best of the season! 👍 Productive, delicious, fruits for a long time and stores quite well. Universal application – from salads to jars, for any processing. Firm, but not dry, moderately juicy, with sweetness 😋
Indeterminate, grew in the greenhouse in 2 stems. I call it Raspberry Truffle 🙂
Svetik, thanks for the seeds 😘
I subscribe to every word 📝
Sown on February 19, started ripening on July 14 – mid-early. The taste is 😋 It goes on the repeat list 👍
Few seeds.
Your-my Raspberry Truffle:
Photo on the bush July 26.
The seeds of this little tomato came to me too. Girls, tell me, on many photos I see green shoulders on the tomatoes, do they stay like that? Or are they not tough, and you don’t feel them?
Sveta, the shoulders are not tough, they disappear at full ripeness. You can put them in a salad even with the shoulders, it doesn’t ruin the taste.
Seeds from Angelina. Her description:
Mid-early, tall, indeterminate variety. A miracle variety that amazes with its yield. The fruits are meaty, moderately juicy, delicious, sweet. Excellent in salads and the best for canning.
I confirm. A very productive workhorse variety. A tasty, sweet tomato.
Sveta, in my opinion, it’s just red. Maybe to someone it will seem very dark pink, but you could also say red-crimson (raspberry).
I just looked at Galya-64’s photos. In the top one, it is completely crimson. In the second one, it’s like the one I had. Color, or rather shades, is a tricky thing 😕
Yulya, if your seeds were from Angelina, then Galya-64 shared them with her. Why it became “Folk” (Narodnyi) on Angelina’s site, I don’t know. This tomato is already in the catalog… This is exactly it. Maybe the topics should be merged?
This variety did not work out for me at all. Yes, it was very productive, but with shoulders on half the tomato. It caught either BER (blossom end rot) or regular rot. In the end, I harvested almost nothing from two bushes. One bush grew in the greenhouse and one in open ground. The taste was also so-so. Perhaps I gave it too little potassium. The potential of the variety is very good, I will try to plant it again someday with intensive potassium feeding.
TatyanaSh said:
Yes, it was very productive, but with shoulders on half the tomato. It caught either BER or rot.
The shoulders on mine were huge too. But it didn’t get sick with anything at all. And it was delicious.
Yes, Yulya’s review should be moved there. Previously, Galya’s Truffle was called something like “Folk Truffle” (Narodnyi Tryufel), apparently that’s why Angelina has that name, from the old days – that’s the name it had when she received the seeds.
I liked it very much. Did not get sick. And as for the green shoulders – it’s a feature of the variety. I was wary at first, then I cut it open – beauty: like a watermelon with a thin green rind. 👍 😋
I also liked the little tomato! Thanks to Olechka (o-lya-lya) for the seeds, it grew in open ground (OG) and mine did not have green shoulders!
Zolushka said:
Sown on February 19, started ripening on July 14 – mid-early. The taste is 😋 It goes on the repeat list 👍
Svetochka, I am growing it for the second year from Inna5867, but she got it from you.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! Early, productive, I love it very much now.
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