Quick Summary of Salatnye (Salad)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian heirloom variety circulated among seed collectors. Interestingly, experienced growers suspect it might be a “twin” (the exact same genetics) of another variety known as Podarok Moey Zhene (My Wife’s Gift).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching about 2 meters (6.5 ft) in height.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Despite the name “Salatnye” (which translates to “Salad” in Russian), these tomatoes have very dense, slightly dry, and meaty flesh. They vary greatly in size from 100 g up to massive 600 g (3.5 to 21 oz) beefsteaks. The shape is oblate (flattened-round) with visible ribbing at the shoulders, though the degree of ribbing/misshapenness heavily depends on the climate it’s grown in.
- 👅 Flavor & Culinary Use: They lack pronounced acidity. Because the flesh is on the drier side, growers highly recommend them for making thick sauces or for making sun-dried tomatoes, rather than just slicing for salads.
- ⏳ Yield: Exceptionally high yield. Unlike many large-fruited varieties, it successfully maintains its massive fruit size even on the upper trusses.
Indeterminate, height 2 m (6.5 ft), very high yielding, fruits were from 100 to 600 g (3.5 to 21 oz). The large size is maintained even on the upper flower trusses. The texture is slightly dry, there is no pronounced acidity, I think they are great for sun-drying and sauces.
The seeds were from Verochka (tomatinka).
Wow, by the looks of it, it’s one-to-one with Podarok Moey Zhene (My Wife’s Gift), I had the exact same one, and the description fits perfectly too—smaller tomatoes at the bottom… and larger ones at the top… very productive.
Maybe these are twin varieties???
Nadia, look in our catalog, I posted My Wife’s Gift there, does it look like yours???
Tanya, I think they are twins, as soon as I saw that Wife’s Gift, I realized it. But Nadia’s Salatnye is more misshapen (knobby) than mine. Probably a change of climate. Mine are ribbed, but the shape itself is more even, oblate.
Vera, look, here are a few photos, we can compare…
I didn’t take pictures of the red ones anymore, I had no time for that back then 😞
Tanya, my Salatnye are flatter, I think. I have a photo somewhere.. need to find it.
And my Salatnye were slightly ribbed.
The green ones had a more pronounced fold (ribbing) than the ripe ones.
Seeds were sent by Galya-64.
