Quick Summary of Sibirskiy Piruet (Siberian Pirouette)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian/Siberian variety specifically valued for its commercial-grade shelf life and suitability for long-term storage.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush).
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Red, cylindrical (plum/paste type), smooth, and very dense. They typically have 2 to 3 seed locules (cavities). Because of its structural integrity, it holds its shape perfectly when pickled or canned whole.
- 👅 Flavor & Storage: The official description claims an excellent, sweet taste perfect for salads as well. It boasts excellent shelf life (lezhkost). Pro Tip: Growers note that if picked green to ripen indoors off the vine, the flavor can become quite bland, so let them ripen on the bush if possible.
- ⏳ Maturity: Officially classified as early, but growers in colder zones report it often acts more like a mid-season variety.
- 📈 Yield: Highly productive variety.
Translation of the description from the image:
Sibirskiy Piruet (Siberian Pirouette)
Suitable for salads, pickling, and whole-fruit canning.
Early ripening. Determinate plant. The fruit is cylindrical, smooth, and dense. Fruit color is red. Number of seed locules: 2-3.
Excellent taste, a sweet little tomato.
I ordered the seeds too. Please, whoever has grown it, respond!!! How does it perform? Is it good for pickling/canning? Waiting! 😊
Hello. I grew it in 2019 because of the promise of a long shelf life. Yes, it’s very productive. At first, when it ripened on the vine, it had a good, regular taste and stored for a long time. However, when left to ripen indoors off the vine, it became quite tasteless.
For me, it didn’t turn out to be an early variety at all. It is very dense and should hold its shape perfectly in canning, though I didn’t get to pickle it myself. The photo only shows the green ones from August 10th.
Edited February 23, 2020 by Lyudmila (clarification)
