Quick Summary of Sultan
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial variety from the Siberian seed company “Zolotaya Sotka Altaya” (Golden Hundred of Altai).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). It requires regular pruning (suckering) and strong staking to support the weight of the fruit.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, pearl-pink beefsteaks. They are oblate (flat-round) and distinctly ribbed near the stem. Fruits are massive, typically weighing 250-500g (9-18 oz).
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Meaty, very juicy, and highly praised for its excellent taste.
- ❄️ Cold Tolerance: Exceptional. Growers report it surviving severe spring frosts down to -7°C (19°F) in an unheated greenhouse.
- 📈 Yield: High-yielding. It can set heavy trusses with up to 4 massive beefsteaks per cluster.
Sultan (Zolotaya Sotka Altaya / Golden Hundred of Altai)
Description from the packet:
A high-yielding mid-season variety for growing in open ground and under film shelters. The plant is indeterminate, requires pruning of suckers and staking. The fruits are of a beautiful pink color, oblate, ribbed near the stem, large, weighing 250-500 g (9-18 oz), meaty, juicy, very tasty. The variety is perfectly suited for canning, fresh consumption, and processing into tomato products. It is distinguished by high yield and complex resistance to diseases.
My impressions: it survived frosts, the strongest being -7°C (19°F), in the greenhouse on May 1st and lived. The color is pearl-pink. The fruits are large. I had two bushes, the second one took a while to get going, but later it had 4 such beefsteaks per truss, everything was loaded. The photo is mine from the greenhouse.
Edited October 31, 2019 by Drosera
