Quick Summary of Sladkiy Bochonok (Sweet Barrel)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial variety. The name translates to “Sweet Barrel”, which perfectly describes its shape and flavor.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching 1.8-2 meters (6-6.5 ft). Pro Tip: The official description notes it is prone to excessive vegetative growth, so it requires strict pruning and suckering to focus its energy on fruit production.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful raspberry-pink tomatoes shaped like a widened, chubby plum (barrel-shaped). They are medium-sized, typically weighing 200-230g (7-8 oz). The flesh is dense and meaty, and the skin is strong and crack-resistant.
- 👅 Flavor & Usage: As the name implies, sweet notes dominate the flavor. While excellent for fresh salads, its dense texture and strong skin make it a top-tier choice for canning, pickling, and making thick sauces.
- 📈 Yield: Exceptionally high-yielding. It can produce 7-8 trusses per plant, with 5-7 thick barrel tomatoes per truss.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-season, ripening about 112-125 days after sprouting.
Description and characteristics of the variety:
Tomato Sladkiy Bochonok belongs to the group of tall, non-tree-type varieties. It is an indeterminate and is prone to excessive vegetative growth.
Bush specs:
– stem height 1.8-2 m (6-6.5 ft);
– 5-7 tomatoes ripen on a truss;
– a total of 7-8 fruiting clusters.
Ripening time is mid-season — 112-125 days from sprouting.Tomato characteristics:
– average weight 200-230 g (7-8 oz);
– color is raspberry-pink;
– shape is like a plum tomato widened in the middle (barrel-shaped);
– flesh is meaty, rather dense;
– skin is strong, non-cracking.Sweet notes predominate in the taste. The tomatoes are delicious in salads. Excellent for pickling, whole canning, and mixed vegetable jars.
Photo of my barrel in a green state:
In my Favorites and on my permanent grow list (keeper) for sure!!! Tasty, productive. For the winter, I can them sliced in jars with onions, parsley, and sunflower oil!!!
Edited February 10, 2019 by Lena Vanyushka
I also bought this variety today. I will try it. Visually, the fruits on the packet picture are very tempting.
