Quick Summary of Tarasenko Rozovyi (Tarasenko Pink)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian/Ukrainian variety (originally sold by the “Vassma” seed company), though forum members debate its true lineage, noting its strong resemblance to De Barao Tsarskiy or Budenovka.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and extremely vigorous. It easily grows over 1.6 meters (5 ft 3 in) and exhibits excellent fruit set, rarely dropping blossoms.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful pink plum/paste-type tomatoes with a distinct little point (beak) at the blossom end.
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Highly praised for its sweet, rich flavor. However, the flesh becomes quite soft when fully ripe.
- ⏳ Maturity & Traits: Mid-late to late season. It boasts excellent resistance to late blight (phytophthora). Note: It can be prone to cracking if exposed to drastic temperature fluctuations.
I bought expired seeds on sale from the “Vassma” seed company. It’s a very tasty pink tomato with a little beak. High yielding and resistant to late blight (phytophthora). The plant characteristics are just like the classic De Barao or Tarasenko types: very tall (taller than me, and I’m 1.6m / 5’3″), and it sets fruit without skipping a single truss.
The tomato is extremely delicious, in my opinion. The drawbacks: it is not an early variety, it tends to crack during large temperature swings, and it gets quite soft when fully ripe. I’m looking at my photos right now and scolding myself—I really should have planted it again this year.
It looks very similar to my Canning Budenovka (perfect for jars), which people here on the forum have identified as De Barao Tsarskiy (Royal De Barao) 😅
Most likely, that’s exactly what it is. There is no official registered variety called “Tarasenko Pink”.
On 3/20/2015 at 06:11, OLGA said:
It looks very similar to my Canning Budenovka (perfect for jars), which people here on the forum have identified as De Barao Tsarskiy (Royal De Barao) 😅
I haven’t grown Budenovka. But the De Barao Tsarskiy I grew was rounder, smaller in size, and not nearly as tasty as this one.
