{"id":3140,"date":"2026-09-21T13:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:35:16","slug":"barkhatnye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/barkhatnye\/","title":{"rendered":"Barkhatnye (Velvet) Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3140&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Barkhatnye (Velvet) Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Barkhatnye (Velvet)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A Russian heirloom variety known for its distinctive Angora genetics. The name &#8220;Barkhatnye&#8221; simply means &#8220;Velvet&#8221;. Note that this is often confused with other fuzzy varieties like <em>Blue Spruce<\/em> or <em>Peach<\/em>, or with non-fuzzy varieties like <em>Barkhatniy Sezon (Velvet Season)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate and late-season. Both the leaves (which are Potato Leaf\/PL) and stems are heavily pubescent (fuzzy), giving the plant a stunning, silvery-blue or frosted appearance in the garden. Can easily reach 6 ft (1.8 m) outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Small to medium round tomatoes that ripen to a deep red. The fruits themselves are covered in peach-like fuzz.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Utility:<\/strong> The texture is highly polarizing. Some people love the novelty, while others hate the fuzzy skin, comparing it to &#8220;eating a wool mitten&#8221;. Flavor is debated\u2014ranging from tart to very pleasant and sweet. Many growers end up using them exclusively for canning to avoid the fuzzy texture when eating fresh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Indet, both the leaves and the fruits are fuzzy\/velvety. In the greenhouse, it took a very long time to get going and was the absolute last one to bloom, even though it\u2019s supposed to be mid-early. The ones in the greenhouse never even had time to color up.<\/p>\n<p>The one I planted outdoors in open ground had better luck; a good portion of the fruits managed to ripen on the vine. The tomatoes are small, almost perfectly round, deep red, and very, very tasty\u2014even the ones I picked green and ripened off the vine on the counter. (Forgot to take pictures of the ripe ones, so these will have to do).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4485_d20cdce705e2b785cc2e2a4093466c731ed6b106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4485_d20cdce705e2b785cc2e2a4093466c731ed6b106.jpg\" alt=\"Fuzzy Velvet tomato plant foliage\" width=\"843\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4487_6569c1c0edfecae4b091fe5837316d3aaf5f6f87.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4487_6569c1c0edfecae4b091fe5837316d3aaf5f6f87.jpg\" alt=\"Barkhatnye fuzzy tomatoes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4489_29524e62c6cc2f2e93caaa4db3451e3304af2083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/4489_29524e62c6cc2f2e93caaa4db3451e3304af2083.jpg\" alt=\"Unripe fuzzy Barkhatnye tomato\" width=\"704\" height=\"818\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Oh, Barkhatnye&#8230; that&#8217;s a whole different story. Grew them outdoors. They are very late; I had tons of them still sitting green on the vine in September. Flavor-wise\u2014wasn&#8217;t impressed at all, they tasted pretty tart\/acidic to me. Don&#8217;t plan on growing them again, didn&#8217;t even bother saving seeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Marina and I must have gotten completely different flavor profiles. I wouldn&#8217;t call them &#8220;tart&#8221; at all\u2014mine were neither overly sweet nor tart, just had this really unique, delicious flavor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Sveta, I was really hoping they&#8217;d be tasty too, but unfortunately, they just didn&#8217;t live up to my expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">TatianKa (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">User (659 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ladies, share your seed sources. I got mine from Popenko\u2014now I&#8217;m debating if I should even plant them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianKa:<\/strong> Ladies, share your seed sources. I got mine from Popenko\u2014now I&#8217;m debating if I should even plant them?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You absolutely have to plant them and try them yourself to know for sure if you&#8217;ll like them or not. I had seeds from Popenko, and I think Sveta did too?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Marishka:<\/strong> I had seeds from Popenko, and I think Sveta did too?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes. And TatianKa definitely needs to try them herself. Wonder why Vera is quiet, I thought she liked the taste of Barkhatnye too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yeah Sveta, I really like Velvet too. The yield, the taste, and the beauty are all top-tier. My seeds were from Petrov. I&#8217;ll just throw my two cents in here \ud83d\ude02\u2014don&#8217;t you guys think it&#8217;s basically the exact same variety as <em>Scheherazade<\/em>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alena Andreeva <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (12,011 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, what was the actual height on these? I&#8217;m planning to put them in the greenhouse for a late crop! Elena-Elina from Novosibirsk sent me seeds, and hers grew into a tall bush and sat in the greenhouse until the 20s of September. But Elena didn&#8217;t move over to this new forum with us \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Alena, outdoors they weren&#8217;t tall at all, only about 31 inches (80 cm).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alena Andreeva <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (12,011 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Marish, then what should I plant for a late harvest in our region?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Alena, they aren&#8217;t early, they are late-season, so they actually fit perfectly for us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Alena, Elena didn&#8217;t have <em>Velvet (Barkhatnye)<\/em>, she had <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/striped-velvet\/\">Striped Velvet<\/a> (Barkhatniy Melirovanniy)<\/em> which is mid-season and short.<\/p>\n<p><em>Barkhatnye<\/em> is tall and late.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alena Andreeva <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (12,011 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Well what do you want me to do now? I was aiming for a late crop :-\\<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vasilich <span class=\"author-stats\">Guest<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew them too. Didn&#8217;t like them, but mine were called <em>Peach (Persik)<\/em>. Exact same thing though\u2014they are hairy, eating them feels like stuffing a wool mitten in your mouth \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nadin (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,756 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>vasilich:<\/strong> eating them feels like stuffing a wool mitten in your mouth \ud83d\ude02<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, at least it wasn&#8217;t a wool sock! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nelya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,855 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yeah, a mitten doesn&#8217;t sound too appetizing either! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vasilich <span class=\"author-stats\">Guest<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ladies, don&#8217;t bother with these novelty freaks. There are so many normal varieties to test\u2014you won&#8217;t have enough space or time in your life. Last summer I tested 36 varieties from Balashov, some were decent, but only kept 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tanja <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,618 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>That&#8217;s exactly why everyone is trying to find their own top six&#8230; Some people just started, and some already have THEIR favorites but just want to grow something unusual for fun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>vasilich:<\/strong> eating them feels like stuffing a wool mitten in your mouth \ud83d\ude02<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regular peaches (the fruit) are hairy too, you know! I definitely didn&#8217;t get a &#8220;chewing on a wool mitten&#8221; vibe when eating Velvet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>vasilich:<\/strong> ladies, don&#8217;t bother with these novelty freaks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nah, these novelties aren&#8217;t freaks, they are beauties !!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tanja <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,618 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I actually liked the taste of <em>Peach<\/em> last year (not sure if it&#8217;s the exact same thing as Velvet), but it was way too late for our climate and didn&#8217;t have time to fully show its potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yulita <span class=\"author-stats\">User (224 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>They sell these around here under two other names: <em>Barkhatniy Pizhon (Velvet Dandy)<\/em> and <em>Golubaya Yel (Blue Spruce)<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Actually, Blue Spruce is supposed to be a completely different variety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,539 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk, Russia (USDA Zone 2b)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ughhh, I just took Peach and Blue Spruce off my planting list, and now here comes the temptation again&#8230; anyone who grew it, please tell me more details, maybe I&#8217;ll put them back on my list&#8230; or NOT \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yulita <span class=\"author-stats\">User (224 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Marishka:<\/strong> Actually, Blue Spruce is supposed to be a completely different variety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s supposed to be, but they grew out as absolute twins for me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>And their descriptions are basically identical:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue Spruce<\/strong> &#8211; 5 ft (150 cm) tall, fruits 6.3 oz (180 g), red. Silvery-blue thick velvety foliage, looks like it&#8217;s covered in frost. Looks like an ornamental plant. Unique fruits with peach-like fuzzy skin and tender, sweetish flesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Velvet Dandy<\/strong> &#8211; Mid-season, mid-tall bush 4 ft (1.2 m), fruits round, pink, peach-like (fuzzy fruits), weighing up to 7 oz (200 g), potato leaf, blue-tinted.<\/p>\n<p>Like they say, find 10 differences \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>One season was enough for me. Yes, the bush is beautiful, the tomatoes are fluffy&#8230; and that&#8217;s it. We dumped our entire harvest into the canning jars, because eating hairy tomatoes was just way too weird \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>P.S. And yeah, my Dandy turned out red, not pink as described.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Akteno (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">User (389 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Turns out there are so many &#8220;Velvet&#8221; (Barkhatnye) tomatoes! I have a packet of <em>Barkhatniy Sezon (Velvet Season)<\/em> from Siberian Garden. Might plant it. But one thing makes me nervous: there are 20 seeds in the packet, about 7 of them are large, and the rest are tiny \ud83d\ude32.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Verunya (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,332 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seed size doesn&#8217;t mean anything. One time I had a batch of 10 seeds where 6 were tiny, and they grew into perfectly fine, correct plants.<\/p>\n<p>You risk nothing, plant them and see what happens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Akteno (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">User (389 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Thanks! I&#8217;ll give it a try \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">GarlicN (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,459 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Zelenograd, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, the year before last I planted <em>Pink Peach<\/em> from RO (Russian Ogorod)\u2014delicious \ud83d\ude0b, fluffy, yielded heavily. Last year, someone gifted me seedlings from that same &#8220;fuzzy&#8221; category (from Gusev&#8217;s seeds, I think), including one called <em>Red Velvet<\/em> or something. I cursed it so much, it just took up space. Beautiful \ud83d\udc4d for a flowerbed, but absolutely useless \ud83d\ude21 in every other aspect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Akteno (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">User (389 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I just checked my <em>Velvet Season<\/em> packet and there isn&#8217;t a single word about it being &#8220;fluffy&#8221;: Mid-early, determinate, short. Fruits are deep red, meaty, elongated-round, weighing up to 10.5 oz (300 g). Flesh is dense, tender, sugar-fleshed. Bush is compact, upright, 20-27 inches (50-70 cm) tall. \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Esme (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,701 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Oksana, I grew Velvet Season from Sib-Sad a few years ago. Mine grew indeterminate, and the fruits were large, round, red, and meaty. I liked it a lot.<\/p>\n<p>But there was absolutely zero fuzziness on it. I think the word &#8220;velvet&#8221; in that name is just used as part of the phrase &#8220;velvet season&#8221; (which is an idiom in Russian for late summer\/early autumn when the weather is perfect), not to describe the skin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Akteno (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">User (389 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Thank you, now I&#8217;ll definitely plant 2 or 3 of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here are my Velvet (Barkhatnye) from this year. Very fluffy, still holding onto the dried blossom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61927_e4018fe7581a41dc1e39885972009713d272ca16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61927_e4018fe7581a41dc1e39885972009713d272ca16.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Barkhatnye fuzzy tomato\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lana_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,267 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Even outdoors, mine grew to 6 ft (1.8 m). Highly disease resistant, holds up really well to weather changes. Started ripening in mid to late August. The foliage is potato leaf (PL), pubescent (fuzzy), and beautiful. Just a standard tomato flavor, though honestly if I had let them vine-ripen longer they probably would have tasted better. I had to pull them early because of fruitworms (cotton bollworm).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/85\/5102-190815141058.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/85\/thumb_5102-190815141058.jpeg\" alt=\"Fuzzy PL foliage of Barkhatnye\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Barkhatnye (Velvet) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A Russian heirloom variety known for its distinctive Angora genetics. The name &#8220;Barkhatnye&#8221; simply means &#8220;Velvet&#8221;. Note that this is often confused with other fuzzy varieties like Blue Spruce or Peach, or with non-fuzzy varieties like Barkhatniy Sezon (Velvet Season). \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate and late-season. 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