{"id":3967,"date":"2026-09-29T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2026-09-29T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:10:49","slug":"de-barao-gold-yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/de-barao-gold-yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"De Barao Gold &#038; Yellow 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;3967&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;De Barao Gold \\u0026amp; Yellow 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): De Barao Gold \/ Yellow<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Part of the legendary Russian &#8220;De Barao&#8221; family. De Barao varieties (which come in Red, Black, Pink, Gold, and Giant) are famous across Eastern Europe for their extreme ruggedness and cold tolerance.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. A massive, towering vine that can easily reach 8 feet (2.5m) or more. It is a late-season producer designed to power through cold autumn weather.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Golden-yellow, plum-shaped fruits weighing around 1.4\u20131.6 oz (40\u201345g). They have very thick walls and firm flesh.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Texture:<\/strong> A bright, sweet-tart flavor. Unlike many late-season storage tomatoes that taste like cardboard, De Barao Gold maintains an excellent, sweet flavor profile.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Best Feature &#8211; Storage:<\/strong> This is the ultimate &#8220;green-picked&#8221; storage tomato. Fruits picked green right before the first hard frost can easily ripen indoors and last all the way until New Year&#8217;s Day!<\/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\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Rodebielesumer (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,832 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Germany \/ Luxembourg \/ France border (USDA Zone 8)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is our first year growing De Barao Gold (seeds from Poisk), and we&#8217;ve been growing De Barao Yellow for 5 years now, not sure what brand the seeds were. Mid-late season, tall, reaching up to 8 feet (2.5m). Among our late-season tomatoes, this one takes first place for flavor, it has a very pronounced sweet and tart taste.<\/p>\n<p>Under cover, it keeps producing right down to the lowest temperatures above freezing. We always plant 2 bushes of the Yellow, and this year we did 2 of the Gold as well. The kids love them, they eat everything straight off the vine. We gave a seedling of this variety to some friends; their daughter tasted a bunch of tomatoes with our kids and chose only this variety, so now in the fall that&#8217;s all they talk about. They saved seeds from it.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, only De Barao Red tastes similar to this. The Giant and Tsarsky (Royal) versions are completely different. We haven&#8217;t tried the Orange or Pink versions yet. Fruit weight is 1.4-1.6 oz (40-45g). For flavor I give it 5.5 points, the highest rating. There is probably no difference between these two strains, on the left is De B. Gold, on the right is Yellow. Both are delicious, tall, and the color is identical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916145933.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916145933.jpeg\" alt=\"De Barao Gold and Yellow tomatoes in hand\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916150200.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916150200.jpeg\" alt=\"De Barao Gold plum tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916150405.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-150916150405.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow De Barao tomatoes ripening\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Grower (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I got my seeds for De Barao Gold in the second half of March, so I ended up sowing them pretty late. Because of that, the only spot left for it was in a brand-new (freshly prepped) garden bed. That might be why the plant terminated its growth (blinded off) at just 3.3 feet (1 meter) tall. The fruits turned out tasty, meaty, and sweet. When they got overripe, they took on an orange tint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65362_980b32af0dec32a766daddedde51d2537da1ad4c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65362_980b32af0dec32a766daddedde51d2537da1ad4c.jpg\" alt=\"De Barao Gold tomato plant\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65364_eec7c9dddd5b344018a0858158bfc77a4166c40e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65364_eec7c9dddd5b344018a0858158bfc77a4166c40e.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow plum tomatoes De Barao\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65366_92a6fc81ecd715c25d1e28e3ec7354d813c8e110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65366_92a6fc81ecd715c25d1e28e3ec7354d813c8e110.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced yellow De Barao tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Sanka (Alexandra) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (36 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;m new to the forum, but I can&#8217;t resist putting my two cents in. De Barao Gold (that&#8217;s what was written on the packet) is my absolute favorite, I&#8217;ve been growing it for years. The variety is totally bulletproof, every single year it throws a super yield, doesn&#8217;t mind the cold or being shaded out. Flavor-wise they really are the best: firm, meaty, sweet, great for snacking off the vine, tossing in salads, or canning. We eat them from July until the very last tomato. They have an incredible shelf life; in October, these are the only ones I pick green to ripen indoors (starting this year I added De Barao Tsarsky to that list), and they sometimes last all the way until New Year&#8217;s.<\/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\">Ariya (Mariya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,767 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3\/4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I have two different versions of this variety: one is De Barao Gold from Sedek, the other is De Barao Yellow Primorsky (working title, someone sent it to me from the Primorsky Territory). The first one totally shocked me once when it survived several nights of light frosts outdoors with zero protection, and just kept right on fruiting (other varieties right next to it froze to death). The Primorsky one has smaller but sweeter fruits, and ripens earlier. I will definitely be planting both.<\/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\">Lyusya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (96 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I will be planting it for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Agronomy Note: Why Do Indeterminates &#8220;Terminate&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Ilya&#8217;s post, he notes that his <em>De Barao<\/em> (which is genetically a massive, 8-foot indeterminate vine) suddenly stopped growing and capped off at just 3.3 feet tall. In the tomato world, this is called <strong>&#8220;blinding off&#8221;<\/strong> or terminating.<\/p>\n<p>While determinate tomatoes are genetically programmed to stop growing at a certain height, indeterminates should theoretically grow forever. If an indeterminate suddenly blinds off, it is almost always caused by extreme environmental stress during its early vegetative stage. Ilya mentioned he started his seeds late and planted them in a &#8220;freshly prepped&#8221; bed. Planting into raw, uncomposted soil (which is often too &#8220;hot&#8221; with nitrogen or physically dense) combined with transplant shock can traumatize the root system. The plant panics, abandons its vertical growth, and puts 100% of its remaining energy into ripening whatever fruit it has already set to ensure its seeds survive!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): De Barao Gold \/ Yellow \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Part of the legendary Russian &#8220;De Barao&#8221; family. De Barao varieties (which come in Red, Black, Pink, Gold, and Giant) are famous across Eastern Europe for their extreme ruggedness and cold tolerance. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. 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