{"id":4790,"date":"2026-10-09T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:54:34","slug":"chinese-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/chinese-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns) Tomato Review &#038; Photos"},"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;4790&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;Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns) Tomato Review \\u0026amp; Photos&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): Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A Russian commercial variety from the &#8220;Demeter Siberia &#8211; Golden Altai&#8221; seed line. The name translates perfectly to &#8220;Chinese Lanterns,&#8221; which describes the unique shape of the fruit.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate (bush). Officially listed at 22-30 inches (55-75 cm), though it can stretch to about 3.3 feet (1 m) in good soil. Very low maintenance\u2014pruning is entirely optional. Exceptionally adaptable to weather stress (heat or drought).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Red, plum-shaped fruits with a distinctly flared, pleated base that makes them look like physalis (groundcherries) or paper lanterns. Weights reach up to 3.5 oz (100 g).<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Production &amp; Flavor:<\/strong> It is an early-season variety with a prolonged harvest window. It pushes out heavy yields fast enough to beat Late Blight in short-season climates. Growers rate the classic tomato flavor a solid 4.5 out of 5.<\/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 Tri-border area (Germany\/Luxembourg\/France) (USDA Zone 7)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I found the description for this variety from the Demeter Siberia &#8220;Golden Altai&#8221; line. It reads: &#8220;New release, early season, excellent adaptation to weather stress, 22-30 inches (55-75 cm) tall, pruning is optional, up to 3.5 oz (100 g). Plum-shaped, red, pumps out the harvest before Late Blight hits, highly valued for earliness and massive fruit set.&#8221; They didn&#8217;t have a photo of the tomato on the packet.<\/p>\n<p>For us, it starts ripening right on the heels of our earliest varieties. The adaptation to pretty much everything is fantastic. Ours got up to about 3.3 feet (1 m) tall, and we didn&#8217;t prune it at all. Fruits are up to 3.5 oz (100 g), and the shape really does look exactly like a physalis husk. It produces for a really long time. Red on the inside. Just a stunning little tomato. Solid classic tomato flavor, I&#8217;d give it a 4.5. The photos are from today, 09\/16\/16. We finally got some rain after a month of extreme heat and drought. We got our seeds originally from Tomatinka.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-160916063512.jpeg\" alt=\"Kitayskie Fonariki Chinese Lanterns tomato plant\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-160916064113.jpeg\" alt=\"Red plum Chinese Lantern tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/2212-160916064308.jpeg\" alt=\"Chinese Lanterns tomato shape\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2025_08\/20250811_111659.jpg.215a2948cbe44fdd3654cb0d88e54e23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2025_08\/20250811_111659.thumb.jpg.6c5acec326616af6b225ce27dc160c5f.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest of Chinese Lanterns tomatoes\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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 Note: Beating the Blight<\/strong><br \/>\nElena mentions that this variety &#8220;pumps out the harvest before Late Blight hits.&#8221; In Russian and Eastern European short-season gardening, Late Blight (Phytophthora) is the ultimate garden killer. Because summers are short and turn cold\/wet very quickly in August, growers specifically hunt for early determinates like <em>Chinese Lanterns<\/em>. These workhorse varieties are designed to set and ripen 90% of their fruit during the mid-summer heat, allowing you to pull a massive harvest before the autumn rains bring the dreaded blight!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A Russian commercial variety from the &#8220;Demeter Siberia &#8211; Golden Altai&#8221; seed line. The name translates perfectly to &#8220;Chinese Lanterns,&#8221; which describes the unique shape of the fruit. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). Officially listed at 22-30 inches (55-75 cm), though it can stretch to &#8230; <a title=\"Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/chinese-lanterns\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Kitayskie Fonariki (Chinese Lanterns) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,52,102],"tags":[74,220,48,30],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bicolor","category-bush-and-dwarf","category-cocktail-salad-tomatoes","tag-determinate-tomato","tag-disease-resistant","tag-early-season","tag-heavy-yielder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}