{"id":4825,"date":"2026-10-09T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4825"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:07:20","slug":"cowboy-tomato-review-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/cowboy-tomato-review-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy 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;4825&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;Cowboy 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): Cowboy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly sought-after release from Canadian tomato breeder Karen Olivier. It was named in honor of her father, Harold Borle (a lifelong passionate horseback rider and chuckwagon driver), and specifically named &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; to match the reddish-brown coat of his favorite horse.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). Produces a sturdy, vigorous vine with large leaves. In a greenhouse, it easily reaches 6 to 6.5 feet (1.8-2 m). Known for its outstanding disease resistance and ability to handle unstable, unpredictable weather.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, oblate beefsteaks with a glossy dark chocolate\/mahogany skin. They are hefty, typically weighing between 14 and 21 oz (400-600 g). The fruit set is so heavy you will need to support the trusses to prevent snapping!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> An absolute masterpiece of a dark tomato. The flesh is dense, meaty, and juicy. It delivers a rich, deep, intense flavor with a perfect balance of sweetness and complex tangy\/earthy notes that linger.<\/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\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,274 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Next season a lot of folks will be growing new varieties bred by Karen Olivier from Canada. I was lucky enough to grow some of them in my garden, right in my own climate conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The absolute highlight of the past season was undeniably this stunner, COWBOY.<\/p>\n<p>I was really looking forward to this release, so here are my impressions \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>Absolute favorite of the season!<\/p>\n<p>A highly anticipated, joy of a variety, thanks to its beautiful, massive fruits with reddish-brown skin. The color is very similar to the coat of Karen&#8217;s father&#8217;s favorite horse, which this wonderful variety is actually named after.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Harold Borle, was a chuckwagon driver and a passionate horseback rider to the very end of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Large, oblate beefsteaks weighing 14-21 oz (400-600 g) with a glossy dark chocolate skin. It ripened so many of them that I had to support not just the main stems, but tie up all the heavy fruit trusses too.<\/p>\n<p>The plants themselves were quite sturdy, tall, with large leaves. Grew it in the greenhouse, stems reached 6-6.5 feet (1.8-2 m). It&#8217;s very telling that even in its first year growing in our climate, it managed to surprise me with an outstanding fruit set. I pruned the bushes strictly to 2 stems.<\/p>\n<p>How do I even describe the taste of these fruits?&#8230; Rich, deep, outstanding dark tomato flavor, a taste that sticks with you for a long time! The flesh is dense, meaty, with an intense aroma and complex tangy notes.<\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous variety! Extremely promising, beautiful, with a long, extended harvest window. I was still pulling the last fruits at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>Turned out to be very resilient to our unstable weather, with excellent disease resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Every variety from Karen that I&#8217;ve grown has been flawless! But COWBOY is the true masterpiece of her breeding work! (just my personal opinion)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/P1010008.jpg.adddd5d49ad1190d5284badcdca228be.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/P1010008.thumb.jpg.328d45d7b7bb96fd7efb052ca3907711.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful dark Cowboy tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/Cowboy-1.jpg.d609fa94549e92e813eed81d6d1b5fb5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/Cowboy-1.thumb.jpg.b7c2e3b8b35c2954aa02508b5a1329c0.jpg\" alt=\"Large Cowboy beefsteak tomato on scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/2030989793_P1010025(23).jpg.c67d0ce50ba1da184a17d44807b0e585.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_10\/952877850_P1010025(23).thumb.jpg.118420e951d135f263cee97006e5efc1.jpg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of Cowboy tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/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\">natko (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,923 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Semenovskoe, Stupino district, Moscow region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Cowboy seeds came from Olya Degtyareva. The plant is super healthy, sets fruit perfectly, delicious, a great balance of sweetness and acidity, which is surprising to me for a black tomato. Very juicy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/IMG_20240813_111738.jpg.5f163b9d922039be42c0368b65d93350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/IMG_20240813_111738.thumb.jpg.f0fea6f3077b3b2d4055207aca6705c8.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Cowboy tomato harvest\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/Screenshot_2024-08-13-12-33-57-774-edit_com_miui.gallery.jpg.6ac7317a7aada3fba48ca53c29276a66.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/Screenshot_2024-08-13-12-33-57-774-edit_com_miui.gallery.thumb.jpg.6a44486066b8a0011f46d8025be2d160.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful dark beefsteak\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/Screenshot_2024-08-13-12-34-15-368-edit_com_miui.gallery.jpg.a21ecc450e34cd4538eb6793eaca2a4f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_08\/Screenshot_2024-08-13-12-34-15-368-edit_com_miui.gallery.thumb.jpg.d91c375c615564088043a0a6d08364a3.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced dark Cowboy tomato\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cowboy \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly sought-after release from Canadian tomato breeder Karen Olivier. It was named in honor of her father, Harold Borle (a lifelong passionate horseback rider and chuckwagon driver), and specifically named &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; to match the reddish-brown coat of his favorite horse. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). 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