{"id":4980,"date":"2026-10-10T12:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2026-10-10T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:36:36","slug":"knyaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/knyaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Knyaz (Prince) 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;4980&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;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Knyaz (Prince) 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\">Rate this<\/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): Knyaz (The Prince)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Heirloom paste variety popularized by collector N. Ananyeva. The name translates to &#8220;Prince&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Officially listed as indeterminate (tall), but growers frequently report it acting as a semi-determinate by topping itself off around 3.3 feet (1 m). <strong>Standout feature:<\/strong> It is incredibly eager to produce suckers, so stay on top of your pruning!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Massive, elongated red plums or &#8220;icicles&#8221; with a distinct pointy beak on the blossom end. They can easily reach 6 inches (15 cm) in length!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> A solid, classic tomato flavor. The flesh is incredibly dense, meaty, and almost seedless without being overly dry.\n<p>If you are looking for the ultimate tomato for thick sauces or homemade sun-dried tomatoes, this heavy-yielding workhorse is exactly what you need. Read the grower tips below on how to manage its wild growth habit!<\/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\">Yulia <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,069 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Near Alexandrov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from N. Ananyeva. The description says it is a tall mid-season plant with huge fruits up to 6 inches (15 cm) long. Almost seedless, very meaty, and I really liked it!<\/p>\n<p>It was pushing out suckers left and right but I managed to keep it pruned to 2 stems. But when the plant reached about 3.3 feet (1 m) tall it just topped itself. I let a couple more suckers grow out. They set a couple of trusses each and then terminated too. I honestly still can&#8217;t tell if this is a determinate or indeterminate variety. But the yield on this thing is absolutely crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Huge plum-icicle shapes with a little beak on the end, easily 6 inches (15 cm) long. The flesh is extremely dense but not dry at all. The flavor is pretty decent even if it doesn&#8217;t exactly blow your mind. Almost my entire harvest went straight into the dehydrator for sun-dried tomatoes. Overall I&#8217;m really happy with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-1.jpg.5117e8a0a99504a6f4b98bdd40707930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-1.thumb.jpg.048f5200302f3833b5e2d3a60080bd7f.jpg\" alt=\"Massive Knyaz tomato fruit hanging on the vine\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-2.jpg.12da004ff5a953faa7bc7cb91dc534f8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-2.thumb.jpg.c71c5cea7958e4a7ac5ef5eb6b461519.jpg\" alt=\"Elongated icicle shape of Knyaz tomato on scale\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-3.jpg.a341a218dc15032e802ab6e729e6858c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-3.thumb.jpg.d10dcf13f2c5163dc5d733df9aed7f61.jpg\" alt=\"Cross section of Knyaz paste tomato showing meaty dense flesh\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-4.jpg.f43f0f94580a584f77667c0fa6c37445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1-4.thumb.jpg.0d9218ea15f3f9bd942c524b82ead201.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest of large red Knyaz plum tomatoes\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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 Pruning Glossary: &#8220;Topping Itself&#8221; &amp; Semi-Determinates<\/strong><br \/>\nYulia ran into a classic situation that confuses many growers: an &#8220;indeterminate&#8221; plant that abruptly stops growing from the main leader. In the US, we usually classify these as <strong>semi-determinate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Notice Yulia&#8217;s pro-move here: when the main stem terminated (capped off with a blossom cluster instead of a growing tip), she simply let a lower sucker take over as the new main stem to keep the harvest going. This is the exact right way to handle a plant that unexpectedly tops itself mid-season!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Knyaz (The Prince) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Heirloom paste variety popularized by collector N. Ananyeva. The name translates to &#8220;Prince&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Officially listed as indeterminate (tall), but growers frequently report it acting as a semi-determinate by topping itself off around 3.3 feet (1 m). Standout feature: It is incredibly eager to &#8230; <a title=\"Knyaz (Prince) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/knyaz\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Knyaz (Prince) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,4],"tags":[30,86,1232,82,23,127,87],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plum-tomatoes","category-paste-canning","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-icicle-tomato","tag-massive-paste-tomato","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-semi-determinate","tag-sun-dried-tomatoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","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=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4981,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions\/4981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}