{"id":5431,"date":"2026-10-14T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:33:38","slug":"summer-apricot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/summer-apricot\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Apricot Tomato Review & Photos: Massive Orange Slicers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Summer Apricot<\/strong> (Letniy Abrikos) is a moderately tall indeterminate<\/strong> vine that produces massive, bright orange beefsteaks weighing anywhere from 14 oz to over 2 lbs (400 g – 1 kg). Known for its tender, melt-in-your-mouth flesh and very few seeds, it is widely considered an excellent fresh-eating slicer, though its flavor can wash out in poor weather. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-5 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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Seeds from V. Redko. Medium-tall vine, fruits run from 14 oz up to 2.2 lbs (400 g – 1 kg), orange color. Outstanding salad variety. Incomparable taste, the flesh just melts in your mouth. For me it was early, reached about 4.5-5 ft (1.4-1.6 m) tall, heavy yielder. All the fruits were perfectly round, beautiful globes. Honestly, the flavor seemed a little on the bland side to me, very few seeds, the first trusses had practically none at all. This one in the pic grew from a megabloom.<\/p>\n

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Tanya, your Apricot turned out looking absolutely incredible!!!! Mine looks way more basic. And honestly, I expected more out of the taste too.<\/p>\n

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Galya, that is such an interesting shape on yours \ud83d\udc4d, mine were all perfectly round globes. 8) Did yours come from a megabloom by any chance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yeah Tanya, looks like mine came from megablooms. Yours are absolute beauties!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here’s mine. Taste didn’t really blow me away either, but it was definitely productive. Might just be that it didn’t get enough sunshine in my garden this year \ud83d\ude44.<\/p>\n

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Deliiciiousss.. \ud83d\ude0b Tomochka-Drakonka – huge thanks for the seeds! \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n

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On 11\/26\/2015, Lyubov. said:
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I grew it both outside in the dirt and in the greenhouse. The greenhouse one was way more productive and the fruits got bigger. It ended up being one of my earliest ripeners, set fruit beautifully \u2014 just totally buried in tomatoes, the whole vine was dripping with these gorgeous orange globes, every single truss was full. Tried to take pictures from every angle, but just couldn’t capture how magnificent it really looked: either I’m a garbage photographer or my camera lens just doesn’t have a wide enough angle. Every single person who walked into my greenhouse walked out with one of these tomatoes “for seed saving.” Beautiful, tasty, and productive, a truly worthy variety.<\/p>\n

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Plant it every single year. Earliest one I’ve got, super tasty \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n

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Summer Apricot. Very first to bloom and ripen in the greenhouse, extremely heavy yielder, tastes great.<\/p>\n

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I stick to two max \ud83d\ude33.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I let mine run to 4 stems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I kept mine at 3 stems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Really loved Summer Apricot. Productive, with beautiful and super tasty fruits. The tomatoes were meaty with very few seeds. The vine itself has a pretty spindly habit, hit about 5 ft (1.5 m) tall in the greenhouse. Definitely caught some fruity notes in the flavor profile.<\/p>\n

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Vera, the leaf types are different. Summer Cider is supposed to be potato leaf, but Apricot definitely has regular foliage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Really like this variety, plant it every year. For some reason, a few of my vines topped themselves early last summer though. Flesh is tasty and sweet. It’s got a permanent spot in our garden!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I was absolutely thrilled with it last year. Early, tasty, and beautiful. Sowed saved seeds from it this year \u2014 it gave me two trusses and then completely stalled out. The taste ended up being super generic, and it didn’t ripen until the second wave of harvests. Maybe the freezing cold summer is to blame?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Liked this variety. Fruits have a brilliant bright color, look beautiful, and taste pretty good. Grew outside in the dirt (just like all my other tomatoes, since I don’t have a greenhouse).<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n