{"id":579,"date":"2026-08-22T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=579"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:30:40","slug":"virginia-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/virginia-sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Sweets Tomato Reviews"},"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;579&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;1&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&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;5\\\/5 - (1 vote)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Virginia Sweets Tomato Reviews&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;142.5&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: 142.5px;\">\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            5\/5 - (1 vote)    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Virginia Sweets (Russian: \u0421\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0412\u0438\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0438)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>The &#8220;Full Circle&#8221; Journey:<\/strong> Virginia Sweets is a well-known American bicolor heirloom. However, watching it grow in the harsh climates of Russia and Siberia offers fascinating insights! In Eastern Europe, the name is often literally translated as &#8220;The Sweets of Virginia&#8221; or &#8220;Virginia&#8217;s Candies,&#8221; leading to some funny linguistic debates among Russian growers.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, tall, and vigorous. In greenhouses, it easily reaches 2 meters (6.5 ft). Growers note that it absolutely demands full sun and should not be crowded, otherwise, the yield drops significantly.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Stunning, massive yellow-gold beefsteaks with red\/pink striping and a red blush (a &#8220;pink tie&#8221;) at the blossom end. The fruits regularly hit 400-600 g (14 oz to 1.3 lbs), with some giants reaching 800 g (1.75 lbs).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Universally praised as one of the sweetest tomatoes in existence. Growers describe it as &#8220;indecently sweet&#8221; with absolutely no acidity. Often ranked as the #1 best-tasting variety of the season.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity &amp; Quirks:<\/strong> Mid-late to late season. The yield can be inconsistent (sometimes only yielding a few massive fruits per plant). It is also prone to splitting\/cracking if overwatered right before ripening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">Lana (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,417 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really liked the variety itself. Beautiful, sweet, and rather large fruits (for scale, I used a standard tea saucer in the photo). These little tomatoes grew in my greenhouse. The bushes were quite vigorous, tall, about 2 m (6.5 ft). The yield was average.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/54214_2f33e2217e210ef59ecc15d98c75d94594a82e0e.jpg\" alt=\"Large Virginia Sweets bicolor tomato on a saucer\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/54216_60977cfd683154b00cfd99c9c313aec20b81c397.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato cross section showing red marbling\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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\">Svetlyachok-plus (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,450 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ooooh! What a delicious-looking cross-section \ud83d\ude0b. I&#8217;m definitely going to order this miracle from someone \ud83d\udcdd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pomidorka (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (114 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also love the look of this tomato. I&#8217;ve been eyeing it for 2 years now, but I haven&#8217;t mustered the courage to plant it yet.<\/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\">Angelina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,067 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Virginia Sweets. My seeds came from Ukraine. Very productive, 4 fruits per truss, the taste is sweet with zero acidity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\"><\/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\">Irina58 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,292 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32 Do tomatoes like this really exist? \ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Gulya (Lyubov) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,927 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Leningrad Region \/ St. Petersburg (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Angelina, what is its ripening time\/maturity for you?<\/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\">Angelina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,067 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Gulya:<\/strong><br \/>\nAngelina, what is its ripening time\/maturity for you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the open ground outdoors, early July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">enni (Lena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Member (955 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kirov Region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And I got an off-type (incorrect seeds) from Popenko&#8230; \ud83d\ude22<\/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\">IrinaA <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,492 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Urals (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I planted Virginia Sweets. On the first truss, there were two soooo huge tomatoes. But after that, there was almost nothing, maybe three more medium-sized fruits total.<\/p>\n<p>Delicious, but low-yielding for me.<\/p>\n<p>The seeds were from V. Redko&#8217;s collection. I didn&#8217;t save my own seeds, and I probably won&#8217;t plant it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">PanIrina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,208 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I will repeat this variety again this year. Even though it wasn&#8217;t super productive, that was due to my own growing mistakes \ud83d\ude0a Other than that, it&#8217;s a very tasty, beautiful little tomato. Seeds were from Popenko.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Vikysia <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,864 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine were the same: quite large, uniform. In the open ground, they turned out mid-late. In Siberia, it&#8217;s better to grow them in a greenhouse so more clusters have time to ripen&#8230; Very beautiful, tasty, sweet. I will definitely plant it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Eva77 (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,809 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is how mine turned out.<\/p>\n<p>Very tasty and beautiful. Thank you so much, Angelina! \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/8260-150814040320.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_8260-150814040320.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato in hand\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Nadine (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,454 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>July 10th<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/14-040914160523.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_14-040914160523.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets on scale\" width=\"150\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/14-040914160930.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_14-040914160930.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets cross section\" width=\"135\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Forum Pioneer (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My favorite yummy treat \ud83d\ude0d 503 g (1.1 lbs).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/30\/66-090814052854.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/30\/thumb_66-090814052854.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato slice on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/66-210814102910.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_66-210814102910.jpeg\" alt=\"Bicolor tomato inside\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">pumpkin_garden (Alina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (338 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It&#8217;s gorgeous, of course! But I only got three tomatoes off the entire plant\u2014one large (in the photo) and two smaller ones. It was my lowest-yielding variety this year, though to be fair, you shouldn&#8217;t judge a variety based on just one plant.<\/p>\n<p>Delicious, though!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178334\/178334_original.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178334\/178334_original.jpg\" alt=\"Huge Virginia Sweets harvest\" width=\"750\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178697\/178697_original.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178697\/178697_original.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets on scale\" width=\"750\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178599\/178599_original.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/pumpkin_garden\/62099636\/178599\/178599_original.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow and red marbled tomato flesh\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Alena Andreeva <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (12,011 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A very sweet little tomato.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/27\/70-280714051838.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets perfect fruit\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/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\">Natusik77 (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,172 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is how Virginia Sweets grew for me this year.<\/p>\n<p>Productive and tasty variety. In this year it was my second attempt growing this beautiful and delicious plant. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<p>I can say that in 2013, this variety completely failed for me. There was only one tomato on the bush weighing about 650 g (1.4 lbs) and one other very tiny one. I saved seeds from that large fruit. The result of planting those saved seeds is in the photo. Maybe the seeds just needed to acclimatize to my garden&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/34\/13333-120914071613.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/34\/thumb_13333-120914071613.jpeg\" alt=\"Acclimatized Virginia Sweets harvest\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pomidoroved (Forum Admin) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Admin (4,857 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Somewhere out there<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Dear tomato lovers, it hurts my sensitive ears \ud83d\ude48 to hear the language butchered like this. If you are going to translate the English name into Russian, please speak proper Russian.<\/p>\n<p>People keep writing it as &#8220;\u0421\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0412\u0438\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0438&#8221; (which grammatically means &#8220;The sweets belonging to a woman named Virginia&#8221;). Virginia is either a woman&#8217;s name or the name of a US State. Just in case anyone didn&#8217;t know!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vikmik (Viktoria) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (26 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My version<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/63213_9fe4106c8a4aa28cb74cb1adffc756161b6bea8a.jpg\" alt=\"Vikmik's Virginia Sweets on vine\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/63215_bd311c3447d4623f468cc17823bc14d03f98cd03.jpg\" alt=\"Vikmik's harvest\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vikmik (Viktoria) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (26 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The tomato is tasty, but there weren&#8217;t enough of them on the bush&#8230; though I&#8217;m not an expert at growing tomatoes + this year there was brutal heat and drought. Grew in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/63217_6d14c9fff17654d0fa769f2f9a0fe71f7d01ad31.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato cross section plate\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/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\">Alena <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,109 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine came to me named &#8220;Virginia Candies&#8221; (\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0435\u0442\u044b \u0412\u0438\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0438). Probably translation inaccuracies. I got the seeds through a swap.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bush habit:<\/strong> Medium-tall, spreading, moderately vigorous.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit set:<\/strong> No skipped clusters, the last fruits ripen perfectly on the vine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> In open ground by August 6th &#8211; 1.3m (4.2 ft).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clusters:<\/strong> 2-3 fruits per cluster. Weight 250-350 g (9-12 oz), first fruit was 400 g (14 oz).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total yield:<\/strong> Average.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit:<\/strong> The first one was an odd shape, the rest were flattened bicolors, orange-pink.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Density of ripe fruit:<\/strong> Low (soft).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taste:<\/strong> Meaty, delicious, balanced. Sweetness gets a solid 5\/5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First impression: A large tomato for salads and processing.<br \/>\nRating: Seedlings &#8211; 5, Bush &#8211; 4, Fruit &#8211; 5, Overall variety rating &#8211; 5-.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/14108-060815112116.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/thumb_14108-060815112116.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato plant outdoors\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/14108-060815112154.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/thumb_14108-060815112154.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato cluster\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/83\/14108-120815130649.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/83\/thumb_14108-120815130649.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe bicolor fruits\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/14108-060815112616.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/thumb_14108-060815112616.jpeg\" alt=\"Cross section of Virginia Candies\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Ladoga (Angela) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,816 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It grew in a great sunny spot. The variety is late for us here. The yield is low, the fruits are beautiful, large, uniform, and delicious. But every single tomato developed a crack, meaning it split right at the moment of ripening, which is why I don&#8217;t even have a photo of a whole intact fruit. I kept waiting for the next one to ripen so I could photograph it. Alas, for me, this is a dealbreaker. Other varieties grew right next to it, but only this one cracked. I don&#8217;t plan to plant it again because I have other bicolor varieties that ripen earlier and don&#8217;t crack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/96\/13551-281015141949.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/96\/thumb_13551-281015141949.jpeg\" alt=\"Cracked Virginia Sweets tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">K<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Kae-2 (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,537 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A very tasty and productive little tomato. Both in the greenhouse and in the open ground. Not early \u2014 it started ripening around August 5th, and I picked the last ones in early October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Dona70 (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,692 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine turned out very, very late. I had already ripped everything else out of the greenhouse\u2014it was the only one left standing with green fruits, along with De Barao and Cherry Ira. Only the first cluster ripened on the plant, I picked the rest green. Average yield, but the taste \u2014 \ud83d\udc4d. Next year I&#8217;ll try planting the seeds earlier&#8230;<\/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\">irunchik <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,025 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Is the Virginia Sweets variety similar to German Strawberry? Mine has a combination of orange and yellow coloring on the fruit, but the photos aren&#8217;t showing up in this thread for me.<\/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\">Larek (Larisa) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,699 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Virginia Sweets tomatoes have a flattened-round shape. Mine were giant buns weighing 700-800g (1.5 &#8211; 1.75 lbs)!<\/p>\n<p>I liked the variety very much \ud83d\ude0b. Seeds were from Drakonka. Toma, thank you \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/148\/780-041016125419.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/148\/thumb_780-041016125419.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive 800g Virginia Sweets\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Tantana (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (69 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For me this season, this was the tastiest and one of the most productive tomatoes. Under conditions of severe greenhouse overheating (it reached up to +50C \/ 122F in June!), when most tomatoes dropped their blossoms, Virginia Sweets produced an excellent harvest due to its later flowering. The tomato proved to be late and sweet. All fruits were the same size, perfect shape, weighing 400-600 grams (14 oz &#8211; 1.3 lbs). I planted several other bicolors, visually they all look almost identical, but this one surpassed them all in both taste and yield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olya Pskovishna (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (14,072 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pskov, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For me too, this was one of the sweetest and tastiest tomatoes of the past season. If I wasn&#8217;t on a mission to try all the new varieties, it would be one of my first candidates to repeat. It excels in everything: Beauty, size, and taste. The yield in terms of piece count was average. But in terms of &#8220;kilograms,&#8221; it was one of the leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/14861-200916004716.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_14861-200916004716.jpeg\" alt=\"Huge Virginia Sweets harvest in Pskov\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/14861-190916163221.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_14861-190916163221.jpeg\" alt=\"Perfectly colored bicolor beefsteak\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elena Kameneva (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (26 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Very tasty! It was low-yielding for me. But I will definitely repeat it, just for its wonderful taste.<\/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\">Lena-28 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,697 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vladivostok, Coastal Zone (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is the beauty that grew for me. A huge thank you to Nadezhda (Nadine) for the seeds! \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n<p>Sweet, delicious! Picked the first fruit on July 31st. The yield was low to average (different on different bushes), but I will definitely plant it again \u2014 because of the magnificent (for me \ud83c\udfa9) taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/184\/20498-010817020730.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/184\/thumb_20498-010817020730.jpeg\" alt=\"Vladivostok grown Virginia Sweets\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">ivanovochka (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,297 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here are the beautiful Virginia Sweets that grew for me this year. True, there weren&#8217;t very many of them, but enough to understand that this variety deserves to be planted again. I liked the taste a lot, it grew in the greenhouse, but it ripened quite late.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/16635-100917083137.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/thumb_16635-100917083137.jpeg\" alt=\"Ivanovo grown Virginia Sweets\" width=\"116\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/16635-100917083703.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/thumb_16635-100917083703.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced bicolor tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"133\" \/><\/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\">svetlana555 (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (222 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Perm (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Friends, anyone who has planted bicolors. Please tell me, is the Virginia Sweets variety similar to Burracker&#8217;s Favorite or Orange German Strawberry (the flattened one)? I&#8217;m doubting whether to plant it or not&#8230;<\/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\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,469 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>But Orange Strawberry is not a bicolor at all&#8230;<\/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\">svetlana555 (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (222 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Perm (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianaSh:<\/strong><br \/>\nBut Orange Strawberry is not a bicolor at all&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps we are talking about a different variety&#8230; I have seeds from Holland with a picture, and it grew exactly the same tomato \u2014 orange with a bright red blush at the bottom. The variety is named Orange German Strawberry.<\/p>\n<p>But nobody answered the main question. Whoever has planted Burracker&#8217;s Favorites and Virginia Sweets \u2014 please give me a comparison.<\/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\">Longboat (Vadim) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,245 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Not quite Volga, not quite Urals<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Planted on March 22, 2018 &#8211; 2 plants. Sprouted March 25-28. Transplanted to the greenhouse on May 7th. Late. I picked the first one on August 13th. The yield is low. The taste is excellent. This was my second attempt. I will definitely plant it next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/235\/16974-130818125455.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/235\/thumb_16974-130818125455.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets greenhouse harvest\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/235\/16974-130818125555.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/235\/thumb_16974-130818125555.jpeg\" alt=\"Cut bicolor tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Alisa <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,406 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lena-28:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/184\/20498-010817020730.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/184\/thumb_20498-010817020730.jpeg\" alt=\"Vladivostok grown Virginia Sweets\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweet, delicious! &#8230; The yield was low to average, but I will definitely plant it again \u2014 because of the magnificent taste.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve decided to keep this on your permanent grow list, I&#8217;ll share a tip from my experience. Under my conditions, it needed a LOT of sunny space. You absolutely cannot let it be shaded by other plants, and you can&#8217;t plant it densely. When the fruits start to color up, cut back on watering as much as possible\u2014then the sweetness will be much more intense. You also need to find that perfect ripening stage when it is the most delicious but not overripe (there is a specific window where its flavor bouquet is at its absolute peak). As it acclimatizes to your region, the yield should increase.<\/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\">IrinaVinn (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (318 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Virginia Sweets was the sweetest, very large tomato for me this year! It easily takes 1st place out of all 150 varieties I grew. And out of the yellow\/bicolors, it is unequivocally 1st place.<\/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\">Leno4ek (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,083 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kharkiv Suburbs, Ukraine (USDA Zone 5\/6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The name speaks for itself, and it is accurate \u2014 a very sweet, simply indecently sweet tomato)) without any acidity or tart nuances. Well, at least that&#8217;s how it turned out this year. I found it delicious, I love sweet tomatoes \ud83d\ude0b, I couldn&#8217;t even imagine they could taste like this. Though I suspect a flavor this purely sweet won&#8217;t appeal to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Timing \u2014 definitely late. Yield \u2014 left a lot to be desired (only a few tomatoes per bush).<br \/>\nBut sliced open \u2014 what a handsome guy! \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/17371-180818140956.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/thumb_17371-180818140956.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets tomato cross section beauty\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/17371-180818141019.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/thumb_17371-180818141019.jpeg\" alt=\"Another slice of Virginia Sweets\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">PolinaG (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,779 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Urals (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Sweet, beautiful, large-fruited variety. A little bit late.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/1277115117_(3).JPG.cb2dc2d36bbc2edf436ee98485dd11e7.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/1133446637_(3).thumb.JPG.af1f36469d113fda12599caf73f52099.JPG\" alt=\"PolinaG's Virginia Sweets\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/2103218750_(2).JPG.ec432e36081f194578988a9c1bb6c749.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/933625482_(2).thumb.JPG.f0a274ba18866238f61da452ebbc9b7d.JPG\" alt=\"Large bicolor fruit\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/550477090_(8).JPG.513e8369667b8293428ec3e336067e78.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_12\/465405572_(8).thumb.JPG.437931bd1a4eb698401dedb015695f10.JPG\" alt=\"Bicolor cross section\" 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\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatiana77 (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,523 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For me here in Novosibirsk, Siberia, in a closed greenhouse, one megabloom (fused blossom) produced a single giant tomato the size of four average ones. So far, there are no others on the bush. It doesn&#8217;t seem late, though. Sweet, no acidity, beautiful bicolor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_08\/IMG_20210818_070138.jpg.562051875ffbf57b586c9929210bd5c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_08\/IMG_20210818_070138.thumb.jpg.7ad994842611861b9eb34747bf9d861f.jpg\" alt=\"Megabloom Virginia Sweets giant tomato\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elena Elena (Lena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,848 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Belgorod Region (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Grew in the open ground. Height 1.5 m (5 ft), sturdy bush. Endured the heat well. For me, it was mid-season. Average weight 350 g (12 oz). Very tasty, juicy, sweet. One of the tastiest among those I grew this year. Productive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/166223476_20220817_1345451.jpg.fe35107e23a561527dd05a8f13f798ab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1319473653_20220817_1345451.thumb.jpg.1bdc1700457927f7ccb467ebd003644a.jpg\" alt=\"Belgorod Virginia Sweets on scale\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/2109734752_20220817_1347151.jpg.6efd88dc5031b073c5b14e83951ab8bb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1028266232_20220817_1347151.thumb.jpg.6354e4eb21b97f0313c0d21011e28513.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful marbled cross section\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ellis_Cu (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Expert (126 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kolomna, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Virginia Sweets.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds from the Great Sveta, I planted it for the first year.<\/p>\n<p>I was specifically looking for the most striped variation out of all of them&#8230; and I found it.<\/p>\n<p>I loved it. Taste-wise, it&#8217;s probably closest to the &#8220;top-tier&#8221; bicolor beefsteaks, like Big Rainbow or Grandma Viney&#8217;s Yellow and Pink, but it&#8217;s more productive.<\/p>\n<p>The taste is very careful but rich. Right up there with the very best representatives of yellow beefsteaks with a pink blush (pink tie) at the bottom. Yes, it is worth repeating.<\/p>\n<p>Color-wise, it&#8217;s a bicolor, but with a quite developed striped pattern. It fruited right up until the frost.<\/p>\n<p>On the left in the photo is Cherokee Green Gold, just FYI &#8211; and on the right is Virginia Sweets. In terms of flavor, Virginia completely smoked the Cherokee. Honestly, she beat out every other beefsteak I grew last year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_01\/29f6e35d-3fe9-43cc-a907-6888ed1c6dfe.jpeg.a9ccfc0ff5fafb29e0eae1b6c8439392.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_01\/29f6e35d-3fe9-43cc-a907-6888ed1c6dfe.thumb.jpeg.a8d04c7970a81c8dc07983debf02f7ba.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia Sweets compared to Cherokee Green tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Virginia Sweets (Russian: \u0421\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0412\u0438\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0438) \ud83c\udf0d The &#8220;Full Circle&#8221; Journey: Virginia Sweets is a well-known American bicolor heirloom. However, watching it grow in the harsh climates of Russia and Siberia offers fascinating insights! In Eastern Europe, the name is often literally translated as &#8220;The Sweets of Virginia&#8221; or &#8220;Virginia&#8217;s Candies,&#8221; leading to &#8230; <a title=\"Virginia Sweets Tomato Reviews\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/virginia-sweets\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Virginia Sweets Tomato Reviews\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,1,66,61],"tags":[410,411,175,72,11,43,189,71],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heirloom-other","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-bicolor","category-orange-and-yellow-tomatoes","tag-american-heirloom","tag-beefsteak-tomato","tag-bicolor-tomato","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-late-season","tag-megabloom","tag-sweet-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","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=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}