{"id":5842,"date":"2026-10-19T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:02:28","slug":"minusinskie-oranzhevye-stakanchiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/minusinskie-oranzhevye-stakanchiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Minusinskie Oranzhevye Stakanchiki (Minusinsk Orange Glasses) Tomato Review"},"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;5842&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;Minusinskie Oranzhevye Stakanchiki (Minusinsk Orange Glasses) Tomato Review&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;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> A tall, <strong>indeterminate Siberian heirloom<\/strong> producing sweet, <strong>elongated barrel-shaped<\/strong> (or &#8220;glass&#8221;-shaped) <strong>orange<\/strong> fruits. Excellent for greenhouse growing and very comparable to Golden K\u00f6nigsberg. <a href=\"#full-summary\">Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Growers&#8217; Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6)<\/h2>\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_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 19,268 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">A local heirloom from Minusinsk <a href=\"#term-anchor1\">(*see Editor&#8217;s Note*)<\/a>. Indet, reaches 5.5-6.2 feet (1.7-1.9 m) tall in the greenhouse. The fruits have an elongated barrel shape, they are very sweet, and weigh 5.3-10.6 oz (150-300 g).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/94\/5102-141015040253.jpeg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses tomato shape\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/5102-270815060418.jpeg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses harvest\" \/><\/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\">Pro | 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\">Mine are labeled as Orange Minusinsk Glasses. I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s the exact same variety.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/71\/14-290615141102.jpeg\" alt=\"Orange Minusinsk Glasses on scale\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/71\/14-290615141150.jpeg\" alt=\"Orange Minusinsk Glasses sliced\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 15,967 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">The fruits look a lot like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/golden-konigsberg\/\">Golden K\u00f6nigsberg<\/a> (Zolotoy Kenigsberg) and Radunitsa. What do the actual bushes look like?<\/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\">Lana_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 19,268 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>Zulfiya wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fruits look a lot like Golden K\u00f6nigsberg and Radunitsa. What do the actual bushes look like?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The bushes look just like the Reyna variety. I placed the fruits side-by-side and there was barely any difference. The only minor distinction was the size and the number of seed locules.<\/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\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 5,414 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Zulfiya wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fruits look a lot like Golden K\u00f6nigsberg and Radunitsa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I had the exact same associations: Golden K\u00f6nigsberg &amp; Co.<\/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\">Pro | 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\">Here is another photo, showing the first cluster on the scale. The second and third clusters were pretty decent too, though there weren&#8217;t any huge ones, they were all very uniform. After that, they started setting in sets of just 1 or 2 per truss.<\/p>\n<p>You can see one tomato got a tiny touch of blossom end rot (BER), just a small spot. But that was it, no more issues after that. The color on Golden K\u00f6nigsberg was a bit more orange, and the shape was a little chubbier, while these seem a bit longer. But overall, they are definitely very similar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/94\/14-141015132420.jpeg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses cluster on scale\" \/><\/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\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 758 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin district, Moscow region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">This variety was super productive in the high tunnel, reaching 6.5-9.8 feet (2-3 m) tall. The fruits are tasty and sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65916_3a9b80e0da34409e4268f8cbc841db49eb344b59.jpg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses high tunnel\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65918_704b58ec1321a30bcd75e142cd5c2bcd41617213.jpg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses fruit\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65920_adc3152663b848885c6c98ea116a80f5568a585d.jpg\" alt=\"Minusinsk Orange Glasses cut open\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ===== FULL SUMMARY ===== --><\/p>\n<div id=\"full-summary\" class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-top: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Full Summary: Minusinsk Orange Glasses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant &amp; Foliage:<\/strong> A vigorous, tall indeterminate heirloom that thrives in greenhouse\/high tunnel environments, commonly reaching 6.5-9.8 feet (2-3 m) tall.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit &amp; Shape:<\/strong> Produces elongated, barrel-shaped (or &#8220;glass&#8221;-shaped) orange fruits weighing 5.3-10.6 oz (150-300 g). The shape and color are often compared to the popular Golden K\u00f6nigsberg variety, though these tend to be slightly longer and less chubby.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Yield &amp; Health:<\/strong> Very productive, especially on the lower and middle clusters, where it pumps out very uniform fruit. Production can taper off to 1-2 fruits per truss on the highest clusters. Generally healthy, though it can occasionally show minor susceptibility to blossom end rot (BER) on early fruits.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Taste:<\/strong> Consistently praised for being incredibly sweet and flavorful. The dense, meaty texture makes it versatile for fresh eating or slicing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ===== CTA ===== --><\/p>\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 Have you grown Minusinsk Orange Glasses?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Drop a comment below!<\/a> How did it compare to Golden K\u00f6nigsberg for you in terms of yield and sweetness?<\/div>\n<p><!-- EDITOR'S NOTE --><\/p>\n<div id=\"term-anchor1\" class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 0.9em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note: Minusinsk Tomatoes<\/strong><br \/>\nMinusinsk is a city in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Siberia. It is legendary in Eastern European gardening circles for its unique microclimate that allows gardeners to grow massive, incredibly flavorful heirloom tomatoes. The city even hosts an annual &#8220;Tomato Champion&#8221; festival, making &#8220;Minusinsk&#8221; a prestigious geographical indicator for heirloom tomato varieties.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take: A tall, indeterminate Siberian heirloom producing sweet, elongated barrel-shaped (or &#8220;glass&#8221;-shaped) orange fruits. Excellent for greenhouse growing and very comparable to Golden K\u00f6nigsberg. 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