{"id":6123,"date":"2026-10-22T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:22:11","slug":"ozurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/ozurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozurs Tomato Review: Dark Heirlooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Ozurs<\/em> is a mid-season<\/strong> indeterminate variety that produces beautiful, slightly ribbed dark pink-black slicers weighing up to 10.5 oz (300 g). It is highly disease-resistant and sets fruit reliably. While the exact origin of the name remains a mystery, it offers a solid, non-mealy flavor profile that holds its own among dark varieties. Come for the tomato review, stay for the hilarious forum banter about seed hoarding and flavor ratings! Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Mid-season indeterminate with solid yields. Fruits are oblate, slightly ribbed, and have a gorgeous dark pink-black color. Meaty and high quality. The vine was totally disease-free and set every single truss. The flavor is pretty good, though I’ve had tastier dark varieties \ud83d\ude09, and weights hit up to 10.5 oz (300 g).<\/p>\n

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It’s a beauty, almost looks like a pomegranate. Bummer that it tastes bad, though. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Andrey_K said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a beauty, almost looks like a pomegranate. Bummer that it tastes bad, though. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What makes you say it tastes bad? \ud83d\ude32 I just grew a ton of varieties this year, over 280, so I just casually mentioned that I’ve had better-tasting dark ones. So I’ll say it again, the flavor is pretty darn good \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What makes you say it tastes bad? \ud83d\ude32 I just grew a ton of varieties this year, over 280… So I’ll say it again, the flavor is pretty darn good \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Talking to ladies in real life, I’ve noticed y’all tend to sugarcoat things and bump your ratings up by about a letter grade \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So if a gal writes “a little tart,” translated into plain English, that means you can use it instead of a lemon for tea. \ud83d\ude36<\/p>\n

And if she says “standard tomato flavor,” it means you shouldn’t even bother planting it \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n

And “I’ve had tastier dark varieties” roughly translates to “put the seed packet down and step away, don’t you have anything better to plant??” \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Andrey_K said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talking to ladies in real life, I’ve noticed y’all tend to sugarcoat things and bump your ratings up by about a letter grade \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nah, Andrey, I hear what you’re saying \ud83d\ude04 I actually rate the flavor of all my varieties way harsher than other folks growing the exact same ones. I think it comes down to my soil. The catalog description from A. Kulik says “very tasty fruits,” and I really trust that collector, I’ve grown a ton of his stuff. I’ve had so many dark varieties turn out tasting like mealy cardboard, so compared to them, Ozurs is actually really good \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Tell you what, let me send you some seeds so you can judge a lady’s taste for yourself \ud83d\ude1b Send me your address if you’re game!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tell you what, let me send you some seeds so you can judge a lady’s taste for yourself \ud83d\ude1b Send me your address if you’re game!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, send ’em over! You think I was running my mouth for nothing? \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n

Just go ahead and finish me off with variety overload this year. \ud83d\ude36<\/p>\n

The main goal now is just to avoid ending up in the loony bin come springtime. I finally figured out the most important thing in life. \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n

Do. Not. End. Up. In. The. Loony. Bin. This. Spring. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lena, does this one have an English name? \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ElenaPr said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lena, does this one have an English name? \ud83d\udcdd<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lenochka! I searched for an English name all summer and couldn’t find one. Even asked for help looking, same result \ud83d\ude1e<\/p>\n

Andrey_K said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main goal now is just to avoid ending up in the loony bin come springtime… Do. Not. End. Up. In. The. Loony. Bin. This. Spring. \ud83d\ude04<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Give it a couple of years bouncing around the tomato psych wards, and you’ll start to recover \ud83d\ude09 I guess “tomato fever” isn’t a chronic disease after all, just an acute one \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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