{"id":6285,"date":"2026-10-24T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:18:29","slug":"delicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/delicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Delicious Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Delicious is a classic indeterminate<\/strong>, mid-season heirloom known for producing massive, meaty red beefsteaks. In this thread, growers also discuss “Deliciosus”\u2014often just the Eastern European phonetic spelling of the same variety, though seed lines vary significantly. Growers praise its outstanding, sweet flavor and high yields. The tall vines produce huge fruits that often require extra truss support, and some strains show varying shapes, from round beefsteaks to hearts. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-8 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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Tall vine (in the greenhouse), average foliage. Tomatoes are round, orange-red, meaty, tasty, and uniformly large, about 10.5-14.1 oz (300-400 g) each. Crack resistant, mid-season ripening. Ripened completely on the vine up here in the Northwest, no green shoulders and no hard cores. Pretty solid yield.<\/p>\n

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My seeds are from a foreign source. Didn’t get many truly massive ones this year, but the overall yield was good. Deep red color, and I absolutely loved the flavor.<\/p>\n

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Can any of you knowledgeable folks tell me if this Delicious and “Deliciosus” are different varieties? Because the name Deliciosus really just looks like the Russian phonetic reading of Delicious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Katya, it’s the exact same thing, but different seed sources sometimes result in different tomatoes. It’s just easier for me to pronounce it Delicious.
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Thanks, Galya! Guess I’ll just merge the reviews for both in my head from now on. Seems like pretty much everybody likes this tomato.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\ud83d\ude04 Our lovely Tomatanya was kind enough to share seeds of this variety with me. Loved the taste and the massive fruit size. The only hassle was having to add extra support for the trusses. It was early for me, but kept really well in storage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I got a variety called Deliciosus from Ukraine last year, absolutely loved it, incredibly tasty, but its description differs from Delicious, here’s what it says:
\nMid-season indeterminate variety. Growing season – 120-130 days. Round fruits, cherry-colored, weighing up to 3.5 lbs (1600 g). Vine height up to 8.2 ft (2.5 m). Heat and light loving plant. Start from seedlings or direct sow. Transplant at 50-60 days old. Requires light, fertile soil. Responds well to fertilizers.<\/p>\n

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I grow everything without a greenhouse, and this is what Delicious looked like in mid-September.<\/p>\n

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Delicious, seeds from Petrov. Tall, wispy foliage, indet variety.
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Delicious (USA). Indet. mid-season tomato, up to 6.5 ft (2 m) tall. A total wall of fruit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Deliciosus (Ukraine). Mid-season, heavy yielder, large-fruited indet. Very tasty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Productive, massive fruits. Flavor, in my opinion, is typical for red tomatoes, nothing special (but I’m no foodie).<\/p>\n

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Delicious from Vera Monakhova. Very beautiful, uniform, glossy fruits. Flavor is very good. I grew Delicious from D. Gusev last year — the difference is like night and day.<\/p>\n

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So, here’s what grew for me this year from Delicious (this is my own saved seed from Lena, and she originally ordered them from a “reputable site”, a phrase of hers I really love). Yield was higher than last year (to be honest, last year’s was pretty crappy, I only repeated it because of the sweet taste). Vines didn’t exactly rush upward.<\/p>\n

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I’ll add that it showed itself as a mid-early for me this year. Found a photo of the vines (already picked some of the fruit off them):<\/p>\n

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This variety has its own specific flavor, very different from regular tomatoes.<\/p>\n

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Deliciosus (Ukraine) – I liked it – very tasty, and even though I’m more of a pink tomato fan, I’ll definitely be planting this one next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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My Delicious. Seeds from T.F. Panova, 2003. Description from the packet: Delicious – large-fruited variety, 4.2-4.6 ft (1.3-1.4 m) tall, productive. Red fruits, good flavor, few seeds, weight can reach 2.2 lbs (1000 g).
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Productive in the greenhouse, about 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, mid-season ripening. Fruits came out huge, very tasty, sweet.<\/p>\n

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