{"id":6624,"date":"2026-10-28T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:08:00","slug":"king-pineapple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/king-pineapple\/","title":{"rendered":"King Pineapple Tomato: Reviews, Yields &#038; Photos"},"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;6624&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;King Pineapple Tomato: Reviews, Yields \\u0026amp; Photos&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=\"quick-take\" style=\"background: #fff4e6; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #ff9800; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> King Pineapple is a massive, incredibly sweet indeterminate bicolor heirloom originally from Indiana. While it can be a bit late to set fruit and finicky depending on the season, when it\u2019s happy, it produces huge 1\u20133 lb (450\u20131500 g) slicers with a rich, fruity flavor and thick, sturdy trusses. <a href=\"#full-summary\">Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"toc-box\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #ddd; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcd1 Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#post-svetikk\">Svetikk&#8217;s 2.2 lb greenhouse stunners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#post-oksana\">Oksana&#8217;s outdoor vs. greenhouse comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#post-tatka\">Tatyana&#8217;s struggle with a &#8220;lazy&#8221; plant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#post-angelina\">Angelina on the heirloom&#8217;s history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Growers&#8217; Notes and Photos<\/h2>\n<div id=\"post-svetikk\" 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\">Svetikk (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (29,518 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ Stupinsky District, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Gorgeous bicolor! It&#8217;s a vigorous indet with massive yellow-pink fruits reaching up to 2.2 lbs (1 kg). Yield potential is high, and the flavor is outstanding, very rich with a distinct sweetness. I grew two vines in the greenhouse, pruned to two stems. The ones on the tray weighed around 1.6-1.7 lbs (750-800 g). It\u2019s definitely earned a permanent spot in my garden rotation! \ud83d\udc8c Seeds were from Natalia Shcherbinina out of Minusinsk.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0415.JPG.132f71b1850c416739ebcea8ae67241b.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0415.thumb.JPG.340c37a83e16ca84416f413264b971cb.JPG\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0425.JPG.4899df7fccb8c9b843982a4f28216967.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0425.thumb.JPG.22e66a21b0894b258a1ffb6573f1f253.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0438.JPG.60ce16b9a54928c28ec726723898dad1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/DSCN0438.thumb.JPG.5f780136e8771c04d09528111894c7ef.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Ninakuz (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Member (901 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Egoryevsky District, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">What a massive, beautiful tomato! My love for bicolors started with Nature&#8217;s Riddle, and I&#8217;ve been trying new ones ever since. I saw this and almost started drooling just imagining how good it tastes. \ud83d\udc8c<\/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\">\u2b50 Honored Member (5,415 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Actually, <em>King Pineapple<\/em> translates better to &#8220;Royal Pineapple&#8221;. Translating it literally to &#8220;King Pineapple&#8221; sounds like a king whose actual name is Pineapple, which I highly doubt. \ud83e\udee3<\/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\">Svetikk (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (29,518 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ Stupinsky District, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Drosera said:<\/strong><br \/>\nActually, <em>King Pineapple<\/em> translates better to &#8220;Royal Pineapple&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sveta, it&#8217;s already listed in tons of seed catalogs under that exact literal name. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/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\">Tiffany (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (20,171 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Las Palmas, Spain<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Svetikk said:<\/strong><br \/>\nSveta, it&#8217;s already listed in tons of seed catalogs under that exact literal name. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I agree with Svetlana that grammatically &#8220;Royal Pineapple&#8221; makes more sense. Sorry for butting in!<\/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\">\u2b50 Honored Member (5,415 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tiffany said:<\/strong><br \/>\nSorry for butting in!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yulia, it&#8217;s an open forum catalog, why apologize? \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f And nobody questioned the clunky translation anyway.<\/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\">tatyanpak (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (2,051 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Excellent variety!! This is my second year growing it, and I absolutely love the flavor, the looks, and the size. This year my biggest weighed in at 1.9 lbs (873 g). Outstanding tomato!!!!<\/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\">Svetikk (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (29,518 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ Stupinsky District, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Drosera said:<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd nobody questioned the clunky translation anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sveta, I changed the thread title. Please don&#8217;t delete our messages, so people understand where its second name came from since it&#8217;s already gone public.<\/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\">\u2b50 Honored Member (5,415 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Svetikk said:<\/strong><br \/>\nSveta, I changed the thread title.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I moved it to the letter K (Latin alphabet).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-oksana\" 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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew this two years in a row from Angelina&#8217;s seeds. In 2018, I had it both in the greenhouse and out in the dirt. The greenhouse plant was less flavorful, cracked when overwatered, and the fruit was smaller. But the outdoor vine pumped out phenomenal tomatoes in taste, looks, and size. It&#8217;s truly a sweet tomato, more like a dessert than a veggie. When you eat it, you realize tomatoes really are berries, just massive 14-23 oz (400-650 g) ones!This variety is genetically large-fruited, just look at the size of the blossoms and the truss structure. It\u2019s not just a truss, it looks like an eagle&#8217;s claw. Those thick, sturdy stems don&#8217;t snap even under the weight of huge slicers. In 2018, my outdoor plant was basically sprawling on the ground; it didn&#8217;t set a ton of fruit, but the quality was top-notch. It was the only bicolor that actually tasted good in the greenhouse, too.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, I planted just one vine from saved seed outdoors. Yield was definitely higher, but the flavor&#8230; Maybe it was just a bad year for bicolors, or the spot just didn&#8217;t suit King Pineapple, but I didn&#8217;t even save seeds from it. It was somehow woody this year, with hard shoulders and a grassy aftertaste. If that had been my first time trying it, it would have been permanently crossed off my grow list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Murka (Masha) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (9,781 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\">I am absolutely thrilled with this variety! It&#8217;s incredibly delicious and easily took the top spot for flavor among all my bicolors.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_11\/1612067812_i-2019-11-01T194459_521.jpg.b26dfdee8c1e67e6ade852f4a228d08a.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_11\/612828749_i-2019-11-01T194502_745.jpg.fca8cb6e37adecb330ba97a17eb35733.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_11\/1998532310_i-2019-11-01T194506_729.jpg.9df63bed6d21cc41748ddb18ee497b4d.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-tatka\" 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\">T@tk@ (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (35,183 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Vysokogorsky District, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The plant habit is just gorgeous! Easily the most beautiful of all my varieties. Strong, slender, very uniform foliage. It doesn&#8217;t look like it got too much nitrogen, but just bursting with health.However, a big BUT: it is incredibly lazy and acts like a total narcissist (maybe I praised the seedlings too much). It&#8217;s flowering reluctantly and just refuses to set fruit \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. Maybe it&#8217;s just a late-season variety? Sown on April 4th (I ordered late, thanks for the seeds, Svetikk!). The other varieties from that same seed-starting batch, even the ones pushing too much nitrogen, are already fruiting heavily.<\/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\">T@tk@ (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (35,183 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Vysokogorsky District, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Oksana Evgenievna said:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was the only bicolor that actually tasted good in the greenhouse, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s exactly why I have high hopes for this variety. I&#8217;m not really counting on a massive yield this year, but I&#8217;m dreaming of at least getting a taste test, saving some seeds, and figuring out how to tame it for the future.<\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ said:<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe it&#8217;s just a late-season variety?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s mid-late. In a good climate with the right feeding schedule, it can adapt and behave almost like a mid-season. For me in 2018, the outdoor plants started ripening around August 8-10, but I started my seeds way earlier than April 4th.<\/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\">T@tk@ (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (35,183 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Vysokogorsky District, USDA Zone 3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew 8 vines in my polycarbonate greenhouse in the middle rows. It started setting fruit late and didn&#8217;t set much, only about 5-8 tomatoes per plant. But on the bright side, they were mostly massive slicers! My biggest one was just 2 oz (55 g) shy of hitting 2.2 lbs (1 kg).The flavor of the first ones was basically nonexistent, completely bland. By mid-August, they started getting sweet, though probably not to their full potential for this variety. I&#8217;ll definitely be giving it another run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Irina Fedorova (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (1,661 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kaliningrad, USDA Zone 7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">A picture-perfect tomato weighing 2 lbs (930 g). I had 8 fruits on the vine: 6 of these massive ones and 2 smaller ones. My experience with the taste was just like Tatyana&#8217;s, bland at first, but the sweetness developed later. Honestly, it might just be the weather this year; a lot of my varieties didn&#8217;t taste as good as usual.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200910_123836.jpg.7a5481a5e8e358f42abce43ee99c64d1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200910_123836.thumb.jpg.34679f6e3488b38265af87fa8c0c989f.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200819_100941.jpg.43c878c752f8c9cbaef8fe9e4ddc5613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200819_100941.thumb.jpg.acd6ad0d22d0a29d09523c130c928a5a.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yulia (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (27,132 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Alexandrov, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Another trooper that I grew from a rooted cutting (a topped seedling). Despite that, it still set a decent amount of huge, stunning tomatoes. Incredibly tasty, sweet, basically a tomato-fruit.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/IMG_20200718_175820.jpg.96fdc58701ace899555f7c5d3413f6e5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/IMG_20200718_175820.thumb.jpg.d59926a5e69fccc4764aed0cd2ac712d.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/186564017_3_2.jpg.8553dd4adcc5d3f951d3b4a37fb4f982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/622758479_3_2.thumb.jpg.d6a5ae1efb94a8a64176e69504719346.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/2145245139__2.jpg.fc6f768645fba0f59746cac4d6c535a6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_10\/1154738053__2.thumb.jpg.efb581e668bb41fbabfde71b897623a0.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Ptichka Pevchaya (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (3,654 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Lipetsk Region, USDA Zone 5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Drosera said:<\/strong><br \/>\nActually, King Pineapple translates to Royal Pineapple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sorry for dwelling on the little things! \ud83d\ude44 But originally it was more accurate as &#8220;King Pineapple&#8221;. &#8220;Royal&#8221; would be &#8220;Royal Pineapple&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Mila (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (8,508 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Bulatnikovo, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is my absolute favorite variety, I grow it every single year!!! Such a workhorse, sets fruit all the way up to the greenhouse roof. The flavor is super fruity, absolutely zero acidity!!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-angelina\" 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 Honored Member (11,390 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Strong, vigorous vines and massive yields of gorgeous, bright bicolors weighing up to 3.3 lbs (1.5 kg) or more! They have a wonderfully sweet flavor with a fruity aroma and aftertaste.This is a family heirloom from Dale Thurber&#8217;s collection. Dale&#8217;s description: Nelson Moore from Indianapolis, IN, bought the seeds in 1990 from a 93-year-old gardener who said the variety had been in his family since his great-grandfather. It&#8217;s a regular-leaf indet with epic yields of beautiful bicolors in the 1-2 lb range, boasting a superb sweet flavor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_11\/large.371518818_0DSCN8993.png.3888b5d375762b823c695a0414014efa.png\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Mila (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Honored Member (8,508 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Bulatnikovo, USDA Zone 4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">I\u2019ve grown it two years in a row, it&#8217;s my absolute darling. Ridiculously heavy tomatoes with aromatic, buttery flesh. By the end of the season, it&#8217;s still setting fruit right under the greenhouse roof! Seeds were from Angelina.<\/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: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant:<\/strong> A highly vigorous, regular-leaf indeterminate with a slender, uniform, and healthy habit. It&#8217;s known for having incredibly thick, sturdy trusses (described as looking like an &#8220;eagle&#8217;s claw&#8221;) that won&#8217;t snap under the weight of massive fruit.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Yield:<\/strong> Yields can vary widely. When it hits its stride, it&#8217;s a prolific producer, continuing to set fruit up to the greenhouse roof. However, several growers note it can be &#8220;lazy,&#8221; dropping early blossoms or refusing to set if conditions aren&#8217;t perfectly dialed in. Overall fruit count might be low (5-8 per vine), but the sheer weight of each tomato makes up for it.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Taste:<\/strong> Universally praised as a dessert-level tomato when fully ripe. It boasts a rich, fruity, buttery flesh with zero acidity and distinct sweetness. However, early-season tomatoes or those grown in poor years\/waterlogged soil may suffer from hard shoulders and a bland, grassy taste.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udce6 <strong>Storage:<\/strong> Not built for long storage. Like most large heirloom bicolors, these are meant to be eaten fresh or sliced immediately.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0e <strong>Who Reviewed It:<\/strong> Extensively grown and reviewed by gardeners across USDA Zones 3 through 7 (Russia, Kazakhstan, and Spain). It performs excellently out in the dirt, though greenhouse performance is highly dependent on managing water and humidity to prevent cracking and blossom drop.<\/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 Grown King Pineapple?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Share your zone and how it did for you in the comments below, and add your photos!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take: King Pineapple is a massive, incredibly sweet indeterminate bicolor heirloom originally from Indiana. While it can be a bit late to set fruit and finicky depending on the season, when it\u2019s happy, it produces huge 1\u20133 lb (450\u20131500 g) slicers with a rich, fruity flavor and thick, sturdy trusses. Full summary \u2193 &#8230; <a title=\"King Pineapple Tomato: Reviews, Yields &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/king-pineapple\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about King Pineapple Tomato: Reviews, Yields &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,94,61],"tags":[410,720,1529,1528],"class_list":["post-6624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-heirloom-other","category-orange-and-yellow-tomatoes","tag-american-heirloom","tag-dale-thurber","tag-huge-slicers","tag-late-season-bicolors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624","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=6624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6627,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624\/revisions\/6627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}