{"id":7360,"date":"2026-11-08T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:47:25","slug":"russian-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/russian-117\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian 117 Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Russian 117<\/strong> is a legendary indeterminate<\/strong> heirloom famous for cranking out massive, dense, fused double oxhearts<\/strong> tipping the scales at 17 oz (484 g)<\/strong> or more. Northern growers consistently report heavy, dependable yields in high tunnels and open beds. A major talking point across community seed lines is foliage segregation: while historically a regular leaf (RL) variety, a stable potato leaf (PL) variant frequently pops up, often producing even larger, slightly sweeter pink-red fruit.<\/p>\n

Jump to: Habit, Fruit & Yield \u2193<\/a> | The Potato Leaf Mystery \u2193<\/a> | Russian 117 vs Orange Russian 117 \u2193<\/a> | Harvests & Yellow Shoulders \u2193<\/a> | Full Summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-5 Experience)<\/h2>\n

Plant Habit, Double Hearts, and Yield<\/h3>\n
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Indeterminate slicing variety. Turned out mid-season for me, even though catalog write-ups lean toward late.
\nThe tomatoes are large to huge, flattened, fused double hearts. Dense, meaty, firm flesh, yet dripping with juice. As for flavor, it varied slightly through the season, but honestly had only two settings: very good and truly exceptional \ud83d\ude0b
\nThe vine grew in the sunniest spot in the greenhouse and reached 7.2 ft (2.2 m). Average foliage density. Yield was top-notch, it set every single flower on the truss without missing a beat. Outstanding variety!
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Follow-up pics. If the scale reading is tough to see, that fruit tipped the scale at 17 oz (484 g).
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What an absolute stunner \ud83d\udc4d I’ve got this exact variety slated for my garden beds this spring \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here is the stunner I harvested. Russian 117. Juicy, super delicious, leaned more pinkish-red, and grew on potato leaf foliage.
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Gorgeous! \ud83d\udc4d Vitaliy, once your plant with regular foliage ripens up, post a photo of that one too, please!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This variety completely blew me away with its production and rich flavor \ud83d\udcec \ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b
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The Potato Leaf vs Regular Leaf Segregation Mystery<\/h3>\n
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Sowed three seeds (props to ElenaN \ud83d\ude4f). Two came up regular leaf and one sprouted potato leaf, so I planted out one of each.
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Here is my Russian 117. Huge thanks to ElenaN for the seeds \ud83d\ude4f! Incredibly delicious tomato! Grew inside the greenhouse, foliage was regular leaf.
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My Russian 117:
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Not to Be Confused with Orange Russian 117<\/h3>\n
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\nLena, judging from the photo, yours looks an awful lot like Orange Russian 117 rather than straight Russian 117.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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One of my late autumn pullers, red Russian 117 on regular foliage.
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Incredible variety! Massive production \ud83d\udca5, delicious and gorgeous \ud83d\udc4d
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Grew this one again in 2015. Starting seedlings from my saved seed, I noticed both regular foliage and potato leaf starts popped up in the trays.
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Out of three sprouts, two have potato leaf foliage, so I kept those two. No clue why I picked the potato leaf ones, but greenhouse space is tight and I only have room for two \ud83d\ude42
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\nUh oh, all three of mine popped up with potato leaf… \ud83d\ude41<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mine also came up potato leaf. Where does it say that regular leaf is the only correct one?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Last season I had both types sprout from the same packet. Planted both, shoved the potato leaf plant into the darkest corner of the greenhouse. It ended up maturing a bit later (probably due to the shady spot), but the fruit was larger and noticeably sweeter \ud83e\udd37 That was my experience anyway.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All mine came up potato leaf \ud83d\ude09
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Folks! The official, historical foliage type for Russian 117 is regular leaf.
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\nMy take: the line is segregating. Sow extra seeds and select for standard foliage if you want true to type. In 2015, my potato leaf vine set fruit later than the regular leaf plant. The tomatoes on the potato leaf vine were pinkish-red rather than scarlet red. Flavor was pretty much identical.
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I’ve noticed across the board that potato leaf varieties tend to run later. When planning my garden beds, I stick mostly to regular leaf varieties. I only bother with potato leaf if the color or fruit shape can’t be found on a regular vine. Flavor might be superior, but in our harsh short-season climate they just don’t yield enough before frost.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Out of 9 seeds sowed, every single one came up potato leaf. Across the board.
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Hey Sergey! Last season I ended up with one of each. Put the ‘proper’ regular leaf plant inside the high tunnel and it flopped, produced sour, tiny ping-pong balls. Meanwhile, the rogue potato leaf went outside into the open garden beds and cranked out massive, gorgeous, true-to-form oxhearts. The line definitely split, so try it out yourself. This year my lone Russian 117 sprouted potato leaf again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lena, my seeds were harvested from a regular leaf vine originally sourced from ElenaN \ud83d\ude4f Kept saving from the true-to-type regular vine, and ran the potato leaf as a side trial. It was a really good trial though!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yep, remember that! That just confirms the line was segregating. Even from regular foliage, potato leaf keeps throwing offshoots. Loved the fruit on the potato leaf plant, so keeping it around even if it’s considered an off-type.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thanks Elena! Read your garden journal notes on it. Keeping the starts, growing them out, and I’ll post photos and updates \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Loved this variety. Heavy cropper, super rich flavor, and sweet. Stretched to roughly 6 ft (1.8 m) inside the hoop house.
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Hit 6 ft (1.8 m) in the greenhouse. Trained to two stems, every tomato grew large. Absolutely fell in love with it, growing it for the third season straight.
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Galinka (Galina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,169 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Grew two plants this season: one potato leaf inside the greenhouse, one regular leaf out in the garden beds. Both were massive producers, but sadly both suffered from persistent green\/yellow shoulders \ud83d\ude41
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Drosera (Svetlana) \u2b50 Pro Grower (5,415 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Folks are sharing seeds from heterozygous plants (regular\/potato leaf) \ud83d\ude15
\nLast year I grew two plants with regular foliage from seed ElenaN sent \ud83d\ude4f Collected seeds, planted three this spring, and all three came up potato leaf.
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Exact same story for me: out of three sowed, two sprouted potato leaf and one regular. Seeds came from Redko. No seed mix-up possible, all three germinated in the same starter cell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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kinnergard (Nataliya) \u2b50 Pro Grower (2,707 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Started five seeds, all five germinated, and every single one is potato leaf. Sourced from Zolushka. By the way, the seedlings are robust and easily the stockiest starts among everything sown that same day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Full Summary: Russian 117 Plant Habit, Yield, and Leaf Variations<\/h2>\n