{"id":7527,"date":"2026-11-12T18:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2026-11-12T18:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:44:19","slug":"summer-cider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/summer-cider\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Cider Tomato Review & Photos: Potato-Leaf Orange Beefsteak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Summer Cider is an indeterminate<\/strong>, mid-season<\/strong> heirloom beefsteak featuring distinctive potato-leaf (PL)<\/strong> foliage and large, oblate apricot-orange fruits ranging from 7 to 18 oz (200-500 g)<\/strong>. The variety is famous for its complex flavor contrast: rich, sweet flesh paired with brisk, cider-tart locular gel around the seeds. Growers report mixed yields outdoors in cool ground, but sheltered vines produce heavy sets of giant slicers. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Esme (Galina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (5,701 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Seeds were shared with me by Lyubushka, if I remember right. The plant is indeterminate, but it wasn’t particularly vigorous. Potato-leaf foliage. Yield was on the lower side of average, but that might improve once the variety acclimatizes to local soil, and the same goes for fruit size (mine barely pushed 7 oz (200 g), some even smaller). Mid-season.
\nThe fruits are flat-round and orange. When green, you can see faint dark green striping. Very juicy, and the juice itself, unlike the sweet pulp, had a noticeable tangy kick, making for a truly unique flavor profile.
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Ovechka (Lyudmila) \u2b50 Forum Pioneer (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Summer Cider (seeds from Redko). Grew two plants outdoors in the dirt. One set just a single small fruit. The second gave three large ones. Potato-leaf foliage. The fruits are oblate and large, showing green striping before they ripen up. On the palate it is quite tangy. And yes, Galina hit the nail on the head: that sharp acidity comes straight from the seed gel inside the cavities.
\nEdited July 28, 2014 by Ovechka
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Spitting image of mine. Lyubasha must have ordered her original seed stock from Redko as well.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Galya, it turned out to be a really stingy yielder for me \ud83d\ude22 Otherwise it would have been great, such a handsome, hefty slicer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PanIrina \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,208 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Seeds were from Redko. Loved both the flavor and the look of this tomato. Productivity was right around average.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Really enjoyed this variety: attractive, productive, and delicious. Potato-leaf foliage, seeds came from Popenko.
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I liked this variety a lot as well, super tasty and very productive. Strong, sturdy plant with potato-leaf foliage. The fruits are large, weighing between 11 and 18 oz (300-500 g). Huge shoutout to Lyudmila (Aleksan9ra) for the seeds! \ud83d\ude4f
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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n