lyubimyĭ prazdnik favorite holiday

jennifer28 · July 18, 2012

Photos of a big Russian commercial variety heart known as lyubimyĭ prazdnik
which roughly translates to "favorite holiday" in English.

It is open pollinated.

I ate my first ripe one today. I liked it, it was more sweet and had a wonderful zip at the end. Quite juicy, too.

Here are photos of some green ones and then the ripe red one I ate today.

It is quite cold tolerant. I put it in around April 12th or so and it survived temps around 30 degrees, I believe. I need to look up exactly what the lows were back then. But I know there were some light frosts.

janezee · July 19, 2012

Wow, that's a beauty! Sounds tasty, too!

j

jennifer28 · July 19, 2012

I found it in Tatiana's Tomatobase

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Lyubimyi_Prazdnik

I should weigh the other fruits when they ripen. They're BIG. This is a decent tomato. Very easy to grow, tolerates abuse and the cold, and tastes good. Much better than severtsnaya koroleyva, which I have too much of and which I don't really like.

July 19, 2012	#2
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	Wow, that's a beauty! Sounds tasty, too! j

July 19, 2012	#3
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	I found it in Tatiana's Tomatobase http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Lyubimyi_Prazdnik I should weigh the other fruits when they ripen. They're BIG. This is a decent tomato. Very easy to grow, tolerates abuse and the cold, and tastes good. Much better than severtsnaya koroleyva, which I have too much of and which I don't really like.