Anna Banana Russian - impressive new tomato

[nctomatoman]

I received an email from a Washington state tomato grower offering me a few seeds of a tomato that he has stabilized - he described it as a yellow version of Anna Russian and called it Anna Banana Russian.

I finally picked some fruit from it this week. Like Anna Russian, it is wispy foliaged, weak stemmed - and produces fruit that are slightly, not strongly, heart shaped (rounded blossom ends, rather than pointy). The best parts - they are bright yellow with pale yellow interiors with very slight red streaking. (the first heart I've seen that is not golden, or on the orange side - such as Yellow Oxheart)....and they are quite delicious! One of the better tomatoes I've tasted this year; they run from 6 to 12 ounces or a bit more.

Pictures:

Unripe fruit -



Ripe on the vine -



Ripe on the board -



Sliced -



I hope to have a few for Tomatopalooza. The fruit have few seeds. My plans are to send a few to Patrina so that some Aussies and NZers can try them out - perhaps this will allow for more seed to share around the US next growing season.