Tsar's Favorite

barkeater · September 2, 2007

Andrey lists TF as a beefsteak, but mine are starting to ripen at about 3-4 oz., on a very compact, semi-indeterminate (4'ft.) plant which is LOADED.

The closest variety I can compare it to is Mountain Princess for plant habit , fruit size, and earliness. The shape and size of the fruit is similar to Silvery Fir Tree.

Does this sound right?

peispud · September 2, 2007

Tsar's Favorite - red-orange, indeterminate, midseason, RL, 3-4 fruit in a cluster, plain-round, up to 1 kg, meaty and aromatic, few seeds, Russian from St.Peterburg.

from his spreadsheet...
sounds like you got the wrong seeds from him.

I think I have seeds for this variety from him too but I never grew
it this season.

Peter

Andrey_BY · September 3, 2007

You should expect beefsteak type fruits on the first several clusters of Tsarskiy Lyubimets (Tsar's Favorite). Don't know what to say. The seeds for this variety were grown by one of my Belarusian helpers (crossed?)... How about the color and the taste?

September 2, 2007	#1
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Tsar's Favorite Andrey lists TF as a beefsteak, but mine are starting to ripen at about 3-4 oz., on a very compact, semi-indeterminate (4'ft.) plant which is LOADED. The closest variety I can compare it to is Mountain Princess for plant habit , fruit size, and earliness. The shape and size of the fruit is similar to Silvery Fir Tree. Does this sound right?

September 3, 2007	#3
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	You should expect beefsteak type fruits on the first several clusters of Tsarskiy Lyubimets (Tsar's Favorite). Don't know what to say. The seeds for this variety were grown by one of my Belarusian helpers (crossed?)... How about the color and the taste? __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

September 2, 2007	#2
peispud Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 180	Tsar's Favorite - red-orange, indeterminate, midseason, RL, 3-4 fruit in a cluster, plain-round, up to 1 kg, meaty and aromatic, few seeds, Russian from St.Peterburg. from his spreadsheet... sounds like you got the wrong seeds from him. I think I have seeds for this variety from him too but I never grew it this season. Peter