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- 1 How to choose tomatoes for pickling?
- 2 Tomato varieties for pickling
- 3 Photos of the best varieties of tomatoes with descriptions
- 4 Cucumber varieties for pickling and canning
- 5 Photos of the best varieties of tomatoes with descriptions
- 6 What varieties of early tomatoes for open ground do you think are the best for pickling ???
- 7 How tomatoes for processing differ from other varieties
- 8 The best varieties of tomatoes for pickling
- 9 The best varieties of tomatoes for canning
- 10 The best varieties of sauce tomatoes
On this page, a selection of varieties and hybrids of tomatoes for pickling.
Among them are undersized and tall ones, for greenhouses and for open ground, early maturing and mid-maturing, red and yellow, black and striped, ribbed and smooth, round and long, in general, a wide variety of tomato varieties, most suitable for whole-fruit canning.
Select the variety you like, click on it and you will be taken to a page with a description of this variety, its photo, as well as a hint where you can currently buy the seeds of this tomato. Perhaps one of the gardeners has already left reviews about this variety.
We hope that our catalog will help you choose the best pickled tomato varieties and hybrids that your whole family will like.
Tomato Adam's apple
Mid-season, indeterminate, tall, bristle tomato variety for greenhouses and open ground. The bush is up to 1.8 meters high, the leaf is of the usual type. A garter to the support and pinning is required. Nailu ...
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Tomato Adeline
Mid-season, determinant, undersized, high-yielding tomato variety for open ground and film shelters. A bush with a height of 0.4-0.5 meters, which does not require pinching. A garter to the support is required. Per ...
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Tomato Watercolor
Mid-season, unpretentious, determinant tomato variety for open ground. The period from germination to maturation is 110-120 days. A standard bush, up to 50 cm high, a garter to the support ...
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Tomato Scarlet candles
The fruits are collected in small clusters. Fruits are cylindrical, narrow, elongated, with a "spout". Dense, glossy, pink at maturity, weighing 60-100 grams. The taste is good, so they will do ...
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Tomato Scarlet Mustang
Mid-season, indeterminate, medium-sized bristle tomato variety for greenhouses and open ground. Low-leafed bush, 1-1.3 meters high. A garter to the support and pinning is required. The best ...
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Amish tomato red
The original name of this tomato is Amish Paste. Mid-season, semi-determinant, high-yielding tomato variety. Recommended for outdoor cultivation. The height of the bush is 1.2-1.5 meters, it takes ...
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Tomato Amulet
Mid-season (116-125 days from germination to maturity), determinant, bristle, pickling tomato variety for open ground and film shelters. Medium-branched bush, strongly leafy, height ...
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Tomato Amur tiger
Medium early (108-112 days from germination to the beginning of ripening), a productive cluster tomato variety for greenhouses and open ground. The bush is beautiful, powerful, 0.8-1.2 meters high. The fruits are collected in a bunch of ...
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Tomato Amur Cliff
A mid-ripening, indeterminate variety with a height of 1.2-1.4 m, with dense fruits, plum-shaped, weighing 70-80 grams, red in color. Fruits do not crack, fleshy, dense, very tasty ...
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Tomato Anna German
Indeterminate, mid-season, high-yielding, carpal tomato variety. Recommended for cultivation in greenhouses in the middle lane and in the open field in the southern regions. The bush is vigorous, spreading, high ...
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Tomato Aswon
Early maturing (95-100 days from germination to maturity), determinant, high-yielding tomato hybrid. The bush is compact, 35-45 cm high, does not require a garter to the support and pinching. The variety shows ...
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Tomato Auria
Very productive, indeterminate (unlimited growth), mid-season tomato variety. Liana bush, about 2 meters high. Requires a garter plant to a support or trellis and a stepson ...
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Tomato pet of fate
Early maturing, determinant, bristle tomato variety for open ground. The height of the bush is up to 1 meter, the leaf is ordinary. Fruits are collected in clusters of 4-6 pieces. Pepper-shaped fruits, at the stage of ripeness to ...
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Tomato Banana red
Early maturing, determinant tomato variety for open ground and film shelters. The period from germination to maturation is 100-105 days. The height of the bush is 0.7-1 meter. Garter required p ...
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Tomato Banana Legs
Mid-season, semi-determinant, high-yielding tomato variety. Recommended for outdoor cultivation. The bush is up to 1 meter high, does not require pinching. Fruits - elongated cream (plant ...
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Tomato Banana
Medium early (103-110 days from germination to ripening), indeterminate, medium-sized, high-yielding tomato variety for greenhouses and open ground. A bush with a height of 1.5-1.6 meters (in a greenhouse), requires a garter ...
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Amateur gardeners and professionals involved in the cultivation of tomatoes and their selection, claim that there are several tens of thousands of varieties and hybrids in the world, and work on new ones does not stop. Is it really not always possible to find tomatoes to your liking and taste among such a variety?
Today, summer residents and farmers have a wide range of plants at their disposal. Some reach a height of three meters, others rise only 40-50 cm above the ground. In addition to traditionally red tomatoes, yellow, raspberry and pink, black and even striped fruits ripen in the beds. Tomatoes differ in weight, amount of sugar, juiciness of the pulp, thickness of the skin, yield and ripening time.
For lovers of homemade pickles, it is important that the fruits tightly packed in tanks or jars do not deform or burst both at the time of preparation and already during storage. This means that the most dense tomatoes of the same degree of ripeness and size are chosen for salting. In addition, they must be sweet, otherwise the appetizer will not turn out as tasty and spicy as the hostess would like.
How to choose tomatoes for pickling?
How to select from the available variety of tomatoes those that will show themselves better than others in winter? The complexity of the choice is that from the moment of pouring the brine to the full readiness of the fruits, it takes 1–1.5 months. And in case of a mistake, the hostess simply will not have the opportunity to make pickles again until winter.
How to find tomatoes that are obviously suitable for pickling according to the description of the variety? Pickled varieties of tomatoes can be recognized by their fruits:
- medium size;
- with strong skin,
- with firm sweet pulp.
This guarantees an attractive appearance of the appetizer, uniform salting and good taste. Therefore, it is better to give preference to zoned varieties and take into account the features given in the description of varieties.
Tomato varieties for pickling
Tomatoes, excellent in salting, do not stand out in size, like salad tomatoes, but they are aligned in size and shape. It is important that they ripen in large quantities on the bush.
Pickled delicacy
This determinant medium-ripening variety can be grown both in greenhouses and in open beds. Shrubs of one meter height moderately stepchild. Fruits in the form of medium-sized, weighing about 100 grams, the cream does not crack. Elongated cream, dense, smooth, at the stage of maturity, rich red color, distinguished by a beautiful bright red hue, excellent taste and decent pulp density.
Cheerful gnome
The variety, which forms bushes only 40-50 m in height, belongs to the mid-early. Dense plum fruits weigh 70 - 80 grams, when ripe they have an even red color. With mass fruiting, tomatoes do not crack and do not shrink by the end of the growing season.
Baby sweetness
Early ripening tomatoes are suitable not only for pickling, but also for other types of preservation and fresh consumption. The bushes are low, up to 70 cm high. With moderate pinching in most regions, it is possible to get an excellent harvest. Fruits are medium-sized, even red, weighing from 50 to 70 grams.
Ladies' man
A productive early variety intended for cultivation both in the open field and in greenhouses. Large bushes are pinned up and tied up. Elongated tomatoes have excellent commercial qualities. They are attractive in appearance, aligned, have a dense pulp and excellent taste.
The weight of the fruit leaves 50-60 grams, which is convenient when using homemade pickles and provides the fruit with proper strength when storing snacks.
Pinocchio
Cylindrical tomatoes with a spout weigh from 100 to 150 grams, are distinguished by an interesting sweet and sour taste and a uniform delicate texture. The use of the variety for making homemade products provides the appetizers with an original look and decent quality.
Verlioka
Unpretentious, early fruitful tomato hybrid is perfect for pickling, fresh consumption and preparation of any canned food. On bushes from 1 to 1.5 meters in height, round dense fruits are formed and ripen in large quantities. The weight of this variety is 80–90 grams.
Among the advantages of the variety is resistance to common diseases of the crop, which reduce yields at the end of summer.
Summer resident
One of the earliest and most amicable in fruiting tomatoes for greenhouses and open ground. The variety is unpretentious to growing conditions, is distinguished by long-term fruiting and evenness of ripening fruits. Tomatoes are red, round, with a dense skin and a pleasant sweet and sour pulp taste. Fruit weight 100-150 grams.
In addition to pickles, they can be used to prepare fresh salads, marinades and excellent sauces.
De Barao
Today, this variety of tomatoes is well known to most gardeners. Unpretentious, tall and very productive plants form many clusters of oval fruits weighing from 70 to 90 grams. Breeders offer several varieties of De barao.
Therefore, not only red tomatoes are available for pickling and canning, but also excellent fruits of yellow, black, pink and even striped color.
The height of the bush is 2–2.5 meters. The fruits are sweet, stable, not prone to cracking. Plants are resistant to many tomato diseases.
There are a lot of pickling varieties of tomatoes, and each of the summer residents has the right to choose those that grow better on his site and please his household.In addition to the varieties listed above, the following varieties should be noted: Salting ground, Novichok, Mobile and Irishka, as well as hybrids Kaspar F1 and Ira F1, Cherry. Yes, cherry tomatoes show themselves great not only in salads, but also in any kind of canned food. The same applies to pepper-shaped tomatoes, including the Pink Icicle, Pertsovka and many others.
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Early varieties of tomatoes
The following early varieties of tomatoes can be distinguished:
Batianya... Gives a stable harvest. Good taste. Smooth and round fruits.
The plant is tall, requires pinching and garter.The size is medium and large-fruited, but with improper agricultural technology, it is prone to small-fruiting and is easily affected by diseases. Very unstable to late blight and apical rot. Best grown for early production.
"Creme brulee"For open ground and plastic greenhouses.
Appointment - ideal for pickling "assorted", pickling, juices.I liked its yield and left it in my collection. He began to ripen one of the first.
Their skin is thin, permeable to brine, and the thorns turn black over time;... Delicious, smooth fruits, uniform color.
Tomatoes are loved by many. This also applies to gardeners. Many people want to grow these very vegetables. Moreover, you can grow a variety of tomatoes - red, yellow, pink, orange, raspberry. In the open field, in the greenhouse, early maturing and late maturing. The best varieties of tomatoes are grown for salads and canning. Description of tomato varieties allows you to choose the most suitable from a huge variety of existing ones.... Large, pink, heart-shaped fruits. Unpretentious variety. Early ripening. Delicious tomatoes.
Fat jackMid-season variety, plant on seedlings until mid-March.
Fruits are juicy, ripen quickly. When ripe, they are soft, taste good, the skin is harsh and thin, keeping quality is very low. Purpose: salad and canning - in its own juice, lecho, fillings, ketchups. Poorly suitable for whole fruit canning and pickling.An excellent large-fruited variety of black-fruited tomatoes.
Tall, up to 1.5 m.
"Ballerina"The flesh of pickled cucumbers is denser and crisper.
Pink SteleEvgeniya
The Golden Queen and Nezhdana... Red and sweet tomatoes weighing up to 300g.
More suitable for growing in film greenhouses."Mongolian dwarf"
Pink tomato varieties
The following varieties of pink tomatoes are popular:
Fruit weight from 200 to 400 grams. Delicious tomatoes. They acquire their dark color after full maturation.The plant is sprawling, powerful, requires pinching and garter.
Mid-season variety: ripens in 100 - 110 days after germination.The bush is low, 50 -60 cm. The variety is intended for open ground and film shelters, medium-early ripening period.
So, we have decided on the external signs, but what kind of cucumbers is better for pickling - we will find out below. Immediately I would like to name the two most famous varieties of pickled cucumbers - these are "Nezhinsky" and "Muromsky". Their fruits are medium in size, the flesh is dense, and the skin is thin - ideal for pickling.... Low bushes. Elongated pink-raspberry tomatoes. Each weight is up to 200g. High yield and great taste.
... For open ground. For salads and canning. Drought tolerant. Short dark green leaves. Red, firm, smooth tomatoes. Do not crack. Good taste. Gives good yields even in bad weather conditions.... Fruits are yellow, round-flat. Weight up to 300g. They are unpretentious, resistant to various diseases and unfavorable weather conditions.
Admiral F1Polish Pastel Bi Color
A completely new variety that has already become a legend. This is a variety of creeping tomato that does not need pinching or tying.Fruits are juicy, fleshy, ideal for salads. From processing - suitable for the manufacture of tomato juices, fillings, lecho. One of the most delicious black-fruited tomatoes.
Forms clusters of 6 - 7 fruits each, the average weight of each fruit is 200-300 g.The plant is up to 50 cm high, low-leafed. Does not require pinning. Garter as needed.
Pepper-shaped fruits weighing 60 - 120 gr.The following varieties of pickling cucumbers are also good:
Scarlet CandlesAurora F1
Ballerina... It is grown both for salads and for pickling. Vigorous, indeterminate plant. Good taste, amicable fruiting. Resistant to many diseases. Lightly ribbed red tomatoes.
Seeds from Dmitry Gusev, photo from his website.Despite the fact that I do not yet have a photograph of this interesting variety, I could not ignore it. For the first time I saw this variety, magnificent in yield and unpretentiousness, in the Ural nursery - it just lay on the ground and under its foliage you could see many large still green tomatoes weighing about 200 grams.
Plant growth from 1m to 1.5m - depending on growing conditions. The stem is erect, strong, the leaf is ordinary carved.The taste is sweet, juicy, fleshy.
Tomato varieties for open ground
The following varieties of tomatoes for open ground are valued:
The inflorescence is simple, with 5-6 red, pear-shaped fruits, weighing up to 60 g. No spot. Productivity 2.5 - 3 kg. from the bush.The seeds were bought from a private collector, photo taken from the Internet.
"Era";... Cylindrical pink tomatoes. You can see them in the photo of tomato varieties.
... It is grown both for salads and for pickling. For open ground and for growing under film. Medium-sized sheets. Weak ribbed fruits weighing up to 110g. It is appreciated for amicable fruiting.... Elongated red fruits. The weight of which is from 150 to 200g.
Hurricane F1The plant is tall, up to 1.5 m. It forms clusters with two-color, red-yellow plum-shaped tomatoes.
The variety is interesting in that it enters fruiting very early and bears fruit until frost, and its fruits are practically not afraid of diseases and can lie quietly on the cold ground. A very unpretentious variety.In general, the plant is quite gentle, does not like cold snaps. More suitable for greenhouse cultivation than outdoor cultivation.
The variety is in my trial, so a full description will appear later.Not prone to cracking. The pulp is dense, firm, slightly juicy. Ideal for canning.
The variety has not yet been tested by me personally, so a full description will appear later."Stage";
SlavRed sun F1
Kemerovets... It is grown both for salads and for pickling. Medium-branched plant. Laxative. Up to 220cm high. Leaves are medium in size. Small fruits of flat-round shape.
The plant is quite beautiful and powerful. Requires moderate pinching (up to 1 brush). If you need small tomatoes and a lot, then you don't need to pinch at all. I did not stepchild, nevertheless, the harvest was quite large, fruits, fruits were 80-120 grams each (it is better not to try to grow them large).Little prone to late blight and other diseases of tomatoes, cold-resistant, easy to grow - absolutely does not require a garter.
Late ripening: begins to bear fruit on the 120th day after germination + more time is needed for growth and ripening. Therefore, it must be planted for seedlings in early March. ———————————————
Mid-ripening: 100-105 days before the first fruit ripens.Experience of 2015. The variety grew in the ground, proved to be quite good. The bushes are compact, unpretentious variety.
"Nezhinka";... Fairly tall plants. Elongated tomatoes weighing up to 170g. Pink. They have sweet and tasty flesh. They are used in salads and canned. Provides stable yields in any weather, resistant to diseases.
Tomato varieties: photo gallery (click to enlarge):
Cucumber varieties for pickling and canning
... For open ground and for growing under film. Salad. Delicious lightly ribbed red tomatoes. Weight up to 120g.
... Raspberry - rosy vegetables suitable for the market. One-dimensional, like small hearts. Dense pulp.
- Spring drops
- What is special about them: they matured for an unusually long time. On the bush, they never turned red. They lay there for a very long time. In principle, they can be attributed to very stable varieties. When ripe, they remain pinkish-yellow, soft. Average taste. They are unlikely to be suitable for whole-fruit canning, rather for autumn salads or just blanks. You can't make crap out of them - for some reason such crap quickly deteriorates.
- Plus, it can be grown as early produce. If you plant it in a bucket at the end of February, then in May you can eat its tomatoes. The variety is early ripening and very interesting.
The best varieties of cucumbers for canning
Strongly susceptible to phytophthora, cladosporium, easily damaged by various diseases.
My experience in 2015 The plant was densely leafy, fruitful enough. It is difficult to understand when the fruits are ripe and when they are still green. As a result, when I decided that they were ripe and decided to try them, the tomatoes were already overripe. The taste is good, sweetish, although it was very unusual to eat green tomatoes.
- Plant growth 50 - 55 cm Leaves are carved, thin. the bush branches strongly. The branches and trunk are thin. The plant is somewhat capricious and requires good care. It is appreciated for the good taste of the fruit.
- "Budenovka":
- "Nosovsky".
- Monastic meal
Little prince
Uncle Stepa
- ... Ultra ripe variety. Cold snap resistant. Gives a stable, friendly harvest.
- "Paul Robson"
- The tomatoes themselves are fleshy, very juicy. They give a high percentage of juice. They doze up pretty quickly. You can write out the seeds here:
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- "Zest"
Under unfavorable conditions, it sets fruit poorly.
Self-pollinated varieties of cucumbers for pickling
Mid-season variety: from germination to maturation 110-115 days.
- The varieties of this group have excellent salting properties, and, unlike hybrid varieties, they give excellent seed material.
- ... Tall bushes. Large fruits up to 350 g.
- ... Gives a stable harvest. Good taste. Smooth and round fruits.
- ... Tomatoes with a thin skin, red, longish shape. They are easy to break, like you break cucumbers into pieces.
- F1 dandy
- Large-fruited variety from a series of black-fruited tomatoes with beautiful chocolate-glossy fruits. Fruit weight from 150 to 400 grams, average weight 150-200 grams.
Sometimes under the guise of "Mongolian dwarf" some unscrupulous sellers can sell an ordinary determinate variety, but the "Mongolian dwarf" has one feature that completely distinguishes it from all other varieties - its main trunk grows to 15 - 20 cm, after which it starts bend sharply downward, at the same time releasing the stepsons, who also tend to bend downward, which makes the plant look spread out. Therefore, when planting in the ground, these plants must be planted at a distance of at least 60 - 70 cm from each other, since each plant occupies an area of about half a meter in radius.
Seeds and description from her.
The variety of tomatoes is medium and large-fruited, the flesh is strong, the skin is thin, the juiciness is average, the taste is good, the keeping quality is good.
The plant is medium-sized (up to 70 cm), powerful. The plant can be pinned or not pinned - at will. Passionking gives large-fruited.
Traditional varieties of cucumbers for pickling and canning include:
Batianya
Fat jack
Scarlet Mustang
... Salad. Medium-sized plant, indeterminate. Red smooth, round, firm tomatoes. Fruit weight 150 g. Good taste. Resistant to diseases and adverse weather.
Late ripening: from germination to the beginning of fruiting 115 - 120 days. Those.it should be planted for seedlings at the end of February. Well suited for growing in greenhouses and film shelters.
Some compassionate gardeners certainly strive to tie up this plant, but I want to say that it is completely pointless to do this - tomatoes practically do not suffer from this and do not deteriorate.
"Lying"
An early maturing variety for OG and greenhouses, plant height 50-60 cm.
Appointment salad. For processing - lecho, salads, sauces.
The size of the fruit is medium to large, the flesh is watermelon, the taste is good, the juiciness is medium, the skin is thin, the fruit is strong, the keeping quality is medium.
"Coastal";
... Large, pink, heart-shaped fruits. Unpretentious variety. Early ripening. Delicious tomatoes.
... Red and sweet tomatoes weighing up to 300g.
... The variety is similar to the previous one. Large and fleshy fruits.
Tsarskoye Selo
The plant is tall, more than 1.5 meters in height. For 1 sq. m. it is recommended to place no more than 3 plants.
It is very convenient to cover these shoots from frost - just throw a covering over them.
Low bush from 40 cm in the ground to 60 cm in the greenhouse. Erect, strong, densely leafy with large leaves, well covering the stem. A very productive variety, produces a lot of medium and small tomatoes, 60 - 70 grams each.
Fruits are dense, heart-shaped, excellent taste, weighing 100 grams. There are 5 -7 fruits in a bunch.
Seeds, description and photo from the originator of the variety "Aelita"
Appointment: salad.
Altai;
The Golden Queen and Nezhdana
Admiral F1
Laura
... For open ground and for growing under film. Plants require a garter and shaping. It is grown both for salads and for pickling. High-yielding. Red, smooth, flat-round tomatoes. Good taste. Lying grade.
Fruit taste is juicy, sweetish, good. Keeping quality is low.
In addition, the plant itself is quite cold-resistant.
Doesn't take steps.
Salad purpose and canning.
Tall plant with a height of 1.20 - 1.60 m.
Small to medium sized fruits can be used for canning.
Vyaznikovsky;
... Fruits are yellow, round-flat. Weight up to 300g. They are unpretentious, resistant to various diseases and unfavorable weather conditions.
... It is grown both for salads and for pickling. Vigorous, indeterminate plant. Good taste, amicable fruiting. Resistant to many diseases. Lightly ribbed red tomatoes.
... Mid-season variety. Red tomatoes are suitable for both salads and pickling. Oval, fleshy, sweet flesh.
Shady LadyAppointment for salad and for homemade products in the form of lecho, juices, sauces, ketchups. Unsuitable for whole-fruit canning.
Growing this variety in the summer of 2014 on my site showed the following: the bush is well leafy, the shoots are low and bend straight to the ground. Despite the fact that many tomatoes around were already sick with late blight or cladosporiosis due to the rainy summer, this variety lay completely green on the ground. Fruits of medium size up to 100 grams, round, ripening quickly, juicy, taste reminiscent of "Siberian early ripening". Harvestable. Ties fruit normally in all conditions.
The leaves turn yellow quickly under unfavorable conditions and cold, which makes the bush look unsightly, but this does not affect the number of fruits.
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Early maturing, from germination to maturation 110 days.
Medium and large - for making pastes, mashed potatoes, lecho, horseradish. Cut into wedges can be frozen.Voronezhsky;Ballerina
Hurricane F1
Pickled delicacy
... Smooth, firm red fruit suitable for salads. Excellent taste. Weight up to 200g. Heat-resistant plant, little affected by diseases.
"Moscow delicacy"
The variety is recommended to be grown exclusively in greenhouses or under film shelters, as it does not tolerate low temperatures and drops.Tomatoes in the ground are very small, like cherry, which is bad for the variety.
My 2015 experience.
For open ground and plastic greenhouses.
"Butuz"
"Magnificent F1".
... Elongated red fruits. The weight of which is from 150 to 200g.
... It is grown both for salads and for pickling. Medium-branched plant. Laxative. Up to 220cm high. Leaves are medium in size. Small fruits of flat-round shape.
... The weight of tomatoes is from 80 to 100g. Perfect for canning. Red and smooth fruits. Do not overripe, do not stain, do not crack. An interesting feature of this variety is that at the first glance at the bush, the leaves are not noticed. The height of the bushes is up to 1m.
Harmony
"Pink honey"
A mid-season, high-yielding variety of tomatoes of a beautiful plum-shaped shape, very dense, good taste, fruit weight 80 - 100 g., 6 - 10 pieces per brush. The variety is very tenacious, well kept. Best for storage and canning.
The manufacturer guarantees high keeping quality of fruits if they were picked green.
The bush was about 80 cm, spreading, the stem is powerful. There were not so many fruits, but perhaps it was my fault - there was a strong fall of the ovaries and flowers. The fruits themselves were about 40 - 60 grams. They look like miniature round hearts, pink in color, very beautiful in appearance. The taste is excellent, reminiscent of "Pink Honey" in miniature, sweetish, with watermelon pulp, I really liked it. Ideal for both salads and pickling.
The fruit is round, weighing 300 - 350 g ..
Seeds from a private collector. Photo from the Internet.
They are united by the rapid yellowing of the fruits, so it is better not to delay with harvesting.
Kemerovets
Spring drops
Siberian trump card
... High-yielding variety, salad. Determinant, medium leafy, medium branched plant. Leaves are medium in size. The fruits are red, smooth. Good taste. Disease resistant plants. High marketability.
Medium plant up to 1 m, with large heart-shaped fruits. Requires moderate pinching.
When grown, it showed itself very positively.
Advantages of the variety: keeping quality of fruits, yield of the variety.
Early ripening variety: up to 100 days before the first fruit ripens. The plant is beautiful. Does not require pinning.
The litter is heat-resistant, but needs abundant watering. Can be grown on saline soils.
Bushes 50 - 60 cm high. Variety for risky farming zones, productive, resistant to top rot and mycoses. Early ripe. Fruit weight from 100 to 300 gr.
Self-pollinated varieties are a guarantee of a good harvest under any circumstances and weather conditions. Of course, among them it is necessary to choose those that are suitable for canning, since there are also those that are suitable exclusively for salads. So, the most popular and proven self-pollinated pickling varieties are:
... Raspberry - rosy vegetables suitable for the market. One-dimensional, like small hearts. Dense pulp.
... Ultra ripe variety. Cold snap resistant. Gives a stable, friendly harvest.
... Salad, high-yielding variety. Large tomatoes weighing up to 800g. Red. You can not pinch and tie. Unpretentious, high-yielding.
Admiralteysky
The fruits are very tasty, sugary, sweet, dryish, low-seeded. Fruit weight from 200 - 400 grams. In the open field, it gives fruits from 120 - 200 grams, an unusually tasty and fruitful variety.
Plant growth in a greenhouse is up to 1.5 meters, in exhaust gas a little more than a meter. He performed well in the OG as well as in the greenhouse. Sufficiently resistant to late blight and other diseases of tomatoes.
Well suited for fresh consumption (when other tomatoes have already run out) and for canning.
Plant height 50-60 cm.
The variety is in my trial, so a full description will be made later.
The variety has not yet been tested by me, so a full description will appear later.
"Crispina F1" - is characterized by a guaranteed good yield, the fruits themselves are even and dark green, 10-12 cm in size, have an exceptionally thin skin, evenly covered with pimples;
Uncle Stepa
F1 dandy
Sensei
... For open ground and for growing under film. He needs a garter and plant formation. Red, dense and fleshy tomatoes. Good taste. The yield is high.
The plant is well suited for open ground and film tunnels.
The bush is powerful, with a large potato leaf.
This variety of the "Sedek" company was tested by me in 2014 and showed the following results: the bush is not high up to 50 cm, it grows in a pyramidal shape (conventionally I called this shape of the bush a "fir tree", it is completely covered with small-sized fruits, the ability to bear fruit very large, fruit set is high. Fruits in taste and appearance resemble "Siberian early ripening", the word "longevity" for this variety (or re-grading) is definitely not suitable. Fruits ripen rather quickly, shrivel. Hence the conclusion that the seeds sold by "Sedek" as a variety "Lezhkiy" do not correspond to the declared qualities and are most likely a completely different variety.
The variety is medium and hen-fruited, the flesh is strong, the skin is tough, the juiciness is average, the taste is good, keeping quality and transportability are good.
Early ripening: 90-100 days before the first fruit ripens. Fruiting is extended.
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"Aristocrat F1" - endowed with excellent resistance to diseases and adverse conditions. Fruits are even, full, excellent for pickling and canning;
... Tomatoes with a thin skin, red, longish shape. They are easy to break, like you break cucumbers into pieces.
... Salad. Medium-sized plant, indeterminate. Red smooth, round, firm tomatoes. Fruit weight 150 g. Good taste. Resistant to diseases and adverse weather.
... Mid-season. Ideal cone-shaped fruit. Raspberry, large, fleshy. Produces a high yield of good quality in all weather conditions. Disease resistant.
Demidov
The plant is not tall, quickly forms many stepchildren, which must be removed in time before the first brush. Stems are thin, leaves are common for tomatoes.
Seeds from Dmitry Gusev, description and photos from his website.
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Due to its late ripening and high keeping quality, it is well suited for autumn salads, whole-fruit freezing. From canning - ideal for tomatoes in their own juice, pickling.
Plant growth 70 cm.
Note: 2015 experience.
"Little Raccoon F1" - the fruits of this variety are small, only 7-9 cm, sparsely knobby, very dense and crunchy;
Scarlet Mustang
Tsarskoye Selo
Carotene
... Fruits from 150 to 200 g. Produces stable yields of large fruits. Very good for outdoor use.
Mid-season: from germination to fruiting 105-110 days. They are planted for seedlings in mid-March.
Tall tomatoes, red-yellow in color, very large, weighing up to 500 gr. and good taste.
My 2015 experience.
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The variety is medium and large-fruited. Fruit weight from 190 to 350 grams. The taste is good. The fruits are juicy, the skin is tough. Keeping quality is good.
I really liked the tomato, I immediately singled it out as my favorites. First, the yield is good. Sprawling bushes, tomato weight 100-120 grams. The actual shape of the fruit is barrel-shaped. Red tomatoes. The taste is very good, with a slight sourness. Juicy, well kept. They lay there long enough - more than a month, none of them deteriorated. Tomatoes of this variety ripen amicably and quickly give off the entire harvest. Due to its keeping quality, it can be considered as a storage variety and planted for planting no earlier than early April.
"Khrustykoff F1" - a variety with bright green and even fruits, 10-12 cm in size, always elastic and crispy when salted;
... The variety is similar to the previous one. Large and fleshy fruits.
...For open ground and for growing under film. Plants require a garter and shaping. It is grown both for salads and for pickling. High-yielding. Red, smooth, flat-round tomatoes. Good taste. Lying grade.
... The tomatoes are orange in color, dense, perfectly round. Do not overripe or crack. They contain a record carotene content.
O-la-la and Pink Rafaello
In the ground, in 2014, the Siberian Garden grown from seeds showed itself not very well in that there were many ugly ovaries, at least 60% percent. Perhaps this is due to the cold climatic conditions.
The plant grew in my soil, in the seedlings it looked weak and I did not plant it in a greenhouse. But in the ground, it straightened out and gave rather large fruits of 300 grams with minimal maintenance. But the variety did not reveal its full potential - it definitely needs only greenhouse conditions.
I plant it due to its high yield and early maturity. This variety turned out to be almost a copy of the Zagadka variety. As always, the variety showed itself at its best and was covered with fruits all over. Great for pickling and salads.
My 2015 experience.
Appointment salad. Ideal for early production and canning.
Medium-ripening variety: from germination to ripening of the first fruit 110-115 days.
"Mother-in-law F1" - very fragrant cucumbers 10-13 cm in size, ideal for pickling;
Laura
Shady Lady
Scheherazade
... Rounded, deep pink tomatoes weighing up to 150g. They have excellent commercial and taste qualities.
In 2015 he showed himself quite well. One of the most delicious varieties of tomatoes.
The fruits themselves, as in the photo, are red-yellow, quite tasty, but quickly perishable. Perhaps we need to work on agricultural technology here.
"Lorraine beauty"
Two plants of different heights grew from one package. One was about a meter with hard oak fruits weighing 60 -70 grams, the second - see 60, but also with hard fruits. Dosed for a very long time. There was no yield - at the beginning of summer it underwent a fall of flowers and therefore tied a little. I never tasted the taste - I used all the tomatoes for pickling. I will try to grow it again for autumn-winter storage.
Has a good presentation.
Plant growth depends on growing conditions: indoors it reaches up to 1.5 meters, outdoors up to 1 m and less (the colder the climate, the lower the plant turns out). A barrel of medium thickness or thin, forms many stepchildren, which must be constantly removed. The plant is grown in 2-3 stems. Strongly susceptible to cladosporia (brown spot), easily exposed to bacterial and fungal diseases. At all stages of plant development, it is necessary to prevent these diseases (treatment with phytosporin, garlic tincture and other bio and chemical preparations).
"Thumb Boy F1" - a variety with tiny fruits only 6-8 cm, which have exceptional salting properties.
... Mid-season variety. Red tomatoes are suitable for both salads and pickling. Oval, fleshy, sweet flesh.
... Smooth, firm red fruit suitable for salads. Excellent taste. Weight up to 200g. Heat-resistant plant, little affected by diseases.
... Peach tomato. Red pubescent cylindrical tomatoes weighing up to 300g. Gentle, acid-free. Bushes up to 180cm high. High yielding, disease resistant.
My family
"Bear Paw"
This is a rather rare variety, which is not so easy to find on sale, and I did not even manage to find seed producers, so I had to take photos from the Internet (forgive me those who see their photos here)
"Cardinal":
The fruit is large and medium-sized, the fruits are juicy, soft, the taste is good, the skin is thin. Sufficiently productive and good variety, bearing fruit even in unfavorable conditions. It is appreciated for the wonderful sweet taste of the fruit.
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Pickled delicacy
Harmony
Ivan Kupala
... Bushes up to 120 cm. Pink-crimson. Large tomatoes weighing up to 600g. Delicate flesh, like a melon, delicious.
Seeds, description and photo from "Siberian Garden"
The variety is truly magnificent in both its beauty and taste. But according to agronomists, this variety has one big drawback - a very low yield. This is due to the fact that he lays flower brushes through 1 - 2 leaves.
Medium outdoors and tall indoors. Well suited for open field and cultivation in film tunnels.
"Uncle Styopa"
Purpose: salad and production of tomato juices, fillings, lecho.
Here I present to your attention a fairly large overview of the varieties of tomato varieties with pictures and descriptions, which will allow you to navigate when choosing a variety.
... The weight of tomatoes is from 80 to 100g. Perfect for canning. Red and smooth fruits. Do not overripe, do not stain, do not crack. An interesting feature of this variety is that at the first glance at the bush, the leaves are not noticed. The height of the bushes is up to 1m.
... High-yielding variety, salad. Determinant, medium leafy, medium branched plant. Leaves are medium in size. The fruits are red, smooth. Good taste. Disease resistant plants. High marketability.
... Beautiful tomatoes that look like a raspberry pear. Stable yield and excellent taste.
Handsome
Medium early, productive variety of amateur selection.
But this drawback is brightened up by the beauty and large-fruited fruits. On average, its fruits weigh 250-300 grams, sometimes reaching 500, 600 grams.
An adult plant tolerates temporary cold snaps well.
New variety of medium-ripening tomatoes with banana-shaped fruits. Recommended for growing in greenhouses and film shelters.
To decide which varieties of tomatoes to plant, it is worth thinking about what you want to do with the harvest. Conditionally, tomatoes can be given 6 main characteristics: size, taste, juiciness - dryness, hardness of the skin, hardness-softness, keeping quality.
Siberian trump card
Admiralteysky
Variety Pudovik (Sevryuga)
... Rounded fruits weighing up to 150g, deep pink color. Early ripe. The fruits do not crack.
"Russian hero"
Tall plant up to 1.5 m.
The combined photo shows "Lorraine Beauty" in whole and cut form. She is truly a beauty.
Large-fruited variety: from 150 to 300 grams or more, watermelon pulp, very tasty, average juiciness, few seeds.
Mid-season variety (the manufacturer does not indicate the exact dates).
"Cow's heart":
All this is very important when choosing varieties for planting.
... Salad, high-yielding variety. Large tomatoes weighing up to 800g. Red. You can not pinch and tie. Unpretentious, high-yielding.
... For open ground and for growing under film. He needs a garter and plant formation. Red, dense and fleshy tomatoes. Good taste. The yield is high.
... Tall bushes up to 120 cm. Raspberry heart-shaped tomatoes. Very big. The weight can be up to 1 kg. There are few seeds inside. The first crop can be harvested along with the harvest from early ripening bushes. Unpretentious.
Moscow pear
Mid-season variety: from germination to the beginning of ripening 110-120 days. Therefore, you need to plant it in early - mid-March.
Tomatoes are large, weighing up to 800 grams, sugary, bright red, flatly rounded.
The skin is thin, the fruit is strong, keeping quality is average.
Tall plant, requires pinching and garter. Simple brush with 3 - 5 fruits. For 1 sq. m. it is recommended to plant no more than 3 plants.
The variety is tall, more suitable for film greenhouses. Stepson and garter are required. Lead in 1 - 2 stems.
The main purpose of large-fruited tomatoes is salad.Therefore, taste characteristics come first here.
Sensei
Demidov
PEROOO
... The fruits are elongated, resemble peppercorns. Very nice marketable vegetables.
A powerful, beautiful plant with large, tasty fruits. One of the best varieties for open ground and film tunnels. In the open field, it manifests itself as a medium-sized plant (approximately 1m - 1.20)
The variety is still on trial.
Seeds and variety description from "Biotekhnika"
Appointment: salad. In canning - for the manufacture of tomato pastes, mashed potatoes, lecho, horseradish. Sliced fruits can be frozen.
Fruits are hard, contain almost no juice, dense, starchy. Fruit weight from 100 to 200 grams, the largest - up to 300 grams.
The variety is large-fruited and medium-fruited: 150 - 300 grams, soft fruits, high juiciness, good taste, thin and delicate skin. It is poorly stored.
Small-fruited tomatoes are more suitable for whole-fruit canning (pickling, salting) and here such characteristics as the density of the fruits and their dryness come first. Harder, denser fruits are the best suited for canning. They will retain their appearance better, do not burst in the jar and look beautiful.
... Mid-season. Ideal cone-shaped fruit. Raspberry, large, fleshy. Produces a high yield of good quality in all weather conditions. Disease resistant.
... Fruits from 150 to 200 g. Produces stable yields of large fruits. Very good for outdoor use.
Source:
Petrusha the gardener
Large-fruited (fruit weight from 200 to 400 grams), watermelon flesh, dryish, good taste, strong fruits, thin skin, average keeping quality.
Low bushes 50 -60 cm, with dense fruits weighing 75 -100 gr.
Tall plant up to 1.8 m. Designed for growing in greenhouses and in the open field. Mid-early ripening period (from germination to the beginning of ripening 115 days).
Seeds, description and photo from "Siberian Garden"
They should be considered primarily not so much for salad purposes as for long-term storage and freezing. The behavior of the variety has not yet been studied.
Purpose: salad and production of tomato juices, fillings, lecho.
A big plus of dense, hard tomatoes is that almost all of them have a higher shelf life than soft juicy varieties of tomatoes.
Carotene
O-la-la and Pink Rafaello
Search the sites, it says. For example, on the site "Golden Lily", under the heading "varieties of crops." There, in the notes, you can find the desired variety. Good luck!
... Elongated tomatoes weighing up to 200g.
Appointment: salad. In canning - making mashed potatoes, pastes, lecho, horseradish. Chopped into wedges can be frozen.
Altai selection. Early ripening tomatoes.
Fruits are heart-shaped, crimson-red, weighing from 300 to 800 gr., Excellent taste and salad purpose.
Mid-season variety of Siberian amateur breeders.
Gives a very high percentage of juice.
Juicy varieties of tomatoes (whether large or small) are good not only for salads, but also for processing into tomato juices, lecho, ketchup, etc. Black-fruited tomatoes, such as "black prince", "black pear", "paul robson", "brown sugar", are especially distinguished in this regard - the juice from these tomatoes is a more intense shade. From red tomatoes for such blanks, the variety "Mongolian dwarf" is perfect.
... The tomatoes are orange in color, dense, perfectly round. Do not overripe or crack. They contain a record carotene content.
... Rounded, deep pink tomatoes weighing up to 150g. They have excellent commercial and taste qualities.
I plant Buyan every year, undersized, not stepchild, productive, in any weather with a harvest.
Supermodel
I really liked the variety.
The seeds were purchased from a private collector.
The variety is in my trial, so a full description will appear later.
Tall plant for open ground and greenhouses, plant height from 1.5 to 2 m.Variety from the private collection of Dmitry Gusev, description and photo from the same place.
So, let's look at the different varieties by characteristics in alphabetical order:
Scheherazade
My family
Choose a size so that from the can to the fork and into the mouth
Photos of the best varieties of tomatoes with descriptions
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Fruits of 30-50 grams, a lot of seeds. Can be planted solely for the sake of exoticism. Or choose the right farming technique to understand the true potential of this variety.
What varieties of early tomatoes for open ground do you think are the best for pickling ???
Alex
"Mikado pink"
Galina Bukharina (Prikhodko)
One of my favorites. A variety that helps out any summer.
Olga
Medium early, high-yielding variety with large green fruits.
The black pear has juicy fruits, the skin is thin, and the taste is good. Keeping quality is average.
Polina shubina
Experience of 2015. The plant is tall, the leaf was medium, the leafiness is medium, closer to weak. Carpal formation of fruits, simple brush, 5 - 7 pieces per brush. The shape is really original, the fruits are dense. Perfectly tied. The variety for the Ural region is intended exclusively for greenhouses. Not resistant to top rot.
Elena the Wise
Pickling cucumbers are more lumpy;
Elena Orlova
Supermodel
Alexei
Brawler, rocket, klusha, snowdrop
** Elena **
... Tall bushes. Large fruits up to 350 g.
Lolok
Little prince
◄No GMO►
A beautiful, interesting variety with unusual pepper-shaped fruits.
Mid-early variety: 100-105 days before ripening. The plant is tall, requires pinching and a garter.
What modern housewives do not do with tomatoes. They are salted, canned, put into juice or ketchup, turned into a paste or sauce ... only the result sometimes turns out to be far from ideal, despite all the efforts and spent hours. After all, it is not enough to do everything according to the recipe - you still need to choose the right variety of tomatoes.
How tomatoes for processing differ from other varieties
Tomatoes for conservation must meet a number of requirements:
- be medium-sized (it is easy to pass through the neck of the can);
- have a dense skin and pulp, as well as small seeds;
- be characterized by a high content of carbohydrates (sugars);
- be as resistant to pathogenic flora as possible;
- ripen at the same time in large batches or store well.
Experienced gardeners grow tomatoes of these varieties separately, giving them a personal garden bed or part of a greenhouse. This allows you to control the condition of the plants, the ripening of fruits and not be tempted to cut off the target crop for salad.
The best varieties of tomatoes for pickling
Tomato varieties for pickling should be high in saccharides, because they become the basis for the production of lactic acid - the main ingredient responsible for the fermentation of tomatoes.If you choose the wrong variety, natural preservation will not start, and the product will be covered with mold.
Another important requirement for pickled varieties is the presence of a dense skin. Under the influence of lactic acid, tomatoes soften, and fruits with a delicate skin may burst.
| Variety / hybrid | Ripening period and growing conditions | Shape, color and weight of the fruit |
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Gull
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early maturing, for greenhouses and open ground | round, red, weighing up to 100 g | bushes up to 70 cm high, the crop is well stored |
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Scarlet candles
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mid-season, greenhouse | cylindrical, pink, weighing up to 60 g | high yield, elongated fruits, powerful bushes up to 1.8 m high |
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Volgogradskiy 595
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medium late, for greenhouses and open ground (only in the southern regions) | flat-round, red, weighing 100-150 g | bushes 70-100 cm high, resistant to bad weather |
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Rio grande
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mid-season, for greenhouses and open ground | ovoid, red, weighing 70-150 g | bushes 70-100 cm high, resistant to bad weather |
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Little Red Riding Hood
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early maturing, for greenhouses and open ground | round, red, weighing 60-70 g | determinant bushes, up to 70 cm high, are not afraid of a compacted planting |
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Roma
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mid-season, for greenhouses and open ground | plum, red, up to 80 g | determinant bushes, up to 70 cm high, unpretentious in care |
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Wonder of the world
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medium late, for greenhouse | heart-shaped, yellow, up to 100 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 3 m high, fruits are stored for a long time |
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Fun
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medium early, for greenhouses and open ground | cylindrical, red, up to 300 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, unusual fruit shape |
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Caspar F1
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early maturing, for open field | pepper-shaped, red, up to 140 g | determinant bushes, up to 1 m high, simultaneous fruit ripening |
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Moscow delicacy
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mid-season, for open field | pepper-shaped, red, up to 130 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 180 cm high, high sugar content in fruits |
You can salt not only ripe, but also green tomatoes. True, you still need to be careful about choosing a variety - salad and sauce tomatoes will not work.
The best varieties of tomatoes for canning
Canning tomatoes are even smaller than pickled fruits. This is explained by the aesthetic and practical side of the issue - two huge tomatoes hanging in a jar are not as beautiful as two dozen "babies", and are able to satisfy a smaller number of fans of seamers.
| Variety / hybrid | Ripening period and growing conditions | Shape, color and weight of the fruit | Peculiarities |
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De Barao (excluding the Giant)
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medium late, for greenhouses and open ground | plum-shaped, multi-colored, up to 150 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, multi-colored fruit |
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Baby sweetness
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early maturing, for open field | oval, red, up to 70 g | determinant bushes, up to 70 cm long, the variety is resistant to most diseases |
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Sanka
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early maturing, for greenhouses and open ground | rounded, red, up to 150 g | determinant bushes, stand up to 60 cm, bear fruit before cold weather |
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Lapwing
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mid-season, for open field | elongated, red, up to 70 g | compact bushes up to 70 cm, high sugar content, fruits tolerate transportation well |
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Elf F1
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medium early, universal | round, red, up to 20 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, for collection with brushes |
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Chocolate bullet
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mid-season, for greenhouses | oval, crimson brown, up to 45 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 170 cm high, need pinching |
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Golden fingers
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early, for greenhouses | cylindrical, yellow, up to 30 g | determinant bushes, up to 100 cm high, the harvest ripens together, is stored for a long time |
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Liang |
ultra-early maturing, for open ground | round, red, up to 80 g | determinant bushes, up to 40 cm high, resistant to bad weather |
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Kibitz |
early maturing, for greenhouses and open ground | plum, red, up to 60 g | determinant bushes, up to 70 cm high, elongated fruit shape |
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Apple tree of Russia
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early maturing, for greenhouses and open ground | round, red, up to 90 g | determinant bushes, up to 60 cm high, the skin on the fruits does not burst during heat treatment |
The best varieties of sauce tomatoes
Many culinary experts believe that since tomatoes in sauces are crushed and heat-treated, it makes no sense to pay attention to the choice of variety. There is also an opinion that spoiled fruits with cut out spots, bruises and traces of pests will fit into such dishes. Both are fundamentally wrong and can significantly affect the taste of the workpiece and its safety.
For the most delicious sauces, use sweet, fleshy tomatoes with thin peels and a minimum of seeds.
| Variety / hybrid | Ripening period and growing conditions | Shape, color and weight of the fruit | Peculiarities |
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Grandma's secret |
mid-season, for open field | round, raspberry, up to 600 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 170 cm high, bear fruit until frost |
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Bull heart
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mid-season, for greenhouses and open ground | heart-shaped, multi-colored, up to 800 g | sprawling bush up to 150 cm high, has numerous hybrid analogs |
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Budenovka
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mid-season, for greenhouses and open ground | heart-shaped, pink, up to 800 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 1 m high, fruits are well stored and transport |
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Giant
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mid-season, for greenhouses and open ground | rounded, raspberry pink, up to 1 kg | indeterminate bushes, up to 180 cm high, fleshy fruits, high in sugar |
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Cardinal
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medium early, for greenhouses | heart-shaped, pink-raspberry, up to 500 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, require a garter |
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Mazarin
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medium early, for greenhouses | heart-shaped, red, up to 500 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, it is necessary to pinch the top |
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Mashenka
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mid-season, for greenhouses | rounded, red, up to 400 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 2 m high, the variety is resistant to diseases and bad weather |
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Tolstoy F1
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early maturing, for greenhouses | round, red, up to 120 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 3 m high, the hybrid is thermophilic |
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The president
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early maturing, for greenhouses | round, red, up to 250 g | indeterminate bushes, up to 3 m high, fleshy fruits |
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Bobcat F1
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late ripening, for greenhouses and open ground | round, red, up to 225 g | determinant bushes, up to 1.2 m high, fruits are suitable for canning in slices |
In front of the modern seed counter, the eyes are truly wide-eyed. But, knowing exactly how you want to process tomatoes, you can choose the best variety. If you plan to make preparations for the winter from tomatoes, then go for planting material with a list of pre-selected varieties.
And for those who love culinary experiments, we have prepared some excellent tomato recipes.
