Purple Russian
Heirloom tomato
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 75-85 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- purple-black, plum
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
A Ukrainian heirloom bearing elongated purple-brown plums with dense, nearly seedless flesh, giving the black-tomato flavor profile in a shape built for sauce.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-85 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
Against the rest of the tomato database
Where this variety sits among every tomato we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 71% of the 258 tomatoes we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Black Plum
75-82 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Amish Gold
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Krim
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Prince
70-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Chocolate Stripes
75-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Costoluto Fiorentino
75-85 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 community collection and 1 seed catalog. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog