Bethelridge, KY (Zone 6a) | January 2008 | neutral
Received seeds from ssgarden. Here is it's history as told to me.
“Briefly, because the story is long, my grandmother g...Read Morerew this one for decades outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. She received them from a Russian immigrant who lived up the street. She just called it 'Russian' for years. As time went by , and I decided to try to make it more 'public' so to speak, I needed to change the name because of so many different Russian varieties out there, so I took one look around the room and saw the smiling face of my little garden helper, Shannon.”
"Usually 8 - 12 oz. Had one big as 14oz this year with a couple around 12oz then they get to be about 6oz as the summer rolls along. NEVER any Blossom End Rot.
Shape - No two are alike, that's one of the funny traits about her. Some oblong, some almost square, never any round ones.
Reg leaf foliage but most of the time, a little wispy.
Grows in clumps of 2-4, had a clump of 5 this year which was a first.
Taste - wonderful, but of course that's up to you. Ranked taste an 8.
Craig LeHoullier was nice enough to grow it out for me this year and he was highly impressed. Plans on selling them next year at his Farmers Market. Also, he sent them down to Australia to be grwon out there and is thinking about putting her to use in his Cross-Hemisphere Dwarf Project. I was thrilled with his reaction to this tomato.
I also just sent a load of seeds to the SSE. But they hold them for quite some time before offering them to it's members."
Received seeds from ssgarden. Here is it's history as told to me.
“Briefly, because the story is long, my grandmother g...Read More