Tomato Tsar Peter: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Tomato Tsar Peter belongs to varietal species, not being a hybrid. The variety is bred for cultivation in open ground or under a light film cover. Characteristics and description of the variety will be presented below. It will also talk about the main positive and negative qualities of the Tsar Peter variety. And according to vegetable growers who have been growing these tomatoes for more than a season, this vegetable is the king among all other types of tomatoes.

Description and main characteristics of the variety

The bushes of this variety are determinant type, not standard, compact. Shoots are erect, low - not higher than 0.5 m, medium leafy. Foliage is medium in size, typically tomato, light emerald in color.

Tsar Peter is a mid-early ripening tomato: about 4 months pass from the moment the shoots appear to the harvest.

Inflorescences are simple, the first of them is usually laid over the third permanent leaf, and the subsequent ones appear after 1-2 leaves. In total, up to 5-6 ovaries can appear on one shoot.

Fruits are flat-round, the pulp is fleshy. The skin is dense, smooth, without ribbing, not prone to cracking. Ripe tomatoes are bright red. They hold tightly to the stems. The stalks do not have articulations. The mass of one tomato can reach 0.25 kg, but most of the ripening tomatoes usually reach 200 grams. Up to 3 kg of fruits are usually collected from one bush. Up to 4 bushes are planted per 1 m², so 10-11 kg of crop is harvested per square meter.

Description of the variety will be incomplete without a story about the resistance of these tomatoes to major diseases. Tsar Peter is highly resistant to fungal diseases, in particular, to phytophthora, which the plant does not have time to get sick due to the fairly early ripening of tomatoes.

Seed chambers of ripe fruits consist of two or three nests, in which there are not many seeds. The juice contains an increased amount of sugar - about 2.4%, and solids - up to 5.4%. The taste of tomatoes is excellent - quite sweet with a pronounced tomato aroma.

The ripe fruits of Tsar Peter are universal: they are consumed fresh, in salads, canned, juices, sauces, mashed potatoes, pasta and many other spins are made. Even unripe fruits can be s alted and pickled.

If the fruits do not have time to ripen on the bushes, they can be put to ripen in a warm room next to the red fruits.

Harvest perfectly tolerates transportation over long distances, has excellent keeping quality. Unripe fruits must be placed in boxes, separate from ripe tomatoes, in a cellar or other room where the temperature is maintained no higher than 5 degrees.

Pros and cons of the variety

The advantages of tomato Tsar Peter include:

• high keeping quality;
• good resistance to major fungal diseases affecting tomatoes;
• good yield;
• compact bushes;
• universal purpose of ripe fruits;
• crop tolerates long distance transportation.

But this variety has no negative qualities. Judging by the reviews of vegetable growers who grow this variety, compact productive bushes do not require special care, take up little space in the beds, and therefore are very popular.

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