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Staroobryadcheskiy
Medium-sized (up to 12 oz.), slightly flattened red fruits with some retention of green shoulders when ripe. Flavor is excellent: lively, rich and delicious. Regular leaf, indeterminate vines are
exceptionally healthy, fast-growing and productive. A rare variety from Siberia, Старообрядческий translates to “Old Believers”, referring to natives of the Siberian Taiga. Indeed this has been one of the earliest producers of larger-fruited tomatoes. Seed source was Natalia Khilenko of Armavir, Russia.
For a couple of interesting stories about the Old Believers, check these out:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/a-17th-century-russian-community-living-in-21st-century-alaska/275440/