- Authors: Gavrish S.F., Morev V.V., Amcheslavskaya E.V., Degovtsova T.V., Volok O.A., Artemyeva G.M., Redichkina T.A.
- Year of approval: 2015
- Category: grade
- Growth type: determinant
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Ripening period: mid-early
- Ripening time, days: 90-105
- Growing conditions: for film greenhouses
- Marketability: high
- Bush size: undersized
Among the raspberry tomatoes, the Raspberry Viscount stands out. The authors of the variety are the Gavrish company. The development is very successful. Early variety, marketable fruits, beautiful, brightly colored, tasty and amicably fruiting.
Description of the variety
The bush belongs to the determinant type, such varieties are compact, they can be formed in 4-5 stems, unlike indeterminate ones, in which no more than 1-2 trunks are left. Raspberry viscount reaches no more than 45-50 cm. Leaves are dense, green, medium-sized. Stems are thick, powerful, strong, stocky planting.
The main qualities of the fruit
The fruits are large, weighing 220-260 grams. They can grow up to 300-400 grams. The shape is flat-round, with weak ribs. In the stage of immaturity, the fruits are green with a dark spot at the stalk. The color of a ripe tomato is rich, cold raspberry. The chambers with seeds and juice are well expressed, the tomato is poured and juicy. The skin is very thin, easy to bite and peel off during cooking.
Taste characteristics
The taste is excellent, bright and soft. Raspberry tomatoes are more delicate in flavor than red ones and contain the highest amount of potassium from fiber of any tomato color. The variety is good for fresh consumption, especially for salads, making fresh juices and cocktails, side dishes, sauces.
Of the blanks, it is best suited for juices, pastas, ketchup, adjika, lecho and other canned food, for which large, very juicy tomatoes are needed. Small tomatoes are suitable for seaming as a whole. The skin is thin, but the taste is amazing. Suitable for drying or freezing.
Ripening and fruiting
The variety is medium early, ripens in 90-105 days. When planted under film shelters in early May, it will give the first ripe fruits in mid-July. It is better to harvest the fruits ahead of time, overripe tomatoes will become soft.
Yield
The yield is excellent for a compact variety - 5-6 kg per 1 sq. m.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
Planting dates are universal, the tomato of this variety is no different from the bulk of compact varieties. Seeds are sown in March - early April. If there is a possibility of supplementary lighting, or good natural light (in the southern regions), sowing can be carried out in February. They are planted in open ground in the middle lane in late May - early June. But with early sowing in the southern regions, it is possible to plant the variety in greenhouses in early to mid-May.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener can harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
For 1 sq. m 3-4 plants are planted, in some cases 8-9, depending on how the plants will be formed. The distance between the bushes is 50 cm, both along the length of the bed and in width.
Growing and care
The variety is recommended for growing in greenhouses, however, due to its size, it can be a godsend for open ground, especially in the southern regions.
The formation of a bush is optional; in determinant varieties, only interfering branches are removed. It is better for beginners, in general, not to touch such bushes, because flower shoots and vegetative stepchildren are quite similar, although the former do not have rudimentary leaves. However, it is easy to confuse, they are located next to each other.
If there is a desire to get a very early harvest, the determinant bush is formed into one stem, the harvest in this case will be, albeit early, but very small from 1 bush. However, more specimens can be grown in the same area.
The care is standard.
Abundant, but not over-watering. The soil should dry out between waterings.
If the weather is damp, pollen can clump together, making pollination difficult. For better setting, the plants are sprayed with a boric acid solution (1 g of powder per 1 liter of water).
As the fruits ripen, 2-3 extra leaves are removed from the plant once a week. Tear off only those leaves that are under the brush, where the fruits have reached their presentation.
They are fed 2-3 times per season.
Once a season, they carry out preventive treatment against pests and infectious diseases.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Review overview
The reviews are friendly and enthusiastic. The tomato does not make a strong impression on the description, but those who accidentally or deliberately grew it were pleasantly surprised. The variety is very early, which is not typical for raspberry and pink fruits. The bush is unusually prolific, small, but lively, the bushes are strewn with abundant crimson balls.The taste is wonderful, bright, aromatic, the tomato is not prone to the formation of a whitish hard core, the appearance of which depends on the variety, not least. It is easy to harvest your seeds from the plant. The bushes have good health, are not damaged by late blight and fungal diseases. This is partly due to the early maturity of the bush. Massive defeat by late blight begins towards the end of summer, when temperatures become more moderate, and at night it is often damp - it is in such conditions that the fungus Phytophthora infestans begins to multiply intensively.
Of the minuses, only trifles: tomatoes are poorly separated from the stalk.
Many gardeners call the variety ideal. It meets all the requirements of the average gardener. A few bushes are enough to completely cover the needs of several people for fresh early tomatoes.
