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No. 056 · heirloom

Azoychka

Azoychka is an indeterminate heirloom slicer with lemon-yellow, sometimes gold to orange, smooth and slightly flattened fruit. It ripens in about 73 days.

Typeslicer
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity73
Fruit size5 to 8 oz
Colorlemon-yellow, sometimes gold to orange, smooth and slightly flattened
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as smooth, sweet, and citrusy with a higher acid balance than most yellow tomatoes, giving a complex, tart-leaning flavor. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A Russian heirloom yellow beefsteak and slicer, brought to the United States through the Seed Savers Exchange network; valued for early ripening and citrusy flavor.

What it does well

  • Citrusy, well-balanced flavor unusual among yellow tomatoes
  • Fairly early and productive, with abundant fruit per plant

Where it frustrates

  • Indeterminate vines need staking and support
  • Soft, thin-skinned fruit does not store or ship well

Like Azoychka, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Lemon Boybut an open-pollinated heirloom rather than a hybrid

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