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No. 069 · heirloom

Druzba

Druzba is an indeterminate heirloom slicer with smooth red globe fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.

Typeslicer
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size6 to 12 oz
Colorsmooth red globe
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as richly flavored with a fine balance of sweetness and acidity, a dependable old-world slicer. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A Bulgarian heirloom whose name means friendship, valued for balanced flavor and reliable yields.

What it does well

  • Well-balanced, much-praised flavor
  • Vigorous and reported disease resistant
  • Smooth, blemish-free, crack-resistant fruit

Where it frustrates

  • Indeterminate vines need staking or caging
  • Mid to late season for the coolest zones

Like Druzba, but...

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

Cosmonaut Volkovbut a Bulgarian variety rather than a Ukrainian oneBrandywinebut smaller, smoother, and earlier

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