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Samorodok turned out to be a tangerine orange heart; blunt variable shapes on a wispy, paler green plant.



The early fruit pictured here was very dry with just a few seeds and a bit of gel in the locules. Very dense meaty fruit, which tasted to me very mild. My mom greatly praised these at the end of season, they weren't so dry for her then, and she said also tangy and sweet.



Forgot to mention, there was some blossom end rot and aphids enjoyed the plant late in the season. In a 7 gallon pot so quite restricted for a large fruited tom, it did well in the circumstance.