New Tomato varieties from Russia, Biysk (Altai)

[Tania]

Hi All,

I am now a proud owner of a few seeds of a bunch of tomato varieties from Russia, Biysk (Altai) - all new to me! I received the seeds from a Russian seeds collector, Tamara Yaschenko, who grows lots of grape varieties for Siberia and Urals, and sells scionwood - grapes and rasberries. Her main business is grapes - http://www.vinograd.alt.ru/catalog/tomatoes.php,but she also owns a small tomato seed business, and Tamara was very kind to share some varieties from her tomato collection.

Anyway, here is what I got from her (please note that you might not be able to see the original Russian name (Cyrillic) unless you have enabled Russian on your computer, my apologies if this comes out as a bunch of strange symbols...) :

Abakanskii (АБАКАНСКИЙ)
Andizhanskie (АНДИЖАНСКИЕ)
Arkashin (Аркашин)
Aventiuniai (Авентюняй)
Bashkirskii Krasavets (БАШКИРСКИЙ КРАСАВЕЦ)
Biiskaya Rosa (БИЙСКАЯ РОЗА)
Biysky Krupnoplodnii (БИЙСКИЙ КРУПНОПЛОДНЫЙ)
Chernomorskii Gigant (ЧЕРНОМОРСКИЙ ГИГАНТ)
Dagestanskii (Дагестанский)"
Donskoi (Донской)
Dynnie (ДЫННЫЕ), or Melon-like
Gigant Pelina (Гигант Пелина)"
Gigant Purelesa (Гигант Пурелеса)"
Ilia Muromets (Илья Муромец)"
Kartofelnii Malinovii (КАРТОФЕЛЬНЫЙ МАЛИНОВЫЙ), or Potato Purple
Korol' Gigantov (КОРОЛЬ ГИГАНТОВ), or King of Giants
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (МАЛАХИТОВАЯ ШКАТУЛКА)
Malinovii Surpriz, or Puprle Surprise (МАЛИНОВЫЙ СЮРПРИЗ)
Mashenka (Машенька)
Monastirskaya Trapeza (МОНАСТЫРСКАЯ ТРАПЕЗА)
Orlinoe Serdtse (ОРЛИНОЕ СЕРДЦЕ), or Eagle's Heart
Oslinie Ushi, or Donkey's Ears (ОСЛИНЫЕ УШИ)
Pamiati Korneeva, or Memory to Korneev (Памяти Корнеева)
Petushinii Grebeshok, or ★★★★'s Comb (ПЕТУШИНЫЙ ГРЕБЕШОК)"
Rozovii Izumnii, or Pink Raisin (РОЗОВЫЙ ИЗЮМНЫЙ)
Sadko (САДКО)
Sakharnii Zheltiy, or Sugary Yellow (Сахарный Желтый)
Severnii (СЕВЕРНЫЙ), or 'Northern '
Sevriuga (СЕВРЮГА)
Sibirskii Velikan Rozovii (СИБИРСКИЙ ВЕЛИКАН РОЗОВЫЙ)"
Volovie Ukho (ВОЛОВЬЕ УХО)
Zhuk, or Beetle (Жук)"
Zolotie Kupola (ЗОЛОТЫЕ КУПОЛА)

Some of the seeds are a bit old, and I only got a few of each, so hopefully I get lucky and will be able to grow most of these!

Needless to say, I am very grateful to Tamara for the seeds, and I wish her all the best in her business and seeds preservation! I wish she could speak English and join the forum, but she only speaks Russian.