Rozovo sartse - new tomato variety with traditional Bulgarian taste

Daniela Ganeva, Galina Pevicharova

Abstract: The variety Rozovo sartse is developed by a team at the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute,applying a focused choice in a local tomato population popular in the Plovdiv region as Momino sartse. А complex characteristic
of the variety was made by an assessment of the vegetation period, biological and economic earliness, total yield, morphological, physical and mechanical, chemical and technological and sensory characters. The variety was tested in the Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control (EAVTFISC) during the period 2013-2014 and was recognized as a new variety by the Expert Commission to the EAVTFISC in 2015. It obtained a certificate № 11076/30.10.2015 issued by the Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria. The variety Rozovo sartse is of an indeterminate type. The fruits are very large, heart shaped, pink colored, fleshy, thick, without cellulose, with optimal firmness and post-harvest storage, excellent taste, suitable for fresh consumption.

Keywords: agro-biological characters; chemical and technological properties; sensory analysis; Solanum lycopersicum; tomato

Date published: 2017-11-29