Aleno sartce - tomato variety with authentic Bulgarian flavour

Daniela Ganeva, Galina Pevicharova

Abstract: The study was carried out during the period 2012-2013 at the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute. А complex characterization of the variety was made by an assessment of the economic, morphological, physico-mechanical, chemico-technological and sensory characters. Aleno sartce variety was tested in the Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control (EAVTFISC) during the period 2015-2016 and was recognized as a newly created variety by the Expert Commission to the EAVTFISC in 2017. It obtained a certificate № 11128P2/12.12.2017 issued by the Patent Office of Republic of Bulgaria. The variety was developed by a team at the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute applying a focused choice in a local tomato population well-known as Bivolsko sartce in the Plovdiv region. Aleno sartce variety is of indeterminate type. The fruits are very large, heart-shaped, pink-coloured, fleshy, thick, without cellulose, with optimal firmness and post-harvest storage, excellent taste, suitable for fresh consumption.

Keywords: Aleno sartce variety; sensory analysis; tomato

Date published: 2019-03-19