The "Kumquat Pink Opal tomato" is a highly productive, elongated pink cherry tomato with blue-purple anthocyanin patches. The fruit's skin has a firm, crisp texture and a sweet, slightly spicy flavor.
Characteristics
Appearance: The fruit is bottle-shaped or teardrop-shaped, with a delicate pink hue and bluish-purple splashes of color. The intensity of the blue coloration depends on the amount of sun the fruit receives.
Flavor: The tomato is noted for its sweet taste with a hint of spice and low acidity, often compared to a crispy candy.
Plant Type: It is a high-yielding, semi-determinate plant, meaning it grows somewhere between a bushy determinate type and a vining indeterminate type.
Size and Clusters: The plant typically grows to about 1 to 1.3 meters tall, with long, wispy clusters that bear 68 fruits each.
Other features: The Kumquat Pink Opal tomato is known for being crack-resistant, having a long storage life, and containing very few seeds.
Origin
This variety was selected and stabilized by Ukrainian breeder Mira Almakaeva from the "Indigo Kumquat" variety.
