Commercial variety from Siberia, introduced to the West under its translated name 'King of giants', listed in the 2007 Seed Saver Yearbook.

Red fruit weighing 300-500 grams, some up to 1 kg. Beef steak type, round, slightly flattened, with a more or less pronounced ribbing at the top and rounded shoulders.

Full, fleshy and juicy beef. Excellent flavour with more bitterness than sweetness.

Large, even foliage, indeterminate growth.

Good mid-season production, early for a tomato of this size!

Well adapted to poor weather conditions, both cool and wet.