Variety characteristics:

• 586 Babushkino Teplo, meaning 'Grandma's Warmth,' is a highly productive midseason oxheart tomato developed by Russian breeder Angelina Khilenko. Vigorous indeterminate vines grow approximately 5 to 6 feet tall and produce substantial crops of attractive heart-shaped fruits weighing approximately 10.6 to 21.2 oz in this seed lot. The tomatoes ripen to a warm chocolate-red, brick-brown, or dusky burgundy color, sometimes showing subtle olive shading around the shoulders. Inside, the dense yet succulent crimson-red flesh is exceptionally meaty, with relatively small seed cavities. Its rich aroma and deliciously full tomato flavor combine pronounced sweetness with a mild, balancing tang. Excellent for fresh slicing, sandwiches, salads, sauces, juice, and roasting. Heavy fruits require sturdy staking or trellising, and plants may be trained to two main stems for convenient management.