This post, 'Malakhitovaya Shkatulka' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog The greenhouse in Tyra's Garden.
Harvest in Tyra's Garden - July
I have now harvest my first Malakhitovaya Shkatulka! Sown in Febuary heirloom seeds from Rare Seeds . I didn't know that it was a 'green' tomato or I at least I had forgot it. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka means something like Malachite casket or box and when I cut my red/brown tomato open I found that it has this fantastic colour inside, bright green, Just as a small box with a treasure inside...it is so pretty! And my friend I have to inform you that it is very delicious too.
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka is also a famous folklore fairy tale written by Pavel Bazhov and in 1976 they made an animated film about The Malahkitovaya Shkatulka
Malachite is a carbonate mineral normally known as "copper carbonate" with the formula CuCO3.Cu(OH)2. This green-colored mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses. Individual crystals are rare but do occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur.
Happy gardening my friend!
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5 comments:
The bright green in your tomato is beautiful... nice to have surprises like that! Love the link to the fairy tale... will have to google that one. Love the way you present your tomato! Lovely photo!
What a beautiful and unusual tomato. My niece had a dog she named Malachite!
How interesting! It is a visual feast as well as good eating! Hope it tasted as good as it looked. Love the idea of the malachite box/casket too. :-)
Frances
That tomato looks so unlike any that I've seen before! And I love the way you associated it with malachite. Very interesting read, Tyra.
Isn't that amazing? I'll ask my sister in law about this tomato as she collects heirloom tomatoes and their seeds.
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