Grand Belgium

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Grand Belgium
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color orange
Fruit shape beefsteak
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type heirloom, open-pollinated
Country USA
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grand Belgium - ripe fruit. 2015-09-02.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. First flowers have slightly exerted stigmas. Fruits are irregularly shaped large orange beefsteaks, 8-20 oz, with some fruits exceeding 2 lbs. Delicious sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Bruce Van Order of Freeville, New York (NY VA B) 07 / Joan B. Ballitch of Centerburg, Ohio (OH BA J) 04 / Vi Ridgeway
2 Heritage Harvest Seed 13

Year grown: 2014(1), 2015(2)

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


History

  • 100+ year old heirloom variety.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2004 Yearbook by Joan B. Ballitch of Centerburg, Ohio (OH BA J), who received it from Vi Ridgeway who he met in 1999 at Wayne County (Ohio) Fair at tomato exhibit.



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2011 Heritage Harvest Seed 3 1
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