African Queen
From Tatiana's TOMATOBase
| African Queen | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | late |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | potato |
| Fruit color | pink |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
B.C KO T
Original Seed Source:
- IL LO N 09 (Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois) / NY GO A 08 (Amy Goldman, NY) / TN CO J (John Coykendall of Smoky Mountains, East Tennessee) / Jack Maderis
Year: 2010
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
IL LO N
- 85 days, indet., potato leaf plant with a good yield of 12-20 oz pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor.
- Source
- NY GO A 08 (Amy Goldman, NY) / TN CO J (John Coykendall of Smoky Mountains, East Tennessee) / Jack Maderis
Location: Oblong, Illinois
History
- Jack Maderis' family heirloom from North Carolina.
- First introduced in Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Amy Goldman of Rhinebeck, New York. Amy obtained the seed from a local artist and seed collector John Coykendall, while she visited the Blackberry Farm in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. John got tomato plants from Jack Maderis in 1986, and he has been saving seeds since then.
- Some SSE members who obtained the seed from Amy Goldman in 2008 reported some percentage of plants being regular leaf.
Seed Availability
| Year | Commercial Vendors (Catalog) | Seed Savers Yearbook (listings) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Heritage Tomato Seed - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds - new | 7 |
| 2009 | . | 3 |
| 2008 | . | 1 |
| 2007 | . | 0 |
Facts about African QueenRDF feed
| Fruit color | pink + |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak + |
| Fruit size | large + |
| Fruit type | slicer + |
| Growth habit | indet. + |
| Leaf | potato + |
| Maturity | late + |
| Member | B.C KO T +, and IL LO N + |
| Vendor | Heritage Tomato Seed +, and Marianna's Heirloom Seeds + |
