Alice Roosevelt
| Alice Roosevelt | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | red |
| Fruit shape | round |
| Fruit size | medium |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | heirloom, open-pollinated |
| Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf. We received wrong seeds, as we got medium pink beefsteaks, 6-12 oz, with very good flavor.
Seed source:
- Al Anderson of Troy, Ohio (OH AN A) 09 / Andrea Saylor, Tennessee (TN SA A) (wrong)
Year grown: 2015
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Very old heirloom variety, offered in Julis Belot 1906 Seed Catalog (Belgium) and Simon Louis Frères et Cie 1917 Catalog.
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 636259. Donated to USDA in 1963.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 1995 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) and Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C).
- May be a renamed Earliana.
Also known as
See also
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alice Roosevelt - ripe fruit. 2015-08-08.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alice Roosevelt - ripe fruit. 2015-08-08.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alice Roosevelt - sliced fruit. 2015-08-08.
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| 2010 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 3 | . |
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| 2008 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 4 | . |
| 2007 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 3 | . |
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Tatiana
| Also known as | Comète + |
| Country | USA + |
| Description | Indet., regular leaf. We received wrong seeds, as we got medium pink beefsteaks, 6-12 oz, with very good flavor. |
| Fruit color | red + |
| Fruit shape | round + |
| Fruit size | medium + |
| Fruit type | slicer + |
| Growth habit | indet. + |
| History | * Very old heirloom variety, offered in [h … * Very old heirloom variety, offered in Julis Belot 1906 Seed Catalog (Belgium) and Simon Louis Frères et Cie 1917 Catalog.
NC LE C).
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| Leaf | regular + |
| Maturity | midseason + |
| Member code | B.C KO T + |
| See also | Earliana + |
| Seed source | Al Anderson of Troy, Ohio (OH AN A) 09 / Andrea Saylor, Tennessee (TN SA A) (wrong) |
| USDA | PI 636259 + |
| USDA link | http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1094549 + |
| Variety type | heirloom + and open-pollinated + |
| Vendor | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds + |
| Year grown | 2015 + |