Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red

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Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer

Contents 1 B.C KO T 2 MAN ST T 3 MI FL J 4 IL LO N 5 GERM SC K 6 Seed Availability

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, red beefsteaks of irregular shape with very good balanced flavor. 6-14 oz.

Seed Source:

ONT GI N 09 (Neil Gillard, Ontario, Canada) / Sand Hill Preservation Center

Year: 2009

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

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MAN ST T

One of the best tomatoes that I have ever grown. The healthy plants produce heavy yields of deep red beefsteaks that average 1 lb. A great slicer that is very dense and meaty with exceptional taste and aroma. Excellent producer that we grow as a main crop tomato each year. Strongly recommended. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (80 days from transplant).

Source

Heritage Harvest Seed

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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MI FL J

large vines need caging or staking, 90 days to first maturity, moderate production of large (reportedly usually 1 lb or more) flattened or irregular shaped meaty bright red fruit with delicious full rich, balanced flavor. Fruit have thick skins and I have seen little cracking except in the wettest weather. In my experience the fruits have been a bit smaller (a bit less than 16 oz) than others report and they sometimes ripen unevenly and/or have green or yellowish shoulders, but the taste is great.

Source 

NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina) / CA CO A 89 (Alasdair Coyne of Ojai, California) / CA ES C 87 (Charles Estep of Riverside, California) / CA BL R 84 (Rose Blum of Los Angeles, California) / WY RA J (John P. Rahart of Saratoga, Wyoming) 83

Year: 2003, 2005

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant, good yield of 1 lb, beefsteak fruit, very good taste.

Source 

WI MI B 96 (Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin) / NC LE C 92 (Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina) / CA CO A 89 (Alasdair Coyne of Ojai, California) / CA ES C 87 (Charles Estep of Riverside, California) / CA BL R 84 (Rose Blum of Los Angeles, California) / WY RA J (John P. Rahart of Saratoga, Wyoming) 83

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM SC K

Source 

Marianna's Heirloom Seeds 09

Year: 2009

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• Reported to be an heirloom from a family of Italian descent acquired by Andrew Rahart, a collector of ethnic varieties, who lived north of New York City. John Rahart of Wyoming (WY RA J) introduced this variety to SSE members in the early 80s.
• One of the 100 varieties described in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden".
• 13 commercial sources noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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See also

• Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Pink
• Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Orange

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors (Catalog)	Seed Savers Yearbook (listings)	Seeds of Diversity - Member Seed Directory
2011	.	.	.
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest	8	.
2009	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest Totally Tomatoes	8	.
2008	Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest Totally Tomatoes	12	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	12	.

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