Aunt Gertie's Gold

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Aunt Gertie's Gold
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	beefsteak, oblate
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Gertie's Gold - ripe fruit. 2012-10-08.

B.C KO T

85-95 days, large indet plant, potato leaf, large golden beefsteak fruits, 14-30 oz, excellent flavor.

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Tomato Growers Supply 12

3. Jennifer Hutson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 05

Year grown: 2006(1), 2011(2)

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

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., potato leaf plant, good yield of 8-14 oz gold fruit with outstanding flavor.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 03 / Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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MAN ST T

The late Chuck Wyatt obtained this variety from a friend in Virginia. The large golden beefsteak type fruit have great flavor. One of the best tasting yellow tomatoes. Indeterminate, potato leaf foliage. (90 days from transplant).

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Heritage Harvest Seed

Year grown:

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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TX AN S

80-85 days, indet., potato leaf plants, 8-16 oz deep gold fruits, not blemish free or uniformly shaped, but truly outstanding flavor, one of my favorites. Virginia heirloom.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Marianna's Heirloom Seeds 05

Year grown: 2005 and every year since then

Location: Bastrop, Texas

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TX GU R

80 days, indet., potato leaf, 8-16 oz, outstanding flavor, very good yields.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds

Year grown:

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Virginia heirloom, introduced by the late Chuck Wyatt of Maryland (now deceased, 2002), who got it from a friend in Virginia. Introduced commercially by Heirloom Tomatoes of Rosedale, Maryland in 2004.
• First introduced in the SSE 2003 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C), Barbara Anderson of California (CA AN B), and Robbins Hail of Missouri (MO HA R2). All three SSE members obtained the seed from Chuck Wyatt.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva. Aunt Gertie's Gold - Sept 9, 2007

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva. Aunt Gertie's Gold - Sept 19, 2007

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Gertie's Gold - ripe fruit. 2012-10-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Gertie's Gold - ripe fruit. 2012-10-08.

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Aunt Gertie's Gold. 2004-03-04 (uploaded with owner's permission)

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Aunt Gertie's Gold - sliced. 2004-03-04 (uploaded with owner's permission)

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Aunt Gertie's Gold - plate. 2007-23-07

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Gertie's Gold - sliced fruit. 2012-10-08.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heirloom Tomatoes Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply *	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Reimer Seeds - new Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop - new Tomato Growers Supply * TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit - new	8	1
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen - new Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	12	2
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	12	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply - new TomatoFest	12	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Solana Seeds	10	.