Pederson's Beefsteak

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Pederson's Beefsteak
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USQA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2015-08-14.

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Indet., regular leaf foliage. Very large orange beefsteaks with smooth shoulders, 10-20 oz. Delicious sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D) 12 / Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C)

Year grown: 2015

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

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90 days, indet., regular leaf, high yield of 16-20 oz. orange beefsteak fruit, excellent flavor.

Seed source:

Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D) 09 / Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C)

Year grown:

Location:

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History

• First offered in the Seed Savers 2010 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who got the seeds from Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D) in 2009. Don Kellums obtained the seed from Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C).
• Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2016.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2015-08-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2015-08-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - sliced fruit. 2015-08-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - sliced fruit. 2015-08-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Pederson's Beefsteak - sliced fruit. 2015-08-14.

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2012		2	0
2011		2	1
2010		1	.
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