Big Ben No.1
Big Ben No.1 | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | beefsteak |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf. 6-12 oz pink beefsteak. Excellent sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)
Seed source:
- Wintersown.org 13
Year grown: 2015
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- ?
- First offered in the Seed Savers 2001 Yearbook by Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF), who received seed from Ben Quisenberry of Ohio (OH QU B).
- SSE TOMATO 329.
- Likely closely related to Big Ben. It is unclear how Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) got the different variants of Big Ben and labelled them No.1 and No.2. Descriptions seem to be very similar to Big Ben.
- Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2016.
Related
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Big Ben No.1 - ripe fruit. 2015-08-05.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Big Ben No.1 - ripe fruit. 2015-08-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Big Ben No.1 - sliced fruit. 2015-08-05.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Big Ben No.1 - sliced fruit. 2015-08-22.
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Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new | . | . |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | . | . | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | 0 | 1 | |
2011 | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | . | |
2009 | 1 | . | |
2008 | 1 | . | |
2007 | 0 | . |
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Country | USA + |
Description | Indet., regular leaf. 6-12 oz pink beefsteak. Excellent sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet) |
Fruit color | pink + |
Fruit shape | beefsteak + |
Fruit size | large + |
Fruit type | slicer + |
Growth habit | indet. + |
History | * ?
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Leaf | regular + |
Maturity | midseason + |
Member code | B.C KO T + |
Related | Big Ben + and Big Ben No.2 + |
Seed source | Wintersown.org 13 |
Variety type | open-pollinated + |
Vendor | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds + |
Year grown | 2015 + |