Brown's Yellow Giant
Brown's Yellow Giant | |
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Maturity | late |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | orange |
Fruit shape | beefsteak |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | family heirloom, open-pollinated |
Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf. Large orange beefsteaks, 8-14 oz. Excellent sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)
Seed source:
- 1. Julien Schmit, Nancy, France 09 / TomatoFest 07
- 2. Lurley Hernandez, Galena, Ohio 11 / TomatoFest 10
- 3. Blue Ribbon Tomatoes 14 / Bill Best
Year grown: 2011 (1 - crop failure), 2014(1 - crop failure, 2, 3 - crop failure)
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
IL LO N
- 90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with good yield of 12-16 oz orange fruit, very good flavor.
Seed source:
- Carolyn Male, Latham, New York (NY MA C 96) / Donald Sparks of Pikeville, Kentucky (KY SP D) 93 / Claude Brown, Pikeville, Kentucky
Year grown:
Location: Oblong, Illinois
FRAN SC J
- Indet., very large orange fruit, 20-30 oz, very good flavor, beefsteak type with a few seeds. Low yield.
Seed source:
- TomatoFest 07
Year grown:
Location: Nancy, France
History
- A family heirloom from Claude Brown, Pikeville, Kentucky.
- Introduced in Seed Savers 1989 Yearbook by Donald Sparks of Pikeville, Kentucky (KY SP D), who obtained the seed from Claude Brown in 1987.
- In the early 2010s the name morphed into Claude Brown's Yellow Giant, when Terry Lynne Tassone of Wadsworth, Ohio (OH TA T) listed it in the SSE Yearbook as Claude Brown's Yellow Giant (seeds from SMAC). So now this tomato is offered by both names.
Also known as
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - seedling. 2011-03-15.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - plant. 2011-07-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - flowers. 2011-07-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - green fruit. 2014-07-19.
Julien Schmit, France. Brown's Yellow Giant - green fruit. 2008.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - ripe fruit. 2014-08-29.
Julien Schmit, France. Brown's Yellow Giant - ripe fruit. 2008.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - sliced fruit. 2014-08-29.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | . | . | |
2015 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new | . | . |
2014 | TomatoFest | . | . |
2013 | TomatoFest | 3 + 3 (as Claude Brown's Yellow Giant) | . |
2012 | 1 + 3 (as Claude Brown's Yellow Giant) | 0 | |
2011 | TomatoFest | 1 + 1 (as Claude Brown's Yellow Giant) | 0 |
2010 | TomatoFest | 1 | . |
2009 | TomatoFest | 1 | . |
2008 | TomatoFest | 1 | . |
2007 | 1 | . |