Brown's Yellow Giant

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Brown's Yellow Giant
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

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - sliced fruit. 2014-08-29.

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)

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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

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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

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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.

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Also known as

• Claude Brown's Yellow Giant,
  
• Brown's Yellow

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - seedling. 2011-03-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - plant. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant - flowers. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - green fruit. 2014-07-19.

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  Julien Schmit, France. Brown's Yellow Giant - green fruit. 2008.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - ripe fruit. 2014-08-29.

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  Julien Schmit, France. Brown's Yellow Giant - ripe fruit. 2008.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brown's Yellow Giant (2) - sliced fruit. 2014-08-29.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
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	.