Chyornyi Slon

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Chyornyi Slon
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	black
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Chyornyi Slon (1) - sliced fruit. 2017-09-07.

B.C KO T

Compact det. plants with potato leaf foliage. Large purple/black beefsteaks, 8-16 oz. Excellent flavor, juicy, smoky, and sweet.

Seed source:

1. CV GISOK-AGRO 10

2. Dmitry Shlomin, Bryansk, Russia 11

Year grown: 2017

Location: Zone 6b, PNW, Columbia Valley (Lower Mainland), BC, Canada (780 ft above sea level)

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., potato leaf, pink-black fruit, 5-7 oz, good flavor, high yield.

Source 

BELR BA A 06 (Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus)

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

• Russian origin.
• According to Russian seed vendors, this variety should be potato leaf, but many SSE members also offer an incorrect regular leafed version, which seem to have originated from John Hanna of Moscow, Idaho.

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Russian name: Чёрный Слон

The name means 'Black Elephant' in Russian.

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Also known as

• Black Elephant

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See also

• Rozovyi Slon
• Black Elephant, Regular Leaf (incorrect version or cross)

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Picture Gallery

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Elephant - baby fruit.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Elephant - green fruit.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Chyornyi Slon (2) - ripe fruit. 2017-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Chyornyi Slon (1) - ripe fruit. 2017-09-07.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Elephant - ripe fruit.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Elephant - ripe fruit.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Chyornyi Slon (1) - sliced fruit. 2017-09-07.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Black Elephant - sliced.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013		.	.
2012		.	.
2011		4 Black Elephant)	2
2010		5 (as Black Elephant)	2
2009	.	6 (as Black Elephant)	.
2008	.	5 (as Black Elephant)	.
2007	.	2 (as Black Elephant)	.

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