Dester

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Dester
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	family heirloom
Country	Germany

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester - sliced fruit. 2015-08-05.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf, large pink beefsteaks with smooth shoulders and outstanding sweet flavor. Very meaty flesh with small seed locules and very few seeds. 8-27 oz. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Darlene Starr, Landenberg, Pennsylvania 13 / Heritage Tomato Seed 12

3. Darlene Starr, Landenberg, Pennsylvania 13 / Seed Savers Exchange 12

Year grown: 2015

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

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History

• A family heirloom that came to the USA from Germany.
• This tomato was given to Larry D. Pierce, a seed grower for Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds , by a lady Anna, who worked as a house cleaner for Dr. Dester and his wife in Indiana in the 1970's. According to Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds seed catalog, The Desters family acquired the seed from Germany and shared with Anna.
• Introduced commercially by Seed Savers Exchange in 2012.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - ripe fruit. 2015-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - ripe fruit. 2015-08-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - ripe fruit. 2015-08-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - ripe fruit. 2015-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - ripe. 2015-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - ripe. 2015-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - ripe. 2015-09-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - sliced fruit. 2015-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - sliced fruit. 2015-08-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - sliced fruit. 2015-08-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - sliced fruit. 2015-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (2) - sliced. 2015-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Dester (1) - sliced. 2015-09-11.

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Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Heritage Tomato Seed Seed Savers Exchange	.	.
2013	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heritage Tomato Seed - new Secret Seed Cartel - new Seed Savers Exchange	.	.
2012	Seed Savers Exchange - new	0	0
2011		0	0
2010		0	.
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.

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