Early Detroit

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Early Detroit
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, commercial heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - sliced fruit. 2013-09-14.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants produce pink perfectly round, smooth, and blemish free fruits, 4-6 oz. Delicious flavor, juicy, excellent in salads.

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / USDA

Year grown: 2013

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

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History

• Very old commercial variety, offered in 1916 Livingston's Seed catalog.
• The description from 1916 Livingston's Seed Catalog says:

"A very productive, early purple sort, uniform in size of fruit, free from cracks, and does not blight easily. Fruit large and smooth. Vines vigorous and quite productive. Quality excellent."

• PI 355097. Collected from Ontario, Canada. Donated in 1970.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1995 Yearbook by D. C. Dove, Blacksburg, Virginia (WA DO D), who said it was a common nursery plant around Detroit in 1950s and 60s.
• SSE TOMATO 419.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - ripe fruit. 2013-09-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - ripe fruit. 2013-09-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - sliced fruit. 2013-09-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - sliced fruit. 2013-09-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Early Detroit - sliced fruit. 2013-09-14.

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