Giant Syrian
Giant Syrian | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | beefsteak, heart |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | unknown |
B.C KO T
- Indet. plants with regular leaf, medium to large pink beefsteaks, 7-12 oz, with very good flavor. (15 seeds / packet)
- Seeds from Seed Savers Exchange are mixed or crossed, as about 40% of seedlings came up with potato leaf. We saved seeds only from regular leaf plants, but it is still possible that an occasional potato leaf seedling may come up.
Seed source:
- 1. Reimer Seeds
- 2. Seed Savers Exchange 11
- 3. Dan and Val McMurray of Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada (B.C MC D) 05
Year grown: 2005(1), 2011(2), 2014
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
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- 75 days, indet., regular leaf plant, good yield of 0.75-1 lb heart shaped fruit, very good taste.
Seed source:
- Reimer Seeds / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 97
Year grown:
Location: Oblong, Illinois
History
- First offered in the Seed Savers 1991 Yearbook by Craig LeHoullier of West Chester, Pennsylvania (PA LE C), who obtained seeds from Charlotte Mullens of West Virginia.
- Craig LeHoullier listed it as a large red heart.
- A pink beefsteak appeared in the late 2000s, the seed source for this variant is traced back to SSE.
Related
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Giant Syrian (1) - plant. 2014-06-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Giant Syrian (1) - plant. 2014-06-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Giant Syrian (2) - ripe fruit. 2014-08-18.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Giant Syrian (2) - sliced fruit. 2014-08-18.
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Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | Reimer Seeds | . | . |
2016 | . | . | |
2015 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds | . | . |
2014 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes TomatoFest |
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2013 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest |
1 (pink) + 2 (red) | . |
2012 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds | . | . |
2011 | Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange TomatoFest |
2 | 0 |
2010 | Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange TomatoFest |
1 | 0 |
2009 | Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Seed Savers Exchange TomatoFest |
2 | . |
2008 | Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange TomatoFest |
2 | . |
2007 | Seed Savers Exchange | 2 | . |
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