Grandfather Ashlock
Grandfather Ashlock | |
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Maturity | late |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | potato |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | beefsteak |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | family heirloom |
Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- 80-85 days, indet., potato leaf, 10-24 oz pink beefsteak fruit, excellent balanced flavor, moderately juicy, very good smooth texture. Some yellow shoulders and core in early fruits, but this problem goes away as the season progresses. Some growers reported fruits up to 3 lb each, but I have yet to see such a large fruit. Very productive.
Seed source:
- Adam Floro, Marion, Illinois 05
Year grown: 2005, 2009
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
MI FL J
- Large vines need caging or staking, 76 days, moderate producer of 6-12 oz (for me; some report up to 1.5-lb fruits) rich pink fruits, sometimes with yellow shoulders, with very good flavor. I am not aware of any current commercial sources for this variety.
- Source
- NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina) / Carl Ashlock, North Carolina 06
Year: 2005
Location: Augusta, Michigan
IL LO N
- 85 days, indet., potato leaf, fair yield of 10-16 oz pink beefsteak fruit, very good flavor, family heirloom of Carl Ashlock of North Carolina.
- Source
- Adam Floro, Marion, Illinois 05
Year: 2006
Location: Oblong, Illinois
TX AN S
- 85 days, indet., potato leaf plants, 10-16 oz pink beefsteak fruit with some larger fruits, excellent flavor. Family heirloom of Carl Ashlock, developed by his grandfather in Eastern Kentucky in the 1920s, kept and grown by Carl's father, and then Carl.
- Source
- Carl Ashlock, North Carolina 06
Year: 2007
Location: Bastrop, Texas
TX GU R
- 80 days, indet., potato leaf, excellent yield of great tasting 1-1.5 lb pink beefsteaks.
- Source
- ?
Location: Pasadena, Texas
History
- Family heirloom grown by three generations of the Carl Ashlock family of NC. It was developed by Carl's grandfather, Thomas George Ashlock, in eastern Kentucky, and dates to the 1920s.
- Carl Ashlock gave seeds to Craig LeHouiller (NC LE C), who introduced the variety to the public.
- First introduced to SSE in 2006 by Neil Lockhart, who obtained the seed from Adam Floro of Marion, Illinois in 2005. (?)
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - flowers. 2009-06-27
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - flowers. 2009-06-27
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - baby fruit. 2009-06-21
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - green fruit. 2009-06-27
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - green fruit. 2009-06-27
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - ripe fruit. 2009-08-20
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - ripe fruit. 2009-08-29
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - ripe fruit. 2009-09-06
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - sliced fruit. 2009-08-20
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - sliced fruit. 2009-08-29
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandfather Ashlock - sliced fruit. 2009-09-06
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Grandfather Ashlock. 2007.
Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Grandfather Ashlock. 2006
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2016 | . | . | |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest |
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2013 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Delectation of Tomatoes - new Knapp's Fresh Vegies Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest |
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2012 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds |
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2011 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest |
8 | 1 |
2010 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest |
8 | 0 |
2009 | Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - new TomatoFest - new |
6 | . |
2008 | 6 | . | |
2007 | 4 | . |