Large Red

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Large Red
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	ribbed, flattened, oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	historic, commercial heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	England, USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. fruit. 2014-09-08.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. Medium sized beautiful ruffled beefsteaks with very good flavor that is more acidic than sweet. 4-9 oz. Semi-hollow seed cavities in some fruit make it perfect for stuffing.

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / Don O'Shea of Ogdensburg, New York (NY OS D) 04 / Hancock Shaker Village, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts (MA HA S)

Year grown: 2014

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

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History

• An heirloom variety that traces back to 1830 in U.S. and England, grown and offered by Shakers of Hancock, Massachusetts, it is one of the oldest and historically important heirlooms, most commonly grown in the USA prior to the Civil War.
• It was listed in the 1843 Shaker seed catalog.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 647511. Donated to the USDA in 1971.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1990 Yearbook by Dorothy Beiswenger, Crookston, Minnesota (MN BE D).

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Also known as

• Shaker's Large Red

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - plant. 2014-06-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - baby fruit. 2014-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - baby fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - green fruit. 2014-07-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - green fruit. 2014-07-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - green fruit. 2014-07-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. 2014-09-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - ripe fruit. fruit. 2014-09-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - sliced fruit. 2014-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - sliced fruit. 2014-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Shaker's Large Red - sliced fruit. 2014-09-08.

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