Lotos
Lotos | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | potato |
Fruit color | white |
Fruit shape | oblate, round |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | Russia |
B.C KO T
- Indet., potato leaf plants. 4- 6 oz smooth, perfectly round and oblate creamy-colored fruits, juicy, with mild sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)
Seed source:
- Åke Truedsson of Klagshamn, Sweden (SWED TR A) 11
Year grown: 2015
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
IL LO N
- 75 days, indet., potato leaf, yellow-white fruit, 4-6 oz, good flavor, high yield.
Seed source:
- Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A)
Year grown: Oblong, Illinois
Location:
History
- Russian commercial variety. The name means 'Lotus' in Russian.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A) and Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who received the seed from Andrey.
- There is another Russian commercial variety vended by CV Fitos-Agro with the same name but pink-fruited, 3-4 oz, and very early.
Russian name: Лотос
- The name means 'Lotus' in Russian, which probably refers to the fruit color (pale yellow/white).
Description in Russian
Also known as
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Lotos - ripe fruit. 2015-08-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Lotos - ripe fruit. 2015-08-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Lotos - ripe fruit. 2015-08-20.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Lotos - sliced fruit. 2015-08-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Lotos - sliced fruit. 2015-08-20.
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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 | . | . | |
2016 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new | . | . |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | . | . | |
2013 | Double Helix Farms | . | . |
2012 | Double Helix Farms | . | . |
2011 | . | . | |
2010 | . | . | |
2009 | 2 | . | |
2008 | 2 | . | |
2007 | 0 | . |
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