Marion

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Marion
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	oblate, globe
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner
Variety type
Country

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, red round oblate medium-size fruit, excellent flavor, nice balance of meat and juice. Said to be resistant to fusarium wilt and gray leaf spot.

Seed source:

TN SA A 07 (Andrea Saylor, Tennessee)

Year grown: 2008

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

ID DE M

This is my favorite new stable tomato breed that I tried in 2019, and one of my favorites overall (considering this and all previous years). It was early and prolific. It produced all season. Fruits were medium-sized to medium-large. Taste was excellent (but gentle at the same time). Very vigorous. A cutting I took from a pruning of the plant rooted extremely fast in water (a few days). It's regular leaf, has red, roundish fruits, and a medium-sized indeterminate plant. Very easy to grow. Excellent, clean, even germination. I planted the seeds in a starter cell in a seed tray in a 6'x5'x3' unheated Strong Camel greenhouse on 28 Mar 2019, and I got germination on 8 Apr. Transplanted outside (just one plant) on 13 May. Bloomed on 1 Jun. Set fruit by 13 Jun. Pruned it heavily on 3 Jul (just so it would fit in the tomato cage which I put on too late). It had ripe fruit not too long after the earliest tomatoes (out of 40-something varieties, and maybe 80-something total plants). I had it in the ground with black plastic. I gave it no fertilizer and no soil amendments. It had drought conditions. It was in a spot where Sub Arctic Plenty was in 2018. 2019 had a cool spring. The hottest it got all season was maybe 105° F., but no tomatoes showed particular signs of heat stress, unlike 2018 (which was hotter, with a warmer, drier spring). Fruit was later to ripen than usual, but the tomatoes generally grew larger plants than normal, and the earliest fruits were more abundant than normal. The tomatoes generally produced decently. The first frost was earlier than usual. The growing season was mostly arid (except in the spring and the end of the season).

Seed source:

seedsnow.com, ordered in late March of 2018

Year grown: 2019

Location: New Plymouth, Idaho (2,260 ft above sea level)

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History

• Breeder and vendor: South Carolina Agric. Expt. Sta., Charleston.
• Parentage: (Pan America x L. pimpinellifolium ) x (Pan America x Homestead).
• SSE TOMATO 3854.
• PI 309668.

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Similar to

• Rutgers.

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Related

• Marion F
• Marion Gold (cross)

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion. 2008-06-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - flower. 2008-07-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - baby fruit. 2008-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - baby fruit. 2008-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - ripe fruit. 2008-09-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - ripe fruit. 2008-09-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - ripe fruit. 2008-09-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marion - sliced fruit. 2008-10-04.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2013	Heirloom Seeds Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds	.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2011 Heirloom Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	2 + 1 (Marion F)	.
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	2 + 1 (Marion F)	.
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Seeds	1	.
2008	Heirloom Seeds	1	.
2007		1	.

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