Penn Red
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Penn Red | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | red |
Fruit shape | round, oblate |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated, commercial heirloom |
Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf. Round and oblate red fruits with smooth shoulders, 5-10 oz. Jointless. Very good rich flavor.
Seed source:
- Dave Thompson, New Baltimore, Southeast Michigan 09
Year grown: 2015
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Old commercial heirloom.
- Developed by the Experimental Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, from a cross between Red Dwarf Early and Marglobe. Released in 1944.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 2005 Yearbook by Neil Gillard of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada (ONT GI N), who obtained the seed from Plant Gene Resources of Canada, CN 599.
- Re-introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2016.
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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penn Red - ripe fruit. 2015-08-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penn Red - sliced fruit. 2015-08-22.
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Facts about Penn RedRDF feed
Also known as | Stemless Penn Red + |
Country | USA + |
Description | Indet., regular leaf. Round and oblate red fruits with smooth shoulders, 5-10 oz. Jointless. Very good rich flavor. |
Fruit color | red + |
Fruit shape | round + and oblate + |
Fruit size | medium + |
Fruit type | slicer + |
Growth habit | indet. + |
History | * Old commercial heirloom.
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Leaf | regular + |
Maturity | midseason + |
Member code | B.C KO T + |
Related | Marglobe + and Red Dwarf Early + |
See also | Stemless Penn Orange + |
Seed source | Dave Thompson, New Baltimore, Southeast Michigan 09 |
Variety type | open-pollinated + and commercial heirloom + |
Vendor | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds + |
Year grown | 2015 + |