Penna

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Penna
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular, wispy
Fruit color red
Fruit shape round
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type heirloom, open-pollinated
Country USA
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penna - ripe fruit. 2014-10-09.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. Large red fruits that are slightly oval in shape, 10-12 oz, very good tomato flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Bruce Van Order of Freeville, New York (NY VA B) 07 / Albert Beck of Monroe City, Missouri (MO BE A) 04 / Arnold Hart, Missouri

Year grown: 2014

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



History

  • Reportedly the original seeds were brought over by immigrants who came to the USA to work in the cement plant [in Hannibal, Missouri?] sometime between 1900s and 1950s. Said to be grown at the cement plant.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2004 Yearbook by Albert Beck of Monroe City, Missouri (MO BE A), who got the seeds from Arnold Hart, Hannibal, Missouri.
  • Itroduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.



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