Robinson's Heirloom
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Robinson's Heirloom | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | red |
Fruit shape | oblate |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | unknown |
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- Indet., regular leaf plants. Red beefsteaks, 8-10 oz. Very good balanced flavor.
Seed source:
- Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 13 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 94 / Gary Fitzgerald, Virginia
Year grown: 2014
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
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- 80 days, indet., regular leaf plant, good yield of 10-16 oz pink fruit, very good flavor.
Seed source:
- Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin (WI MI B) 99 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 94 / Gary Fitzgerald, Virginia
Year grown:
Location: Oblong, Illinois
History
- An offtype or a cross of Mary Robinson's German Bicolor. Both red and pink selections have been offered by SSE members in SSE Yearbooks since the 1990s. The red selection is catalogued by Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) as SSE TOMATO 4634.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 1994 Yearbook by Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C), who received seeds from Gary Fitzgerald, Virginia in 1992. Craig's first growout produced large red fruits. Only two years later (1994), Craig managed to obtain correct seeds that matched Gary's description (bi-color) - it became what is now known as Mary Robinson's German Bicolor.
Related
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Robinson's Heirloom - ripe fruit. 2014-08-31.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Robinson's Heirloom - ripe fruit. 2014-09-18.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Robinson's Heirloom - sliced fruit. 2014-08-31.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Robinson's Heirloom - sliced fruit. 2014-09-18.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2013 | 1 | 0 | |
2012 | 1 | . | |
2011 | 1 | . | |
2010 | 2 | . | |
2009 | 1 | . | |
2008 | 0 | . | |
2007 | 1 | . |