Robinson's Heirloom

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Robinson's Heirloom
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
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Robinson's Heirloom - ripe fruit. 2014-08-31.

B.C KO T

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.



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