Simpson Summer Palace

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Simpson Summer Palace
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape round
Fruit size small
Fruit type salad
Variety type open-pollinated
Country UK
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Simpson Summer Palace - sliced fruit. 2014-08-11.

B.C KO T

Compact indeterminate or semi-determinate. Regular leaf. Red round fruits are blemish and crack free, 2.5-3 oz, firm, with good acidic flavor. Jointless. Perfect canner. Well suited for growing in containers.

Seed source:

1. Jeff Casey, Alberta 06 (crop failure, no seeds left)
2. Clay Ford, Sorrento, BC, Canada 10 (2003 seed?)

Year grown: 2008(crop failure), 2009(1), 2011(2), 2014(2)

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



History

  • Made available in the mid 1990s by Simpson's Seeds, UK. It supposedly had been found growing in the grounds of the summer Palace in the Russian capital of one of the Czars many years ago, seed might have been dropped from a sandwich of one of the many tourists who visit there and it was a volunteer plant.
  • Introduced commercially in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.



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Facts about Simpson Summer PalaceRDF feed
CountryUK +
DescriptionCompact indeterminate or semi-determinate. Regular leaf. Red round fruits are blemish and crack free, 2.5-3 oz, firm, with good acidic flavor. Jointless. Perfect canner. Well suited for growing in containers.
Fruit colorred +
Fruit shaperound +
Fruit sizesmall +
Fruit typesalad +
Growth habitindet. +
History* Made available in the mid 1990s by Simps * Made available in the mid 1990s by Simpson's Seeds, UK. It supposedly had been found growing in the grounds of the summer Palace in the Russian capital of one of the Czars many years ago, seed might have been dropped from a sandwich of one of the many tourists who visit there and it was a volunteer plant.
Leafregular +
Maturitymidseason +
Member codeB.C KO T +
Seed source1. Jeff Casey, Alberta 06 (crop failure, no seeds left)
2. Clay Ford, Sorrento, BC, Canada 10 (2003 seed?)
Variety typeopen-pollinated +
VendorTatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
Year grown2008(crop failure) +, 2009(1) +, 2011(2) + and 2014(2) +
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