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Isbell's Golden Colossal
0
USA
Indet., regular leaf plants. Yellow beefsteaks with ruffled shoulders and meaty and juicy flesh. Some fruits get pinkish blush at the blossom end towards the end of summer. 7-13 oz. Very good flavor. (''15 seeds/ packet'')
yellow
oblate
medium
slicer
indet.
* Very old commercial heirloom. It was originally introduced by Isbell Seed Co. around 1910.
* United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), [[USDA link::http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1094660|PI 633487]]. NSL 27304. Donated to the USDA in 1963.
* First offered in the Seed Savers 2004 Yearbook by Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C), who got the seeds from the USDA in 2004.
regular
midseason
Jeff Fleming of Augusta, Michigan (MI FL J) 07 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04
PI 633487
heirloom
historic
open-pollinated
2014
2014-10-23T05:09:58Z
2456953.7152546
Isbell's Golden Colossal
Isbell's Golden Colossal#001#
Augusta, Michigan
Isbell's Golden Colossal
Large vines, need caging or staking. First maturity about 75 days. For me, a modest yield of medium-sized smooth 6-12 oz light golden yellow fruit with a pinkish blush on blossom end. The fruit have a wonderfully refreshing mildly sweet flavor. This is a little-known variety that deserves much wider recognition, in my opinion.
Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04
2006
2007
Isbell's Golden Colossal#002#
Oblong, Illinois
Isbell's Golden Colossal
90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a very high yield of 6-12 oz light yellow fruit with a pink blush and good mild flavor.
Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04