Uncle Blaine's Pink Beef
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| Uncle Blaine's Pink Beef | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | late |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | potato |
| Fruit color | pink |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | open-pollinated, family heirloom |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
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Seed source:
- Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R) 07 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02
Year grown: 2013 (germination failure)
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
IL LO N
- 90 days, indet., potato leaf plant with a good yield of 12-16 oz pink beefsteak fruit with very good flavor.
Seed source:
- Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02
Year grown:
Location: Oblong, Illinois
TX GU R
- 85 days, indet., regular leaf (Tatiana's comment: incorrect, should be potato leaf), high yield of 1-1.5+ lb pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor, a favorite.
Seed source:
- Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02
Year grown:
Location: Pasadena, Texas
History
- First offered in the Seed Savers 2002 Yearbook by Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N), who said that the seed was originally saved by his grandmother's brother, and it may have come from Czechoslovakia.
Picture Gallery
Patty Brown, Ohio. Uncle Blaine's Pink - ripe fruit. 2013-07-29. Posted with owner's permission.
Seed Availability
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