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.



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