Arkansas Traveler
Arkansas Traveler | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | globe |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated, commercial |
Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf plants. Small round pink fruits are smooth and blemish free. 2-5 oz. Very good complex flavor, with very pleasant sweetness.
Seed source:
- 1. Reimer Seeds
- 2. Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 09, vial 08-86 (Craig LeHoullier, Raleigh, North Carolina) / Darrel Jones, Alabama (wrong seeds)
- 3. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds 06
Year grown: 2011 (1, crop failure), 2014(1)
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
TN MA T
- Somewhat compact plant with regular leaf foliage, 80 days, 5-9 oz pink fruit, complex full flavor, average production. Good on sandwiches and in salads.
Seed source:
- Reimer Seeds / Commercial Nursery Plant 11
Year grown: 2011
Location: LaFollette, Tennessee, USA
History
- a.k.a. Traveler.
- Bred by by Joe McFerran of the University of Arkansas and released as Traveler in 1971. 'Arkansas' got tacked onto the name somewhere along the way. Several sites have now amended the name and just called it Traveler.
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Arkansas Traveler - plant. 2011-06-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Arkansas Traveler - flowers. 2011-06-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Arkansas Traveler - flowers. 2011-06-23.
Reed Baize, Oklahoma (OK BA R2). Arkansas Traveler - green fruit. 2014.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Arkansas Traveler - ripe fruit. 2014-10-07.
Ted Maiden (TN MA T): Arkansas Traveler - ripe fruit. 2011.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Arkansas Traveler - sliced fruit. 2014-10-07.
Reed Baize, Oklahoma (OK BA R2). Arkansas Traveler - sliced fruit. 2014.
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