Caro Red

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Caro Red
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	globe
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

TX GU R

75 days, indet., deep orange-red flesh, globe shape, 6 oz, semi-acid taste.

Source 

Sand Hill Preservation Center / CV Gur 81 (Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.)

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Developed by Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. 1958.
• Parentage: L. hirsutum, Indiana Baltimore, and Rutgers.
• Carries genes B and moB+ in BB and moB+moB+moB combination.
• PI 279565. Donated to USDA in 1962.

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Similar

• Rutgers

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013	Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Sand Hill Preservation Center	0	1
2010	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	0
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center	4	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center	3	.

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