Carol Chyko's Big Paste

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Carol Chyko's Big Paste
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	heart, irregular
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer, cooking, paste
Variety type
Country

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf plants produce lots of blunt red hearts in 10-16 oz range. Some fruits are not heart-shaped, but not beefsteaks either, I would call them 'blocky'. Fruits have meaty interior with small seed cavities and very few seeds. This variety is too juicy for a paste tomato, but it is excellent as a slicer, as it has outstanding sweet/tart balanced flavor.

Seed source:

Mireille Blais, Quebec, Canada 07

Year grown: 2008 (crop failure), 2009

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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IL LO N

95 days, indet., regular leaf plant, good yield of 1-1.25 lb fruit, outstanding taste.

Source 

CA MY J 97 (Jeff Myers, California) / PA EL B 94 (Bill Ellis of Conyngham, Pennsylvania)

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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MAN ST T

One of the highlights of the 2007 growing season! This variety astounded me with its excellent production of huge tomatoes throughout the season. Despite its name, this variety is not a paste tomato although it is meaty enough to use in sauces. The fruit are consistently large averaging 2-3 lbs. and the meaty slices are excellent for tomato sandwiches. (One slice more than covers a slice of bread.) An excellent variety! Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (80 days from transplant).

Source

Heritage Harvest Seed

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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History

• Family heirloom from Carol Chyko's family in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
• First introduced in Seed Savers 1988 Yearbook by Bill Ellis of Conyngham, Pennsylvania (PA EL B), who received the seed from Carol Chyko. Bill described it as

"100 days, huge indet. vine, shy to set fruit in hot weather, needs cool nights, blocky fruits to 3 lbs, ripen orange-red, partially hollow inside, used for sauce or paste, extraordinary sweet but quite prone to rotting on vine, O.S. Carol Chyko of Hazleton, PA, her family's heirloom."

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - flower truss. 2009-06-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - flower. 2008-07-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - baby fruit. 2008-07-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - baby fruit. 2009-06-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - baby fruit. 2008-07-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - green fruit. 2009-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - ripe fruit. 2009-08-08

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste - ripe fruit. 2009-08-09

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Carol Chyko's Big Paste Ripe - sliced fruit. 2009-08-09.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heritage Harvest Seed Heritage Tomato Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies TomatoFest	.	.
2012	Heritage Tomato Seed - new	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2011 Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	6	1
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	6	.
2009	Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	5	.
2008	Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	6	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	5	.

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