Conqueror
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| Conqueror | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | red |
| Fruit shape | oblate, ribbed |
| Fruit size | medium |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | heirloom, commercial heirloom, open-pollinated |
| Country | USA |
B.C KO T
Seed source:
- 1. Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R) 07 / M. Hartmann, Germany
- 2. Clay Ford, Sorrento, BC, Canada 10 (2003 seed?)
Year grown: 2011 (1,2 - crop failure, no germination)
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
TX GU R
- 80 days, indet., regular leaf, extreme producer of ruffled/ribbed flattened, good tasting, 3-4" red fruit, from M. Hartmann, Germany, 1906.
- Source
- M.Hartmann, Germany.
Year: 2006
Location: Pasadena, Texas
History
- Dates back to the 1870s. Listed in the following old seed catalogs:
- 1876 - "Garden, Field and Flower Seeds" of Robert C. Reeves' of New York City.
- 1877 - "Annual Circular, Retail Catalogue, Warranted, Vegetable and flowers" by James J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1881 - "Seed Annual" by D. M. Ferry & Co of Detroit, Michigan.
- 1898 - "Wholesale Catalogues of Vegetable Seeds" of EW King & Co Seed Growers in Coggeshall in Essex.
- 1900 - Livingston's Seed Annual catalog.
- PI 644894. Donated to USDA in 1963.
- There is also a hybrid by the same name, originated in the Netherlands.
Seed Availability
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