Cseresznye Alaku

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Cseresznye Alaku
Maturity	early
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	cherry
Fruit type	cherry
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Hungary

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - sliced fruit. 2015-07-20.

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Indet., very long vines produce loads of intensely red cherry tomatoes with excellent old-fashioned flavor. Regular leaf. Early to mid-season.

Seed source:

Dave Thompson, Southeast Michigan 09 / USDA

Year grown: 2015

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

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History

• Old heirloom variety.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 289255. Donated to the USDA in 1963 from Hungary.
• Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC), CN 17741. Listed as Csersznycalaku, which is likely a misspelling of the original name. Donated in 1985 from Ontario, Canada.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1997 Yearbook by Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF), seeds from IPK Gatersleben, LYC 3065, T 714. Collected in Hungary. Var. cerasiforme (?)
• SSE TOMATO 3329.
• Cseresznye Alakú means 'cherry-shaped' in Hungarian.

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Also known as

• Csersznycalaku,
  
• Cseresznye Alakú

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - green fruit. 2015-07-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - ripening fruit. 2015-07-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - ripe fruit. 2015-07-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - ripe fruit. 2015-07-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - ripe fruit. 2015-07-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Cseresznye Alaku - sliced fruit. 2015-07-20.

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