Djena Lee's Golden Girl

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Djena Lee's Golden Girl
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, medium round and slightly oval golden fruits with very good taste.

Seed Source 

Reimer Seeds / Geza Korbely, Hungary 06|2011}}

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MAN ST T

Djena Lee had grown this variety in Minnesota in the 1920’s. In 1929 she gave some to Reverend Morrow who preserved this variety for many years. Apparently this variety won first place at the Chicago Fair for 10 years in a row! The medium size golden fruit are very tasty. Indeterminate. (80 days from transplant).

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Heritage Harvest Seed

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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MI FL J

Moderate (5-6 ft) vines need caging or staking, 71 days, good producer of small (3-6 oz) smooth slightly elongated yellowish-orange fruit with very good rich and tangy flavor.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Skyfire Garden Seeds

Year: 2007

Location: Augusta Michigan

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TX GU R

80 days, indet., regular leaf, 8-16 oz, excellent flavor, productive, developed by Indian girl, Djena Lee, prominent along routes of Baltimore and Ohio and Southern Railroads.

Source 

Reimer Seeds

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Family heirloom of Djena Lee, recorded history dating back at least to the early 1920s. Djena was the granddaughter of Jim Lee, a 19th century financier in Minnesota. Djena gave the seed to a Reverend Frank Morrow of St. Paul, Minnesota, who has long maintained the variety. According to Amy Goldman, Reverend Frank Morrow introduced this tomato in the SSE 1981 Yearbook. Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offered it commercially in 1981.
• This variety won first prize at the Chicago Fair for ten consecutive years "back in the day".
• Djena Lee's Golden Girl is one of the tomato varieties on Slow Food USA's "Ark of Taste".
• Ten commercial sources were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Djena Lee's Golden Girl - seedling planted. 2011-05-23.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	.	.
2012	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new	.	.
2011	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	2	1
2010	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed TomatoFest	3	.
2009	Heirloom Seeds - new Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	4	.
2008	Heritage Harvest Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	4	.
2007	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	2	.

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