Gardener's Delight

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Gardener's Delight
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	cherry
Fruit type	cherry
Variety type	commercial heirloom
Country	Germany

B.C KO T

70 days, indet., regular leaf, medium-size red cherry, good acidic flavor, good production.

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Fedco Seeds 12

3. CV Mr. Fothergill's 04

Year grown: 2005(1), 2008(1), 2011(2)

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

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IL LO N

70 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a high yield of large red cherry fruit, very good flavor.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / WI MI B 00 (Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin) / Pinetree Seeds 97

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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B.C GI K

80 days, indeterminate, RL plant. Excellent production and rampant growth, my plant almost reached 6ft (and in a longer season, I expect would have surpassed that). Excellent production up until frost. Round cherry fruit, 20gr each. Nice sweet/tart flavour.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Swap

Year grown: 2014

Location: Edmonton, AB.

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History

• Bred by Paul Tellhelm and introduced in 1950-1951 by Ernst Benary Samenzucht (formerly of Erfurt, East Germany; now Hann Muenden, Germany). It was named "Benary's Gartenfreude, Hochzucht".
• Offered commercially by Jung Quality Seed, Randolph, Wisconsin in 1960 as Jung's Sugar Lump.

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Also known as

• Sugar Lump
• Jung's Sugar Lump
• Delice du Jardinier
• Benary's Gartenfreude, Hochzucht

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Related

• Sweet 100 F1 (derived)

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gardener's Delight. 2008-05-25.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Gardener's Delight - plant. 2008. Posted with the owner's permisson.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Gardener's Delight - ripe fruit. 2008. Posted with the owner's permisson.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Gardener's Delight. 2009.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Gardener's Delight. 2009.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Pinetree Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Fedco Seeds Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Pinetree Seeds Salt Spring Seeds Swallowtail Garden Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Pinetree Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Fedco Seeds Pinetree Seeds Salt Spring Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm West Coast Seeds	10	3
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Burpee Fedco Seeds Pinetree Seeds Salt Spring Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm West Coast Seeds	9	.
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Pinetree Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm West Coast Seeds	8	.
2008	Pinetree Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest West Coast Seeds	8	.
2007	Tomato Growers Supply West Coast Seeds	6	.