Gary'O Sena
| Gary'O Sena | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | potato |
| Fruit color | purple, black |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak, oblate |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | open-pollinated, created heirloom, stabilized intentional cross |
| Country | USA |
B.C KO T
- indet., potato leaf plants, large boat-shaped and round purple-black beefsteaks with excellent flavor. 10-18 oz. High yields. Matures before many red and pink beefsteaks.
Seed source:
- Doug Zuknick, West Virginia 07
Year grown: 2009
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
MO MU K
- Vigorous, indeterminate, potato leafed plants. Plants set well and produce rather early for such large sized fruits (70-75 days). First fruits have been recorded as early as 68 days. Fruit has a sweet quality to it.
- Source
- Breeder. Keith Mueller
Year: 2005
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
IL LO N
- 85 days, indet., potato leaf plant with good yield of 12-18 oz pink-black fruit with very good flavor.
- Source
- TX AN S (Susan Anderson of Texas) / Darrel Jones 06 (CV Selected Plants)
Year: 2007
Location: Oblong, Illinois
TX AN S
- 68-75 days, indet., potato leaf plants, medium to medium-large dark pink-purple fruits with excellent flavor, seems to set well in heat, a new favorite, from CV Selected Plants 06, Cherokee Purple X Brandywine cross, developed and stabilized by Keith Mueller of MO.
- Source
- CV Selected Plants 06 / Keith Mueller of MO
Year: 2006
Location: Bastrop, Texas
TX GU R
- 70 days, indet., potato leaf, large purplish black fruit to 1 lbs.
- Source
- TX AN S (Susan Anderson of Texas) / Keith Mueller, MO
Year: 2007
Location: Pasadena, Texas
History
- Breeder: Keith Mueller of Kansas City, Missouri.
- Parentage: A pink-purple line derived from the Brandywine X Cherokee Purple cross.
- Named for Keith Mueller's paternal grandmother. Her name by her account (when Keith sat down with her in 1999 and recorded family information for his own record) was spelled Gary'O not O'Sena. This is also the way her surviving children remember it being spelled. Her father, who was Irish, named her and there was a story behind it but neither Keith, nor do surviving family members, recall the story. A few records from the area list "Sena G." or "Garrie O'Sena" but these are incorrect.
- Introduced to SSE in 2007 by Susan Anderson, TX (TX AN S) and Robbins Hail (MO HA R2), and quickly gained popularity among SSE members and Tomatoville members.
- First introduced commercially by Sand Hill Preservation Center in 2009.
Parents
Sister varieties:
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - plant. 2010-07-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - baby fruit. 2009-06-27.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - green fruit. 2010-07-28.
Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Gary'O Sena - green fruit. 2012-09-29.
Keith Mueller. Gary'O Sena
Keith Mueller. Fruit interior
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - ripe fruit. 2009-08-24.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - ripe fruit. 2009-08-24.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Gary'O Sena.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - ripe fruit. 2010-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - ripe fruit. 2010-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - ripe fruit. 2010-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - sliced ripe fruit. 2009-08-24.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Gary'O Sena - sliced.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - sliced fruit. 2010-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gary'O Sena - sliced fruit. 2010-09-11.
Seed Availability
| Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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| 2018 | . | . | |
| 2017 | . | . | |
| 2016 | . | . | |
| 2015 | . | . | |
| 2014 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen |
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| 2013 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heritage Tomato Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013 |
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| 2012 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Tomato Seed |
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| 2011 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Tomato Seed - new Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center |
9 | 2 |
| 2010 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Gleckler Seedmen - new Gourmet Seed International Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Sand Hill Preservation Center |
7 | 1 |
| 2009 | Gourmet Seed International - new Sand Hill Preservation Center |
6 | . |
| 2008 | Sand Hill Preservation Center - new | 7 | . |
| 2007 | 2 | . |