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Gold Medal
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	bi-color
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal - ripe fruit. 2016-09-10.

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, large bi-colored beefsteaks with intensely sweet flavor. Excellent sweet taste. 6-16 oz. Small seed cavities, solid flesh. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Martin Longseth of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (WI LO M) 11 (2006 seed)

3. Lurley Hernandez, Galena, Ohio 11 / Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds 11

4. Kath Weidemoyer, Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania 12 / "heirloomdaddy" at Tomatoville forum

5. Seed Savers Exchange 11

6. Kim Tephabock, Delaware 07 / David Lemasters, Pennsylvania

Year grown: 2011 (1), 2016(2, 5)

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

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MI FL J

Large vines need caging or staking, 84 days, moderate production of 8-12 oz (and sometimes to 1 lb or more) yellow fruit heavily marbled with red inside and out, nice mildly sweet flavor.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Seed Savers Exchange

Year grown: 2001, 2005

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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History

• Introduced in 1976 by the late Ben Quisenberry, who renamed Ruby Gold tomato.
• Five commercial sources noted for 2004 in Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition where it is stated that the variety “grows well in cool overnight temperatures”.
• SSE TOMATO 333. Winner of 2008 SSE Tomato Tasting.

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Related

• Ruby Gold

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See also

• Gold Medal Yellow

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Picture Gallery

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  Julien Schmit, France. Gold Medal - ripe fruits. 2009.

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  Olga Golikova, BC. Gold Medal - ripe fruit. 2012-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T)> Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T)> Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-10-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - ripe fruit. 2016-10-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - ripe fruit. 2016-10-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - ripe fruit. 2016-10-10.

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  Blane Horton (PKS South). Gold Medal - ripe fruit. (uploaded with the owner's permission by S Harris)

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal - sliced fruit. 2011-09-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal - sliced fruit. 2011-09-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal - sliced fruit. 2011-09-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T)> Gold Medal (5) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - sliced fruit. 2016-10-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (5) - sliced fruit. 2016-10-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - sliced fruit. 2016-10-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - sliced fruit. 2016-10-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Gold Medal (2) - sliced fruit. 2016-10-10.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Gold Medal. 2005

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  Blane Horton (PKS South). Gold Medal - ripe fruit. (uploaded with the owner's permission by S Harris)

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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	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2014 Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Seeds Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Seed Savers Exchange Territorial Seed Company TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange	.	.
2011	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company TomatoFest	4	1
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds TomatoFest Territorial Seed Company	4	0
2009	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds TomatoFest Territorial Seed Company	6	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds TomatoFest Territorial Seed Company	5	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company	7	.

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