Golden Bison

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Golden Bison
Maturity	early
Growth habit	det.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	yellow
Fruit shape	globe
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom
Country	USA

B.C KO T

Quite early, bushy det. plants with regular leaf foliage, heavy fruit set early in the season. Round golden fruit of ping pong size (2-3 oz), very uniform. I got the first ripe fruit on July 3, 2009. Some minor concentric cracking in very wet weather when grown in containers.

Seed source:

TX GU R 05 (Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas) / Victory Seed Company

Year grown: 2005 (crop failure), 2009

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

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TX GU R

60 days, det., medium size globe shaped fruit, some with slight blush on blossom end, good flavor, very productive, cross of Bison x Golden Queen, bred by A.F. Yeager of North Dakota, released in 1932.

Source 

Victory Seed Company

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• A cross of Bison x Golden Queen, bred and stabilized by A.F. Yeager of North Dakota, released in 1932.
• PI 645122. Donated to USDA in 1963.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - flowers. 2009-06-06

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - flowers and baby fruit. 2009-06-06

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - green fruit. 2009-06-06

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - green fruit. 2009-06-27

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - green fruit. 2009-07-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - green fruit. 2009-07-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - ripe fruit. 2009-06-27

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - ripe fruit. 2009-07-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Golden Bison - ripe fruit. 2009-08-02.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2013 Sand Hill Preservation Center Victory Seed Company	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Victory Seed Company	3	2
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Victory Seed Company	3	2
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Victory Seed Company	3	.
2009	Victory Seed Company	2	.
2008		3	.
2007		2	.

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