Grandpa Charlie

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Grandpa Charlie
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	family heirloom
Country	Poland

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - sliced fruit. 2012-09-28.

B.C KO T

Indet., potato leaf, smooth pink beefsteaks, 8-12 oz, meaty, with very good flavor. (limited, 15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Marjorie Holloway, Florida 07 / Victory Seed Company 06

2. Bill Malin, Hillsboro, New Mexico 07

Year grown: 2012

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

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., potato leaf with a high yield of 10-14 oz pink beefsteak fruit, very good flavor.

Source 

NC LE C 05 (Craig LeHoullier, Raleigh, North Carolina)/ ? / NM MA B (Bill Malin of Hillsboro, New Mexico)

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TX GU R

75 days, indet., potato leaf, pink beefsteaks up to 1 lb.

Source

T. Mocholas

Year: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• A family heirloom that came from Poland in 1904 to Scranton Pennsylvania with Bill Malin's mathernal grandfather, Charles Sokolowski. Named by Bill in his honor.
• First offered commercially by Victory Seed Company in 2008.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N).

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - plant. 2012-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Vi4) - plant. 2012-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Vi4) - plant. 2012-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Vi4) - ripe fruit. 2012-09-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Vi4) - ripe fruit. 2012-09-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - ripe fruit. 2012-09-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - ripe fruit. 2012-09-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - sliced fruit. 2012-10-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Vi4) - sliced fruit. 2012-09-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - sliced fruit. 2012-09-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Charlie (Bill Malin) - sliced fruit. 2012-10-22.

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  Blane Horton (PKS South) Grandpa Charlie - sliced fruit. (uploaded with 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	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2017	.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Tomato Seed - new Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Double Helix Farms - new Victory Seed Company	.	.
2012	Gleckler Seedmen - new Victory Seed Company	2	1
2011	Victory Seed Company	2	1
2010	Victory Seed Company	2	.
2009	Victory Seed Company	3	.
2008	Victory Seed Company	4	.
2007		3	.