Grosse Plate du Portugal

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Grosse Plate du Portugal
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red, pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	Portugal

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - sliced fruit. 2015-08-09.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants with very large flattened pink beefsteaks over 1 lb. Some concentric cracking observed. Very good sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Nathalie Antaya of Saint-Robert, Quebec, Canada (QUE AN N) 08 / a collector from Belgium

Year grown: 2015

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

TX GU R

75 days, indet., regular leaf, 6-12 oz red fruit, Portugal.

Seed source:

Luc Fichot, Belgium (BELG FI L)

Year grown: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas

History

From Portugal.
First offered in the Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R), who got the seeds from Luc Fichot of Belgium.
Introduced commercially by Delectation of Tomatoes in 2013.

Picture Gallery

Dan and Val McMurray. Grosse Plate du Portugal - plants. 2009. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Dan and Val McMurray. Grosse Plate du Portugal - green fruit. 2009. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Dan and Val McMurray. Grosse Plate du Portugal - plant with green and ripe fruit. 2009. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2015-08-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2015-08-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2015-08-10.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2015-08-10.
Dan and Val McMurray. Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2009. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - sliced fruit. 2015-08-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grosse Plate du Portugal - ripe fruit. 2015-08-10.