Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak

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Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	black, purple
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - sliced fruit. 2014-08-20.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants with very good foliage cover. Black beefsteaks with ruffled shoulders, 6-9 oz, delicious flavor.

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) 04 / Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 98 / Arche Noah (Austria), c/o Seed Savers' Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa (AUST AR N)

Year grown: 2014

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

IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant, good yield of 6-10 oz violet fruit with green shoulders, good flavor, SSE TOMATO 3094.

Seed source:

Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 98 / Arche Noah (Austria), c/o Seed Savers' Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa (AUST AR N)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

History

First offered in the Seed Savers 1998 Yearbook by Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF), who got seeds from Arche Noah in Austria. Arche Noah is a genetic preservation organization in Austria with offices and gardens in the village of Schiltern, located 75 kilometers northwest of Vienna.
SSE TOMATO 3094.
Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - flowers. 2014-06-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - baby fruit. 2014-06-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - green fruit. 2014-07-19.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2014-08-10.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2014-08-20.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - ripe fruit. 2014-08-20.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Indian Dark Violet Beefsteak - sliced fruit. 2014-08-20.