Isbell's Golden Colossal

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Isbell's Golden Colossal
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	yellow
Fruit shape	oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom, historic, open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-08-24.

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Indet., regular leaf plants. Yellow beefsteaks with ruffled shoulders and meaty and juicy flesh. Some fruits get pinkish blush at the blossom end towards the end of summer. 7-13 oz. Very good flavor. (15 seeds/ packet)

Seed source:

Jeff Fleming of Augusta, Michigan (MI FL J) 07 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04

Year grown: 2014

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. First maturity about 75 days. For me, a modest yield of medium-sized smooth 6-12 oz light golden yellow fruit with a pinkish blush on blossom end. The fruit have a wonderfully refreshing mildly sweet flavor. This is a little-known variety that deserves much wider recognition, in my opinion.

Seed source:

Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04

Year grown: 2006, 2007

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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IL LO N

90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a very high yield of 6-12 oz light yellow fruit with a pink blush and good mild flavor.

Seed source:

Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 04

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

• Very old commercial heirloom. It was originally introduced by Isbell Seed Co. around 1910.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 633487. NSL 27304. Donated to the USDA in 1963.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2004 Yearbook by Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C), who got the seeds from the USDA in 2004.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - ripe fruit. 2014-09-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-09-07.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Isbell's Golden Colossal - sliced fruit. 2014-09-23.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Isbell's Golden Colossal 1, 2006.

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