Kits Find
Kits Find | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | red |
Fruit shape | globe |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | Canada |
B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf plants. Fruits are round and oblate, bright red, 3-7 oz, with delicious rich flavor. (15 seeds / packet)
Seed source:
- 1. Jennifer Hutson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 06 / Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2. Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC 14 (2008 seed)
Year grown: 2014(1), 2015(2)
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Found by Denise Salmon of Vancouver, BC, Canada in a neighborhood garden in 1999. Origin and variety name unknown, and it could be a known commercial variety or hybrid common in Vancouver nurseries.
- Denise named this tomato 'Kits Find' after the area where she found it (Kitsilano, Vancouver), and shared it with Darrel Jones, Alabama and John Smarsz in Australia. Darrel grew out the seeds in 2003 and reported very prolific plants with pink fruits, although Denise noted it as red.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 2003 Yearbook by Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin (WI MI B), who received seeds from John Smarsz of Woden Act, Australia in 2002.
- Introduced commercially in by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kits Find - ripe fruit. 2014-09-14.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kits Find - ripe fruit. 2014-09-25.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kits Find - sliced fruit. 2014-09-14.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kits Find - sliced fruit. 2014-09-25.
Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC. Kits Find - sliced fruit. 2008-10-10.
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Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | . | . | |
2015 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds | . | . |
2014 | . | . | |
2013 | 2 | . | |
2012 | 2 | 0 | |
2011 | 2 | 0 | |
2010 | 2 | . | |
2009 | 1 | . | |
2008 | 1 | . | |
2007 | 2 | . |
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Country | Canada + |
Description | Indet., regular leaf plants. Fruits are round and oblate, bright red, 3-7 oz, with delicious rich flavor. (15 seeds / packet) |
Fruit color | red + |
Fruit shape | globe + |
Fruit size | medium + |
Fruit type | slicer + |
Growth habit | indet. + |
History | * Found by Denise Salmon of Vancouver, BC, … * Found by Denise Salmon of Vancouver, BC, Canada in a neighborhood garden in 1999. Origin and variety name unknown, and it could be a known commercial variety or hybrid common in Vancouver nurseries.
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Leaf | regular + |
Maturity | midseason + |
Member code | B.C KO T + |
Seed source | 1. Jennifer Hutson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 06 / Denise Salmon, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Variety type | open-pollinated + |
Vendor | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds + |
Year grown | 2014(1) + and 2015(2) + |