Kootenai

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Kootenai
Maturity	early
Growth habit	det., dwarf
Leaf type	regular, rugose
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Canada

B.C KO T

Very early, ~130 days from seed germination to ripe fruit, ~45-60 days from transplant. Compact determinate dwarf type plants with regular rugose foliage produce round slightly oblate 2-2.5" red fruits. Perfect for container growing, will do well in 1-3 gal pots. Moderate to high yields. Excellent sweet flavor, meaty and juicy. One of the first to ripen in my 2010 garden (June), and the pick harvest was in early-mid August.

Seed source:

Jeanne Krenning, Montana (MT KR J) 06 / Sand Hill Preservation Center 06 / Will Bonsall, Scatterseed Project, Farmington, Maine (ME BO W) 82

Year grown: 2010

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

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B.C GI K

70 days, rugose leaf, determinate. Moderate production of red fruit, some green shouldering and very slightly ruffled. Firm fruit, good for preservation and sauces. Does well in pots, although my other plants grown in ground did do better. Sweet flavour. 3lbs per plant.

Seed source:

Seedy Saturday in Nelson, BC

Year grown: 2014

Location: Edmonton, AB

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History

• One of the SSE members who listed it in the 1980s, ALB CO D, noted that it originated "from the Russian Doukhobors who settled in the mountain region of the west Kootenays of B.C."

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - plant. 2010-07-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - plant. 2010-05-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripening fruit. 2010-05-22.

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  Dan and Val McMurray. Kootenai - plant. 2008. Uploaded with the owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-06-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-06-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-06-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - ripe fruit. 2010-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - sliced fruit. 2010-06-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Kootenai - sliced fruit. 2010-08-24.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2014	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Sand Hill Preservation Center West Coast Seeds	3	1
2010	Sand Hill Preservation Center	1	.
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center West Coast Seeds	1	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center West Coast Seeds	0	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center West Coast Seeds	1	.