Liz Birt

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Liz Birt
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	stabilized intentional cross
Country	USA

B.C KO T

indet., potato leaf plants, medium yield of pink beefsteaks with green shoulders, most fruits are in the 8-11 oz range, but a few were only 4 oz. The flavor is both smoky and sweet, but different from both Cherokee Purple and Brandywine, the texture is firm and juicy, with few small seed cavities and not many seeds. Excellent in salads and sandwiches. One of the first large fruited tomatoes to ripen in my 2009 garden, just a few days after Cherokee Purple and Dora.

Seed source:

Doug Zuknick, West Virginia 07

Year grown: 2009

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

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MO MU K

70-75 days, indet., potato leaf plant. High yield of pink-red fruits, average weight 8-12 oz. Good Brandywine like flavor but with more of a bite.

Source 

Breeder. Keith Mueller

Year: 2005

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

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TN MA T

Maybe the best part is that this one has retained the taste of its Brandywine parent. Purplish color to skin and flesh and great complex flavor make it a must for your collection of varieties. Indet, potato leaf, oblate 8-12 oz round beefsteak fruit. Mid-season, 75 days.

Source 

Sand Hill Preservation Center 09

Year: 2009, 2011

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TX GU R

70 days, indet., potato leaf, 8-16 oz, tangy flavored pink-red fruit, Cherokee Purple x Brandywine cross.

Source 

TX AN S (Susan Anderson, Texas) / Keith Mueller of MO

Year: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Breeder: Keith Mueller
• Named by Keith Mueller for an autism advocate who helped bring evidence of research manipulation by the CDC and pharmaceutical companies to the attention of Congress.
• Complex background originally from Brandywine x Cherokee Purple. Red sister line to "Laurel's California Gold" and "Blondokee". More locular cavity so a more tart taste than most Brandywine types. Referred to as BL5 in project.
• Introduced commercially by Sand Hill Preservation Center in 2008.

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Parents

• Brandywine
• Cherokee Purple

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Sister varieties

• Gary'O Sena
• Dora
• Bear Creek

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - leaf. 2009-06-06

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - flower truss. 2009-06-06

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - flower truss. 2009-06-13

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - baby fruit. 2009-06-13

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - baby fruit. 2009-06-13

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - baby fruit. 2009-06-13

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  Ted Maiden (TN MA T): Liz Birt - baby fruit. 2009-05-25.

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  Ted Maiden (TN MA T): Liz Birt - Green fruit. 2009.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - green fruit. 2009-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripe fruit. 2009-07-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripening fruit. 2009-07-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripe fruit. 2009-08-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripe fruit. 2009-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripe fruit. 2009-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - ripe fruit. 2009-08-27.

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  Keith Mueller. Liz Birt

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - sliced fruit. 2009-08-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liz Birt - sliced fruit. 2009-08-27.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Heritage Tomato Seed - new	.	.
2013	Double Helix Farms Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012	Double Helix Farms	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2011 Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	0
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Sand Hill Preservation Center	3	0
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center - new	2	.
2007		0	.