Marlowe Charleston

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Marlowe Charleston
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	family heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-04.

B.C KO T

Indet., potato leaf, large pink beefsteaks with excellent flavor and texture. 8-12 oz, but some can reach 1 lb. I have been trying to find correct seeds for this variety since 2008, and I am so glad I got it this time, after getting wrong seeds twice! (20 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) 10 / Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C) 97 / Howard Essl, Maryland (MD ED H) 96

Year grown: 2011 (crop failure), 2012

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

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., potato leaf plant, high yield of 1 lb pink beefsteak fruit, very good flavor.

Source 

Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C) 97 / Howard Essl, Maryland (MD ED H) 96

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM KN T

indet, potato leaf, good yields, wonderful and long-lasting taste, well balanced acid and sweet, juicy, 6-9 oz.

Source

Tatiana Kouchnareva, Anmore, BC (B.C KO T) 12

Year grown: 2013

Location: Germany

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History

• First introduced to SSE in 1995 by Barbara Fath of Pleasant Plain, Ohio (OH FA B).
• Barbara Fath received seeds from her late mother-in-law Phyllis Marlowe in the late 1980s. Phyllis obtained them from her mother-in-law, Madeline Marlowe.
• Madeline Marlowe grew this tomato in Charleston, West Virginia for over 50 years, and then brought them with her to Ohio. This is where she and then her daughter-in-law Phyllis continued to grow it for another 30 years.
• Barbara Fath named this tomato after Madeline Marlowe and the place where she grew it originally, and she continued to grow it, up until 2002. When she found her saved seeds and grew it again in 2008, Barbara observed both regular and potato leaf types. This means that the original seeds were likely crossed. Barbara said that the original is large potato leaf pink and meaty. She continued growing only potato leaf and hoped that is it still true to type.
• The other variants of Marlowe Charleston (i.e., regular leaf, or purple fruits) that are offered are not true to the original type.

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Related

• Marlowe Charleston, Regular Leaf

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - seedling planted. 2011-05-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - seedling planted. 2012-05-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston (2011 seed) - plant. 2012-07-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - flower. 2012-06-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - green fruit. 2012-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-08-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-08-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-08-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - ripe fruit. 2012-10-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-08-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-08-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-08-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-04.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marlowe Charleston - sliced fruit. 2012-10-24.

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