Marvel
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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marvel - sliced fruit. 2014-08-21.
| Marvel | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | red |
| Fruit shape | oblate |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | open-pollinated, heirloom |
| Country | South Africa |
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B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf plants produce medium red beefsteak fruits, 6-10 oz with very good balanced flavor. I feel this variety is capable of producing much larger fruits, it just was not growing in a good location.
Seed source:
- Bruce Van Order of Freeville, New York (NY VA B) 07 / Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 03 / CV Hei / John A. Demonchau
Year grown: 2014
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- An heirloom variety from South Africa (?)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 339930. It was donated to the USDA in 1969, collected from South Africa.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 1989 Yearbook by Thane H. Earle, Whitewater, Wisconsin (WI EA T).
- SSE TOMATO 437.
- Introduced commercially in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.
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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marvel - ripe fruit. 2014-08-21.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Marvel - sliced fruit. 2014-08-21.
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