McKinley

General Info
Seed Availability

McKinley
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - sliced fruit. 2013-09-22.

B.C KO T

Indet, regular leaf, large pink beefsteaks up to 1 lbs, juicy, with delicious rich flavor. A perfect tomato to slice for your sandwich! (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 09

Year grown: 2013

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

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90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with good yield of 1-1.25 lb pink fruit, very good flavor.

Seed source:

Thane H. Earle of Whitewater, Wisconsin (WI EA T)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

History

Old Kentucky heirloom.
Listed in the SSE Yearbooks since at least 1988. There was some confusion about the leaf type, as some growers reported potato leaf. The original McKinley should be regular leaf, as listed in SSE Yearbooks.
SSE TOMATO 343.
Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2014.

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - leaf. 2013-06-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - flowers. 2013-06-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - ripe fruit. 2013-09-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - ripe fruit. 2013-09-22.
Blane Horton (PKS South Heirloom Tomatoes) - McKinley, ripe fruit. Uploaded with owner's permission by S Harris.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - sliced fruit. 2013-09-15.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). McKinley - sliced fruit. 2013-09-22.
Blane Horton (PKS South Heirloom Tomatoes) - McKinley, sliced fruit. Uploaded with owner's permission by S Harris.