Ongweh Ias
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Ongweh Ias | |
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Maturity | late |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | potato |
Fruit color | bi-color, white, pale yellow |
Fruit shape | oblate, beefsteak |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | open-pollinated |
Country | Ongwerah, USA |
PA SE P
- Best white of my experience, vigorous vines reach over 9 feet, potato leaves spanning longer than my forearm. giant pink blushed white beefsteaks with good shelf-life for the size. repeatedly pH tested to have very low acidity for a tomato with full flavor and excellent texture. One of my most loved tomatoes, it is related to a good number of my breeding lines. There are very very few seeds per fruit making commercial production difficult. later than most.
Seed source:
- Stabilized bee cross
Year grown: 2013
Location: Zone 5b, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (1000 feet above sea level)
History
Stabilized bee cross of unknown parentage captured by Phil Seneca of Good Mind Seeds . Named after the Onondowaga Haudenosaunee monster stories of a giant pale cave dwelling 'man-eater' due to its color, size, and faint pink blush at the core.
Picture Gallery
Phil Seneca, Good Mind Seeds . Ongweh Ias - ripe fruit.
Phil Seneca, Good Mind Seeds . Ongweh Ias - ripe fruit.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2013 | 0 | . | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | 0 | . | |
2009 | 0 | . | |
2008 | 0 | . | |
2007 | 0 | . |
Facts about Ongweh IasRDF feed
Country | Ongwerah, USA + |
Fruit color | bi-color +, white + and pale yellow + |
Fruit shape | oblate + and beefsteak + |
Fruit size | large + |
Fruit type | slicer + |
Growth habit | indet. + |
History | Stabilized bee cross of unknown parentage captured by Phil Seneca of Good Mind Seeds . Named after the Onondowaga Haudenosaunee monster stories of a giant pale cave dwelling 'man-eater' due to its color, size, and faint pink blush at the core. |
Leaf | potato + |
Maturity | late + |
Member code | PA SE P + |
Variety type | open-pollinated + |
Vendor | Good Mind Seeds + |