Penn Red

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Penn Red
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round, oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, commercial heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penn Red - sliced fruit. 2015-08-22.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf. Round and oblate red fruits with smooth shoulders, 5-10 oz. Jointless. Very good rich flavor.

Seed source:

Dave Thompson, New Baltimore, Southeast Michigan 09

Year grown: 2015

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

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History

• Old commercial heirloom.
• Developed by the Experimental Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, from a cross between Red Dwarf Early and Marglobe. Released in 1944.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2005 Yearbook by Neil Gillard of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada (ONT GI N), who obtained the seed from Plant Gene Resources of Canada, CN 599.
• Re-introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2016.

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Also known as

• Stemless Penn Red

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See also

• Stemless Penn Orange

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Related

• Marglobe,
  
• Red Dwarf Early

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penn Red - ripe fruit. 2015-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Penn Red - sliced fruit. 2015-08-22.

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