Red Penna

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Red Penna
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - sliced fruit. 2009-08-19.

B.C KO T

mid-season, indet., regular leaf, good yield of 12-18 oz bright red beefsteak fruit, excellent 'old-fashioned' tomato flavor, dense and meaty flesh.

Seed source:

1. Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 05

2. Jennifer Hutson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 06

Year grown: 2007 (crop failure), 2009

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

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a fair yield of 14-18 oz red beefsteak fruit, very good flavor, SSE TOMATO 4563

Source 

Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 04 / Robert Richardson of Phelps, New York (NY RI R) / M.D. Gonzales, Waynesburg, Ohio (OH GO M)

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM SC K

very meaty tomato, good taste, indet.

Source 

Manfred Hahm-Hartmann

Year: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• Family heirloom from the United States.
• It has been first offered in SSE 1993 Yearbook by Robert Richardson of Phelps, NY (NY RI R), who received the seed from M.D. Gonzales, Waynesburg, Ohio (OH GO M).
• SSE TOMATO 4563.
• One of the 100 varieties noted in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (ONT HU J) - plant. 2009-06-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (ONT HU J) - flower. 2009-06-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - flower. 2009-06-06.

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  Denise Salmon - 2004: Red Penna - baby fruit.(uploaded with the owner's permission)

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (ONT HU J) - green fruit. 2009-07-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (ONT HU J) - green fruit. 2009-07-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-19.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Red Penna - ripe fruit. September, 2009. Posted with the owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - sliced fruit. 2009-08-19.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (NY MA C) - sliced fruit. 2009-08-24.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Penna (ONT HU J) - sliced fruit. 2009-08-29.

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  Denise Salmon - 2004: Red Penna.(uploaded with the owner's permission)

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Delectation of Tomatoes - new Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen Sand Hill Preservation Center - not available for 2011	3	1
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen - new Sand Hill Preservation Center The Sample Seed Shop	3	0
2009	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	2	.
2008		3	.
2007		2	.