Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink

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Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	Mexico

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink - sliced fruit. 2016-09-29.

B.C KO T

Iindet., regular leaf, pink beefsteaks, 12-25 oz, excellent flavor, very few seeds. (12 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) 06 / Steve Moser of Memphis, Tennessee 98

Year grown: 2006, 2015(crop failure), 2016

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

IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of 1-1.5 lb pink beefsteak with excellent flavor, kept since 1957 by a Mr. Carrigan who got seeds from a gardener in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Seed source:

Steve Moser of Memphis, Tennessee 98

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

TX AN S

90 days, indet., regular leaf foliage, moderate yield of 12 to 20 oz attractive pink beefsteaks with very good to excellent flavor, frequently with ruffled shoulders.

Seed source:

Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin (WI MI B) 07

Year grown: 2008

Location: Bastrop, Texas

History

First offered in the Seed Savers 1997 Yearbook by Steve Moser, Memphis, Tennessee (TN MO S).
This tomato had been maintained since 1957 by Mr. Carrigan who got seeds from someone in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan Mexican Pink - ripe fruit. 2016-09-10.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink - ripe fruit. 2016-09-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink - ripe fruit. 2016-09-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan Mexican Pink - sliced fruit. 2016-09-10.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink - sliced fruit. 2016-09-29.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Rufus Carrigan's Mexican Pink, 2008.