Sona

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Sona
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Panama

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - ripe fruit. 2013-09-09.

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular leaf foliage. Fruits are pink with yellow shoulders, slightly ruffled, round and oblate, with very good to excellent sweet flavor. 3-5 oz. Later fruits may have semi-hollow seed chambers. New introduction of this very old variety from Panama.

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / USDA

Year grown: 2013

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

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History

• Very old variety from Panama.
• PI 647116. Donated to USDA in 1935 from Panama.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Norbert Pikovsky, Pennsylvania (PA PI N), who got the seeds from the USDA.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - plant. 2013-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - leaf. 2013-07-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - flower truss. 2013-07-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - baby fruit. 2013-07-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - ripe fruit. 2013-08-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - ripe fruit. 2013-09-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - ripe fruit. 2013-09-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - sliced fruit. 2013-08-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sona - sliced fruit. 2013-08-29.

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

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

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