Sparks Yellow

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Sparks Yellow
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

IL LO N

85 days, indet., potato leaf plant with good yield of 1 lb yellow-orange fruit, very good flavor.

Source 

WI MI B 98 (Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin) / NC LE C 95 (Craig LeHoullier of Ralegh, North Carolina) / KY SP D 92

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

• Sent to Craig LeHoullier by Don Sparks (KY SP D) in 1993 with name "Yellow" and described as a regular leaf variety. Craig found it to be a large pale orange colored oblate tomato on a potato leaf plant, and renamed it Spark's Yellow in honor of Don Sparks. Craig then offered it through the SSE yearbook for several years. It is quite similar to Potato Leaf Yellow, a variety sent to Craig by Barbara Lund of Ohio (OH LU B) - but has shoulders that are more ridged/irregular, and a bit less flavorful.

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Picture Gallery

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  Keith Mueller. Sparks fruit next to a pink

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	TomatoFest	.	.
2013	TomatoFest	.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	2	0
2010	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest (as Sparks)	2	.
2009	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	3	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds TomatoFest	3	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	4	.

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