| Country
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Canada +
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| Description
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Indet., regular leaf plant with excellent … Indet., regular leaf plant with excellent yield of large, black/purple beefsteak fruits with green shoulders, 8-20 oz, very meaty, juicy, sweet, rich, outstanding flavor, creamy flesh. (''limited, 15 seeds / packet'')
: The seeds offered in our 2014 seed catalog were raised by [[vendor::Heritage Tomato Seed|'' '']] [[Heritage Tomato Seed]] '' '', and we are so grateful to Steve McClaren for donating the seeds to us. eve McClaren for donating the seeds to us.
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| Fruit color
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black +
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| Fruit shape
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beefsteak +
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| Fruit size
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large +
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| Fruit type
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slicer +
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| Growth habit
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indet. +
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| History
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* Jeff Casey of Alberta, Canada received t … * Jeff Casey of Alberta, Canada received the seeds for the "1884" tomato from Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas in 2005, and shared with Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) in Dec 2005. Both Jeff and Tatiana grew it in 2006 and observed large, dark-black-purple fruits which, in Tatiana's opinion, were better than the original [[1884]]. Tatiana named it "1884 Purple" to highlight fruit color difference compared to [[1884]]. uit color difference compared to [[1884]].
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| Leaf
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regular +
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| Maturity
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midseason +
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| Member code
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Category:B.C KO T +
, Category:TX AN S +
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| See also
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1884 +
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| Seed source
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1. Jeff Casey, Alberta, Canada 06 / Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R)
: 2. [[vendor::Heritage Tomato Seed|'' '']] [[Heritage Tomato Seed]] 14 / Gary Gragg, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 13
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| Variety type
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open-pollinated +
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| Vendor
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Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
, Heritage Tomato Seed +
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| Year grown
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2006 +
, 2011 (''crop failure'') +
, 2012 +
, 2013*(2) +
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| Categories |
Tomato Variety List +
, Black Tomatoes +
, Indeterminate Tomatoes +
, Regular Leaf Tomatoes +
, Beefsteak Tomatoes +
, B.C KO T +
, TX AN S +
, Tatiana's 2011 Growout List +
, Tatiana's 2012 Growout List +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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18 March 2014 03:45:18 +
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