| Also known as
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Merveille des Marche +
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| Country
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South Africa +
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| Description
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Indet., regular leaf plants produce medium red beefsteak fruits, 6-10 oz with very good balanced flavor. I feel this variety is capable of producing much larger fruits, it just was not growing in a good location.
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| Fruit color
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red +
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| Fruit shape
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oblate +
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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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* An heirloom variety from South Africa (? … * An heirloom variety from South Africa (?)
* United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), [[USDA link::http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1253300|PI 339930]]. It was donated to the USDA in 1969, collected from South Africa.
* First offered in the Seed Savers 1989 Yearbook by Thane H. Earle, Whitewater, Wisconsin (WI EA T).
* SSE TOMATO 437.
* Introduced commercially in North America by [[:Category:Tomato Seeds|Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds]] in 2015. s|Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds]] in 2015.
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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 +
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| Seed source
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Bruce Van Order of Freeville, New York (NY VA B) 07 / Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 03 / CV Hei / John A. Demonchau
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| USDA
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PI 339930 +
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| USDA link
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http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1253300 +
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| Variety type
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open-pollinated +
, heirloom +
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| Vendor
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Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
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| Year grown
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2014 +
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| Categories |
Tomato Variety List +
, Tomato Seeds +
, Red Tomatoes +
, Indeterminate Tomatoes +
, Regular Leaf Tomatoes +
, Heirloom Tomatoes +
, Beefsteak Tomatoes +
, African Tomatoes +
, B.C KO T +
, Tatiana's 2014 Growout List +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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22 October 2014 22:59:14 +
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