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| West Virginia 63 |
| Country | USA + |
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| Description | indet., regular leaf, bright red medium sized oblate fruit with slightly irregular shape. 4-11 oz. Excellent rich tomato flavor with some sweetness. Juicy. |
| Fruit color | red + |
| Fruit shape | round + , oblate + |
| Fruit size | medium + |
| Fruit type | slicer + |
| Growth habit | indet. + |
| History | * SSE TOMATO 498. * Developed at West Virg … * SSE TOMATO 498. * Developed at West Virginia University Agric. Exp. Station in the 1950s for disease resistance to Fusarium and Verticillium wilts as well as Early and late Blight. * [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1103915 PI 645201]. Donated to USDA in 1964 from West Virginia, USA. * Parentage: [[Marglobe]], [[Wisconsin 55]], and [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/swish/accboth?query=PI+204976&submit=Search%21&sort=swishrank&si=0&si=1&.cgifields=si&.cgifields=reverse PI 204976], as well as [[Rutgers]], [[Southland]], [[Urbana]], and [[Campbell's 1491-E11]] * USDA narrative: : "''Resistance to late blight, verticillium & fusarium wilt, vines are indeterminate, vigorous, fruits are medium to large, meaty, oblate to globe in shape, smooth, resist cracking. Gallegly, M.E. 1964. "West Virginia '63, A new home-garden tomato resistant to late blight." Science Serves Your Farm, West Va. Univ. AES Bul. 490, p.3,6,15-16.''" st Va. Univ. AES Bul. 490, p.3,6,15-16.''" |
| Leaf | regular + |
| Maturity | midseason + |
| Member code | Category:B.C KO T + , Category:TX GU R + |
| Seed source | 1. Doug Zuknick, West Virginia 07 : 2. Martin Longseth of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (WI LO M) 07 : 3. Clayton Weaver, Washington 12 |
| Variety type | open-pollinated + , commercial heirloom + |
| Vendor | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds + , Delectation of Tomatoes + |
| Year grown | 2011(''1 - crop failure'') + , 2015(2) + |
| Categories | Tomato Variety List + , Tomato Seeds + , Red Tomatoes + , Indeterminate Tomatoes + , Regular Leaf Tomatoes + , Medium Tomatoes + , USDA Tomatoes + , West Virginia Tomatoes + , US Tomatoes + , TX GU R + , TN MA T + , B.C KO T + , Tatiana's 2015 Growout List + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 28 October 2017 16:57:12 + |
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