Tatar of Mongolistan

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Tatar of Mongolistan
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom
Country	unknown

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf, relatively compact plants about 4' tall. Very high yield of flattened medium red beefsteaks, some slightly ribbed and boat-shaped, very beautiful. 4-10 oz. Very good balanced flavor.

Seed source:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds 06

Year grown: 2011 (crop failure), 2012

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

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History

• Dates at least to the 1970s. Introduced commercially by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in the early 2000s; original seed from Aziz Nael, an Iraqi seed collector living in Tours, France.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1996 Yearbook by James A Wolfe of Rogersville, Tennessee (TN WO J) as Tatar, he said the seeds came from a Peace Corps volunteer from Yalta, Ukraine in 1994.

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Also known as

• Tatar
• Tatar from Mongolistan

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - plant. 2012-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - plant. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar from Mongolistan - flower. 2012-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - flowers. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - flowers. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - baby fruit. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - baby fruit. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - baby fruit. 2011-07-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - baby fruit. 2012-07-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - green fruit. 2012-07-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - ripe fruit. 2012-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - ripe fruit. 2012-09-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - ripe fruit. 2012-09-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - ripe fruit. 2012-09-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - ripe fruit. 2012-09-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - sliced fruit. 2012-09-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - sliced fruit. 2012-09-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - sliced fruit. 2012-09-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tatar of Mongolistan - sliced fruit. 2012-09-13.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2012	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	2 (as Tatar)	0
2011	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	2	0
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	0	.
2009	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	4	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	4	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds	1	.