Tennessee Surprise

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Tennessee Surprise
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	bi-color
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	heirloom
Country	USA

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf. Very large bi-colored fruits. Late.

Seed source:

Dan and Val McMurray of Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada (B.C MC D) 08

Year grown: 2016

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

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf with good yield of bi-color beefsteak fruit, very good flavor.

Seed source:

John Seewald of Somers Point, New Jersey (NJ SE J2) 05

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TN MA T

Larger 6-8' plant serves up lots of 1 lb + yellow beefsteaks with redish-pink blushing. Indet., regular leaf. Excellent sweet taste. Mid season, 75 days.

Seed source:

TomatoFest 09

Year grown: 2012

Location: LaFollette, Tennessee, USA

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History

• Found by Tennessee road crew workers in the garden of an elderly lady who had grown it as long as she could remember.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who received the seeds from John Seewald of Somers Point, New Jersey (NJ SE J2) in 2005.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tennessee Surprise - ripe fruit. 2016-10-19.

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  Ted Maiden (TN MA T). Tennessee Surprise - ripe fruit. 2012-07-21.

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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	Delectation of Tomatoes - new TomatoFest	.	.
2012		1	0
2011	TomatoFest	1	0
2010	TomatoFest	2	.
2009	TomatoFest - new	2	.
2008		2	.
2007		2	.