Tip Top
Tip Top | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | det. |
Leaf type | regular, rugose |
Fruit color | red |
Fruit shape | plum |
Fruit size | small |
Fruit type | salad |
Variety type | |
Country |
B.C KO T
- Compact det. plants with regular foliage, leaves are more rounded than typical regular leaf type, you may call it rugose, 2" bright red fruit with pointed tip.
Seed source:
- 1. WI MI B 03 (Bill Minkey, Darien, Wisconsin) / Pinetree Seeds 02
- 2. Patty Brown, Ohio 12
Year grown: 2011 (#1 - crop failure), 2012
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Mr. Kurt Wittke sent the seed to Pinetree Seeds back in the 1980s. Pinetree Seeds had been offering it since then, on and off.
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tip Top - plant. 2011-06-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tip Top - plant. 2011-06-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). The Tip Top - plant. 2012-08-09.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tip Top - flowers. 2011-06-23.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Tip Top - baby fruit. 2011-07-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). The Tip Top - green fruit. 2012-08-09.
Patty Brown, Ohio. Tip Top - ripe fruit. August 12, 2011. Posted with owner's permission.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). The Tip Top - ripe fruit. 2012-09-27.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). The Tip Top - sliced fruit. 2012-09-27.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | . | . | |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | Pinetree Seeds | . | . |
2013 | Pinetree Seeds | . | . |
2012 | Pinetree Seeds | 2 | 1 |
2011 | Pinetree Seeds | 4 | 1 |
2010 | 5 | . | |
2009 | 4 | . | |
2008 | 6 | . | |
2007 | 4 | . |