Uncle Blaine's Pink Beef

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Uncle Blaine's Pink Beef
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, family heirloom
Country	Czechoslovakia

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Seed source:

Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R) 07 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02

Year grown: 2013 (germination failure)

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

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IL LO N

90 days, indet., potato leaf plant with a good yield of 12-16 oz pink beefsteak fruit with very good flavor.

Seed source:

Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TX GU R

85 days, indet., regular leaf (Tatiana's comment: incorrect, should be potato leaf), high yield of 1-1.5+ lb pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor, a favorite.

Seed source:

Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) / Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N) 02

Year grown:

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• First offered in the Seed Savers 2002 Yearbook by Norman Landsperger of N. Huntington, Pennsylvania (PA LA N), who said that the seed was originally saved by his grandmother's brother, and it may have come from Czechoslovakia.

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Picture Gallery

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Uncle Blaine's Pink - ripe fruit. 2013-07-29. Posted with owner's permission.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
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2011		1	0
2010		2	.
2009		3	.
2008		3	.
2007		3	.