Urbanite

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• Seed Availability

Urbanite
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	Denmark

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2013-08-27.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf, very large pink beefsteak fruits, 10-22 oz, very good flavor. First fruits can be almost seedless. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Heirloom Tomatoes 06 (Donna Meinschein, Maryland)

2. Robert Hoser, Germany 13 / Geza Korbely, Hungary

Year grown: 2011 (#1 - crop failure), 2012(1), 2013(1, 2)

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

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IL LO N

90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of 8-16 oz pink fruit with very good flavor.

Seed source:

CV Fo7 98 (Fox Hollow Seed Company)

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TX GU R

90 days, indet., vigorous plant, 8-12+ oz, excellent flavor.

Seed source:

Heirloom Tomatoes (Donna Meinscheim, Maryland)

Year grown:

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Danish origin. The seeds were collected by Urban Gillespie of Pennsylvania in the 1930s.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1999 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) and Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C).

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - seedling planted. 2011-05-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - flower. 2012-06-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2012-11-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2013-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2013-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2013-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - ripe fruit. 2013-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite (RH) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite (RH) - ripe fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - sliced fruit. 2012-11-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite - sliced fruit. 2013-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite (RH) - sliced fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Urbanite (RH) - sliced fruit. 2013-09-05.

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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 - new	.	.
2013		2	.
2012		1	0
2011		1	0
2010	Heirloom Tomatoes	1	.
2009	Heirloom Tomatoes	2	.
2008	Heirloom Tomatoes	3	.
2007	Heirloom Tomatoes	3	.