West Virginia 63

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West Virginia 63
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round, oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, commercial heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - ripe fruit. 2015-08-13.

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, bright red medium sized oblate fruit with slightly irregular shape. 4-11 oz. Excellent rich tomato flavor with some sweetness. Juicy.

Seed source:

1. Doug Zuknick, West Virginia 07

2. Martin Longseth of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (WI LO M) 07

3. Clayton Weaver, Washington 12

Year grown: 2011(1 - crop failure), 2015(2)

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

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TX GU R

75 days, indet., regular leaf, red fruit, 8-12 oz, productive.

Seed source:

from University Greenhouse

Year grown: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• SSE TOMATO 498.
• Developed at West Virginia University Agric. Exp. Station in the 1950s for disease resistance to Fusarium and Verticillium wilts as well as Early and late Blight.
• PI 645201. Donated to USDA in 1964 from West Virginia, USA.
• Parentage: Marglobe, Wisconsin 55, and PI 204976, as well as Rutgers, Southland, Urbana, and Campbell's 1491-E11
• USDA narrative:

"Resistance to late blight, verticillium & fusarium wilt, vines are indeterminate, vigorous, fruits are medium to large, meaty, oblate to globe in shape, smooth, resist cracking. Gallegly, M.E. 1964. "West Virginia '63, A new home-garden tomato resistant to late blight." Science Serves Your Farm, West Va. Univ. AES Bul. 490, p.3,6,15-16."

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - seedling. 2011-03-15.

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  Ted Maiden (TN MA T): West Virginia 63 - green fruit. 2009-06-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - ripe fruit. 2015-08-13.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. West Virginia 63 - ripe fruit, 2008. Posted with the owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - ripe fruit. 2011-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - ripe fruit. 2011-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). West Virginia 63 - sliced fruit. 2015-08-13.

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2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
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2014	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	.	.
2013	Delectation of Tomatoes - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - new	.	.
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2011	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	2	0
2010	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	1	.
2009		2	.
2008		3	.
2007		1	.

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