West Virginia Sweet Meat

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West Virginia Sweet Meat
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	USA

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Seed source:

Patty Brown, Maumee, Ohio 07

Year grown: 2013 (germination failure)

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

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85 days, indet., regular leaf, 14-20 oz pink beefsteak fruit, outstanding flavor, high yield.

Source

Doug Zuknick, Romney, West Virginia 06

Year: 2007

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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History

• Seeds originally came from Patty Brown of Ohio. Patty's mother, who lives in West Virginia, bought a plant at an Amish nursery at Hidden Valley, Marsdale, PA, and Patty saved seeds from the fruits. Patty called it 'Sweet Meat' and shared the seeds with her gardening friends via Tomatoville and Garden Web in the early 2000s. 'West Virginia' was added to the name later to indicate the origin.
• First introduced to SSE by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois in the 2008 Yearbook.

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Also known as

• Sweet Meat

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Picture Gallery

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. West Virginia Sweet Meat - ripe fruit. August 25, 2010. Posted with the owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. West Virginia Sweet Meat - ripe fruit. August 2013. Posted with owner's permission.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
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2012		.	.
2011		3	0
2010		2	.
2009		2	.
2008		1	.
2007		0	.