White Queen
White Queen | |
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Maturity | late |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | white |
Fruit shape | oblate |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | |
Country |
B.C KO T
- Late season, indet., regular foliage, large white beefsteaks, 10-16 oz, but some fruits were 2 lbs., excellent taste and texture, medium to high yields.
Seed source:
- B.C MC D 05 (Val and Dan McMurray, Wynndel, BC, Canada)
Year grown: 2009
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
GERM SC K
- large whit beefsteak tomatoes, very late
- Source
- Manfred Hahm-Hartmann
Year: 2011
Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany
History
- Heirloom, said to be the whitest of the white tomato varieties. Introduced in 1941 by the Earl May Seed Co. The information in the SSE Yearbooks an some seed catalogs about this variety dating back to 1882 is incorrect. It was the Golden Queen variety that was introduced in 1882.
- Introduced to SSE by Carolyn Male of Latham, NY in 1995.
- PI 645048. Donated to USDA in 1963 from Wyoming, United States.
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - flower. 2009-06-27.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - flower. 2009-07-12.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - flower. June 11, 2011.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - flower. June 11, 2011.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - green fruit. July 10, 2011.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - ripe fruit. 2009-09-07.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - ripe fruit. 2009-09-07.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - ripe fruit. 2009-09-07.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). White Queen - ripe fruit. August 20, 2011.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). White Queen - sliced fruit. 2009-09-08.
Seed Availability