A recent variety resulting from the segregation of a line from the 'Stump of the world' x 'Bear Claw' cross by Rob Gee in 2007. Stabilised by Blane Horton and Dean Slater, Michigan.
Fruit 180-350 grams, beefsteak-like, pink, flattened and ribbed at the shoulders which tend to curve if the fruit is very large.
Full beefy flesh with a deliciously sweet flavour.
Large growing plant.
Grown in 2015 under cover
-Sown on 15 March
-Planted on 7 May.
-Indeterminate growth
-Medium to tall plant. Grown on 2 stems.
-Height +/- 1.90 m
-Dense, long PdT foliage, horizontal habit.
-Flower: 8 sepals and 8/9 petals
-Cluster composed of 2 to 3 bunches of 4/5 fruits
-Fruit: medium size, round and slightly flattened with rounded and ribbed shoulders.
-Dark pink colour
-Depression at the peduncular attachment moderately deep and narrow to wide from which scars may emerge in the talwegs.
-Umbilical trace in a sunken circle
-Harvest: low to medium, in fits and starts. Painstaking to bring to fruit.
-Pink flesh with purple veins, dense and juicy.
-Excellent flavour.
Caracteristics
Caliber | Medium |
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Color | Pink |
Form | Beefsteak, Renflée, Ribbed |
Earliness | mid-season |
Foliage | Potato Leaf |
Climate | All |
Growing | Indeterminate |
Height | + or - 2m |
Origin | USA |