Three to six ounce red slicer, tangy sweet fruit. Compact dwarf plant. Parent stock source USDA Northeast Regional Plant Inventory Station, PI number 270180. A. W. Livingston described it as, ‘We make a specialty of this grand and very distinct variety ad have grown a number of acres every year since its introductio...
Three to six ounce red slicer, tangy sweet fruit. Compact dwarf plant. Parent stock source USDA Northeast Regional Plant Inventory Station, PI number 270180. A. W. Livingston described it as, ‘We make a specialty of this grand and very distinct variety ad have grown a number of acres every year since its introduction. A single plant of it was found some ten years ago (1886) in a field of our Acmes. It is well adapted for forcing in vegetable houses, because of its dwarf and compact growth, the plants growing stiff and upright, with stiff-jointed stems, the foliage of and unusually dark green color, thick and corrugated.’ Tags: Type: Determinate, Harvest: Mid, Color: Red, Size: Medium, Shape: Round, Specialty: Dwarf, Specialty: Slicer, Heritage: Heirloom, Season: Summer, Certification: Organic.