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F1 hybrid
Big Boy
Also sold as: Big Boy Hybrid, Burpee's Big Boy, Burpee's Big Boy F1, Burpee's Big Boy Giant Hybrid
Burpee's landmark 1949 F1 slicer, bred by Oved Shifriss, combining 10-16 oz red fruit, rich flavour and long-season production.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 283 g (227–454 g)
- Days to maturity
- 78 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
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Growing advice
- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Strong cage or stake is needed for 10-16 oz fruit and continuous summer production. In containers, use a large pot and do not underfeed or allow repeated drying. Record is specifically for Burpee’s F1 Big Boy, not open-pollinated dehybridised lines sold under similar names.
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