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open-pollinated
Black & Brown Boar
Also sold as: Black and Brown Boar
One of Brad Gates' earliest varieties: a Green Zebra-derived dark striped saladette with earthy-rich flavour, aggressive growth and very heavy production.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Saladette
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 57–142 g
- Days to maturity
- 70 days (65–75) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium-high
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- High
- Growing notes
- Aggressive vines benefit from a large cage. Early setting and strong heat set have been reported in specialist grow-outs.
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