F1 hybrid
Burlesque
Large red F1 beefsteak with sweet-tangy flavour, thin skin, meaty juicy flesh, heavy cropping and very good crack resistance.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 300 g (280–400 g)
- Days to maturity
- 68 days (65–70) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Very high
Researched variety data
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Growing advice
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Best in a greenhouse or outdoors in warmer/southern locations, remove side shoots and train as a cordon.
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8.0/10
Grower rating
1 review
8.0 / 10
Flavour · 1 review
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Would grow again · 1 of 1 answered
Sweetness
High
1 grower observation
Acidity
Medium
1 grower observation
Flavour intensity
Medium
1 grower observation
Productivity
Medium
1 grower observation
Generally low cracking reported by growers— observed by growers, not a breeder resistance rating (1 report)
- None100% (1)
Growers describe the flavour as
- Earthy
GGGary Goals
8/10 overall · 8/10 flavour
South West England · Unheated greenhouse · Container 40L · Part sun · 2026
- Sweetness: High
- Acidity: Medium
- Flavour intensity: Medium
- Productivity: Medium
- Cracking: None
- Would grow again: Probably
Earthy
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Problems this grower observed
- Grower observation: Blossom end rot — mild
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