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open-pollinated
Chocolate Stripes
Also sold as: Chocolate Stripes Tomato
Modern John Siegel open-pollinated beefsteak, bred from Shimmeig Creg and a pink beefsteak, with dark red green-brown stripes and rich sweet-aromatic flavor.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 250 g (120–400 g)
- Days to maturity
- 75 days (71–79) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Strong support is needed for large beefsteaks. Suitable for greenhouse, outdoor beds or very large tubs. Harvest when dark red color and green-brown striping are fully developed.
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