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open-pollinated
Council Bluffs
Also sold as: Council Bluffs Heirloom
Iowa family-heirloom pink beefsteak, early for its size, with thin skin and top-rated sweet balanced flavour.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Outdoor
- Typical fruit weight
- 255 g (142–369 g)
- Days to maturity
- 67 days (65–69) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
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Growing advice
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Cage, stake or trellis. Seed Savers reports the Bushman family had maintained the variety for more than 100 years before its donation.
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