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open-pollinated
Paul Robeson
Also sold as: Pol Robeson
Russian dark heirloom introduced to U.S. growers through Marina Danilenko, producing dusky red-brown slicers prized for complex, rich flavour.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 170 g (150–227 g)
- Days to maturity
- 77 days (74–80) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- Medium
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
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- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Needs staking/caging and steady watering. Dark colour and flavour develop best when fruit is allowed to ripen fully on the vine. Large plants are better suited to beds than small containers. Soil/culture: fertile, well-drained loam, approximately pH 6.0-6.5
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