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open-pollinated
Pink Sapphire
Also sold as: Pink Saphire
Dean Slater cross stabilized by Brad Gates: metallic pink-green striped 2–4 oz fruit on 5–6 ft indeterminate vines, with sweet rich flavour, good keeping and above-average production.
- Shape
- Oval / ellipsoid
- Fruit type
- Saladette
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 85 g (50–113 g)
- Days to maturity
- 70 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
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Growing advice
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Plants average 5–6 ft. Leaf variegation may be present, especially on young plants, but can fade with age or excessive heat.
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