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[[File:dacostas3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', Sept 2015 2015 ©Kelly]]
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[[File:dacostas2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', Aug 2015 ©Kelly]]
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[[File:06dacostas.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', June 29 2015 ©Kelly]]
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'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]]
 
'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]]
  
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|width="750" align="left" style="background:#d9f1d5;" | Large, bushy, tall plant. Growth and production/ripening slowed slowly in high heat (full sun 8-10hr per day, 30C temps), but kept flowering.  Some blossom drop.  Fruit seemed to take on a more oblate shape as the season went on. Great flavour, good production and big heart shaped fruit. Approx 9lbs per plant.
 
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==Plant Growth Observations==
 
==Plant Growth Observations==
  
'''Vine Growth Type:'''  
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'''Vine Growth Type:''' Indeterminate
  
'''Vine Growth Habit:'''  
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'''Vine Growth Habit:''' Intermediate
  
'''Plant size:'''  
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'''Plant size:''' Large (5.25 ft)
  
'''Leaf type:'''  
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'''Leaf type:''' Regular
  
'''Leaf Coverage:'''  
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'''Leaf Coverage:''' Heavy
  
'''Maturity:'''  
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'''Maturity:''' 85+ days
  
 
==Fruit Observations==
 
==Fruit Observations==
  
'''Skin colour:'''  
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'''Skin colour:''' Pink
  
'''Flesh colour:'''  
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'''Flesh colour:''' Pink
  
'''Fruit Shape:'''
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'''Fruit Shape:''' Oxheart, pleated
  
'''Fruit Fasciation:'''  
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'''Fruit Fasciation:''' Medium fasciation
  
'''Fruit Firmness:'''  
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'''Fruit Firmness:''' Firm
  
'''Fruit Set:'''  
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'''Fruit Set:''' Good
  
'''Average Fruit Diameter:'''  
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'''Average Fruit Diameter:''' 5"
  
'''Average Fruit Length:'''  
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'''Average Fruit Length:''' 5.5"
  
'''Average Fruit Weight:'''  
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'''Average Fruit Weight:''' 395gr (14oz)
  
 
==Affliction Observations==
 
==Affliction Observations==
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* Slightly slowed ripening in high heat.
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==Other Observations==
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==History==
 
==History==
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[[Category:Pink Fruit]]
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[[Category:Oxheart]]
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[[Category:Portugal]]
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[[Category:McMurray Legacy]]
 
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[[Category:2015]]
 
[[Category:2015]]

Latest revision as of 06:07, 7 July 2024

DaCosta's Portuguese
Maturity Late
Growth Habit Indeterminate
Leaf Type Regular Leaf
Fruit Colour Pink
Fruit Shape Oxheart
Origin Portugal
Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', Sept 2015 2015 ©Kelly
Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', Aug 2015 ©Kelly
Tomato 'DaCosta's Portuguese', June 29 2015 ©Kelly

Grower: Kelly

Year: 2015

Accession: 193

Seed Source: Tatiana Kouchnareva, Anmore, BC.

Comments:

2015 Large, bushy, tall plant. Growth and production/ripening slowed slowly in high heat (full sun 8-10hr per day, 30C temps), but kept flowering. Some blossom drop. Fruit seemed to take on a more oblate shape as the season went on. Great flavour, good production and big heart shaped fruit. Approx 9lbs per plant.


Plant Growth Observations

Vine Growth Type: Indeterminate

Vine Growth Habit: Intermediate

Plant size: Large (5.25 ft)

Leaf type: Regular

Leaf Coverage: Heavy

Maturity: 85+ days

Fruit Observations

Skin colour: Pink

Flesh colour: Pink

Fruit Shape: Oxheart, pleated

Fruit Fasciation: Medium fasciation

Fruit Firmness: Firm

Fruit Set: Good

Average Fruit Diameter: 5"

Average Fruit Length: 5.5"

Average Fruit Weight: 395gr (14oz)

Affliction Observations

  • Slightly slowed ripening in high heat.

History

  • Dan & Val McMurray saved the seed from a slice of tomato from a bagel when they were visiting Portugal. They originally named the variety 'Portuguese' but renamed it to 'DaCosta's Portuguese' in 2007 to avoid confusion with other varieties also called 'Portuguese'.