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Originally Posted by Mudman
I am growing Wisconsin 55 Gold this year for the first time. I have read that it was a sport that Walker had grown in his garden.
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Who is Walker?
Dr. Robt. Raabe, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, found the yellow fleshed sport of WI-55 growing in a trial field of the regular red fleshed line circa 1954, and maintained the variety for over 50 years before sharing it with a graduate student who passed seeds along to other members of Seed Savers Exchange.
http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...consin_55_Gold
WI-55 adapts well to heavy soil, and I can vouch that WI-55 will adapt to poor soil conditions as well as warm and humid growing conditions, as I grew it in a particularly wet and hot season with much better results than 75% of the other varieties in the same garden.