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Old February 7, 2006   #3
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Abraham Lincoln is a variety released by the Buckbee Seed Company in 1923 (Buckbee later morphed into the Shumway Company, hence Abraham Lincoln was a featured variety for Shumway). The description is for a vigorous growing (= indeterminate) variety that produced large (in the one pound range) red fruit, with the added distinction of having bronze tinted foliage (whatever that means).

Many seed companies offer Abraham Lincoln. I've tried it from a variety of commercial sources - all gave semi-determinate plants producing medium sized (4-6 ounce range) red round fruit, with no hint of the bronze tinted foliage.

Here is the scan of the catalog page from the 1932 Buckbee.



The sample I got out of the USDA did give the vigorous indeterminate plant and large fruit; however, I've yet to see the bronze tinted foliage. Someone in Texas does claim to have noted this trait in plants from what I assume is the USDA source - they are however being very secretive about it.
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