Historical background information for varieties handed down from bygone days.
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March 15, 2021 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Monroe, South Dakota
Posts: 50
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Tiffen Mennonite
Has anyone here grown them? Have a packet from Fedco. Debating planting them since I have limited space.
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August 4, 2021 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Metro Detroit
Posts: 172
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Yep. "Supposedly" grown by the Mennonites in nearby Tiffin, OH.
My opinion? Eerily similar to Henderson's Ponderosa (as many of these new-fangled named beefsteaks are). Extremely similar in flavor when I've grown them side by side. If you like a good ole fashioned beefsteak, I recommend you grow as you won't be disappointed. |
August 4, 2021 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
Posts: 3,231
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I grow it every few years, very nice flavor like all the other pink potato leaved varieties.
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August 5, 2021 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,968
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It's nearly impossible to find a PL pink beefsteak that doesn't have great flavor.
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September 21, 2021 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Germany
Posts: 844
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I do like it, tooo
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December 21, 2021 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 313
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I grow it every few years (in a rotation with other P/L varieties) and really like it. Most just under 16 ounces, with very few blossom end deformities, and good production. As others have stated, it's hard to find a large pink P/L that doesn't have good flavor.
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March 14, 2024 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Central IL, Zone 6a
Posts: 39
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I have some Tiffen that showed up as a substitute for another variety that Sandhill was out of. I've been debating as to whether or not I'm going to make space for it.
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