1994 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner

For over nineteen years, Big Beef has remained one of the most popular red tomatoes in North America. Almost foolproof, 8 to 12 ounce fruit can be harvested beginning about 73 days from transplanting into warm garden soil. Easy to grow from seed or plants is an understatement. The hybrid vigor is obvious from seedling size to vining plant. Big Beef began a trend toward multiple disease resistances packed into plant genes using old fashioned breeding techniques. ‘ig Beef is resistant to Verticillium, Fusarium Race 1 & 2, Stemphylium, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Nematode, and Alternaria Stem Canker.

Colen Wyatt, at Seminis Vegetable Seeds, was one of the most successful home garden vegetable plant breeders in the last half of the 20th century. He bred Big Beef, Celebrity and Husky Gold tomatoes, all very successful AAS Winners. In addition to tomatoes, he bred cucumbers, pumpkins, and winter squash. Early Butternut Squash was a 1979 AAS Winner bred by Colen. In 1998 AAS presented the prestigious Medallion of Honor to him for the abundance and superior quality of his vegetable introductions.”

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