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No. 092 · hybrid

Galahad

Galahad is a determinate hybrid slicer with red, smooth round fruit. It ripens in about 69 days.

Typeslicer
Habitdeterminate
Days to maturity69
Fruit size7 to 12 oz
Colorred, smooth round
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as having excellent old-fashioned flavor for an early determinate, a rare combination of taste and disease resistance. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An F1 hybrid determinate slicer bred for broad disease resistance including late blight, named an All-America Selections winner in 2020.

What it does well

  • High resistance to late blight plus early blight tolerance
  • An All-America Selections winner praised for flavor
  • Determinate habit needs little staking, good for short seasons

Where it frustrates

  • An F1 hybrid, so seed cannot be saved true
  • Determinate, so the harvest is concentrated

Like Galahad, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Defiant PhRbut a larger determinate slicer with similar blight resistanceCelebritybut with added late blight resistance

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