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No. 080 · heirloom

Marianna's Peace

Marianna's Peace is an indeterminate heirloom beefsteak with deep reddish pink fruit. It ripens in about 82 days.

Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity82
Fruit size12 to 16 oz
Colordeep reddish pink
Difficultymoderate

Flavor

Described as a rich, balanced sweet-acid flavor, judged best tasting in TomatoFest taste trials. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A pink potato-leaf beefsteak traced to seed from before World War II in what is now the Czech Republic, introduced in 2001 by Gary Ibsen of TomatoFest and named for his mother-in-law.

What it does well

  • Large pink potato-leaf beefsteak with celebrated flavor
  • Dense, meaty flesh
  • High yields of one-pound fruit

Where it frustrates

  • Late at over 80 days, marginal for short seasons
  • Big fruit needs strong support and can crack

Like Marianna's Peace, but...

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

Brandywinebut reportedly even richer, also a potato-leaf pinkGerman Pinkbut a Czech heirloom with a celebrated taste-test record

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