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No. 076 · open-pollinated

Super Sioux

Super Sioux is a determinate open-pollinated slicer with red, round globe fruit. It ripens in about 70 days.

Typeslicer
Habitdeterminate
Days to maturity70
Fruit size4 to 6 oz
Colorred, round globe
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as a well-balanced sweet-acid flavor on a tough, dependable plant, good fresh or cooked. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An open-pollinated heirloom in the Sioux line developed for the central plains, selected for heat and drought tolerance.

What it does well

  • Sets fruit well in heat and dry spells
  • Crack resistant under uneven moisture
  • Adaptable and dependable

Where it frustrates

  • Medium-sized fruit rather than a large slicer
  • Mild flavor compared with the famous heirlooms

Like Super Sioux, but...

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

Celebritybut an open-pollinated heat-tolerant heirloom rather than a hybridRutgersbut bred more for heat and drought tolerance

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