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Solanum centrale 'Outback Red'
- File Number
- 1606
- ACRA Field Book Number
- 1606
- Registration Date
- 10/07/2017
- Application Received
- 27/04/2017
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Cultivar Name
- Solanum centrale 'Outback Red'
- Origin
- December 2016 Crown Land, Northern Territory, Accession 6-50-65 maternal parent origin 22°34.360 / 133°20.078
- Characteristics
- Bush tomato very large extra-sweet fruit, retained on plant, long season with good late cropping; slightly prickly; compact growth habit, minimal suckering. Flowers: Light purple, typical of S. centrale. Foliage colour: Blue green pubescent. Comparators: n/a Reasons for distinctiveness: very high fruit sugar content combined with large fruit of long season with good late cropping
- Cultivation
- Grows best in an open, sunny position. Good drainage is required, and it responds well to watering
- Publication
- Hort Journal Australia July 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1, Pages 16-18
- Colour Coding
- RHS COLOUR CHART 1995 Flower: Corolla Blue-purple Group 86B; Anthers Yellow-red Group 18A Leaves:Upper surface: Greyed Green Group 195A
- Propagation
- Cuttings
- Applicant Name
- Slade Lee on behalf of Ninti One Limited and Northern TerritoryGovernment
- Uses
- Bush food
- Availability
- -
- ANBG Accession Numbers
- -
- NSL ID
- -