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Iditarod Red

Hybrid Parent: Grumpy F1 (Budai X Black from Tula)

Selected by: Sue Bailey, in the F3 generation (2007)

Named by: Sue, after the world class dogsled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska

Status: Released 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere by Tatiana's TOMATObase

Iditarod Red produces small red fruits in 2-4 oz / 60-120 g range that may have pointy ends in some environments. It is a regular leaf variety.

Photo by Sue Bailey

An F2 selection of Grumpy grown by Richard Allen in Australia was sent to Susan Bailey in Alaska who found and named Iditarod Red. Others who helped Sue with the variety's development were Doug Frank and Ted Maiden.