Jeff Casey, AB received the seeds from Michael Gunn (TX GU R) in 2005, and shared with Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) in Dec 2005. Both J...Read Moreeff and Tatiana grew it in 2006 and obtained large dark black-purple fruits which, in Tatiana's opinion, were better than the original 1884. Tatiana named it "1884 Purple" to indicate the fruit color difference compared to1884. Jeff later suggested an alternative name - "Purple Doughnut", which was much better, unfortunately Tatiana had already listed this variety in the SSE Yearbook as "1884 Purple", and received several SSE requests for the 1884 Purple seeds in 2007.
Al Anderson of Ohio (ON AN A) and Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) grew it again in 2007 from the 2007 seeds. Both confirmed that it grows true to type and produces dark purple/black fruits.
Jeff Casey, AB received the seeds from Michael Gunn (TX GU R) in 2005, and shared with Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) in Dec 2005. Both J...Read More