Tiffen Mennonite

Oliver · March 15, 2021

Has anyone here grown them? Have a packet from Fedco. Debating planting them since I have limited space.

stevenkh1 · August 4, 2021

Yep. "Supposedly" grown by the Mennonites in nearby Tiffin, OH.

My opinion? Eerily similar to Henderson's Ponderosa (as many of these new-fangled named beefsteaks are). Extremely similar in flavor when I've grown them side by side. If you like a good ole fashioned beefsteak, I recommend you grow as you won't be disappointed.

ddsack · August 5, 2021

I grow it every few years, very nice flavor like all the other pink potato leaved varieties.

Tormato · August 5, 2021

It's nearly impossible to find a PL pink beefsteak that doesn't have great flavor.

asmx91 · September 21, 2021

I do like it, tooo

Zeedman · December 21, 2021

I grow it every few years (in a rotation with other P/L varieties) and really like it. Most just under 16 ounces, with very few blossom end deformities, and good production. As others have stated, it's hard to find a large pink P/L that doesn't have good flavor.

Alfisol · March 15, 2024

I have some Tiffen that showed up as a substitute for another variety that Sandhill was out of. I've been debating as to whether or not I'm going to make space for it.

March 15, 2021	#1
Oliver Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Monroe, South Dakota Posts: 50	Tiffen Mennonite Has anyone here grown them? Have a packet from Fedco. Debating planting them since I have limited space.

August 5, 2021	#3
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	I grow it every few years, very nice flavor like all the other pink potato leaved varieties. __________________ Dee **************

March 15, 2024	#7
Alfisol Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Central IL, Zone 6a Posts: 39	I have some Tiffen that showed up as a substitute for another variety that Sandhill was out of. I've been debating as to whether or not I'm going to make space for it. __________________ + Marc

August 4, 2021	#2
stevenkh1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 172	Yep. "Supposedly" grown by the Mennonites in nearby Tiffin, OH. My opinion? Eerily similar to Henderson's Ponderosa (as many of these new-fangled named beefsteaks are). Extremely similar in flavor when I've grown them side by side. If you like a good ole fashioned beefsteak, I recommend you grow as you won't be disappointed.

August 5, 2021	#4
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	It's nearly impossible to find a PL pink beefsteak that doesn't have great flavor.

September 21, 2021	#5
asmx91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 849	I do like it, tooo

December 21, 2021	#6
Zeedman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 313	I grow it every few years (in a rotation with other P/L varieties) and really like it. Most just under 16 ounces, with very few blossom end deformities, and good production. As others have stated, it's hard to find a large pink P/L that doesn't have good flavor.