Striped Hearts

[kath]

Glad it was good tasting as well as pretty.

kath

[lakelady]

wow Mike, that is a beautiful tomato! Glad it was a good one. Shape reminds me so much of the Danko I have growing, quite pointy hearts.

[sprtsguy76]

Looks as if they are mini-hearts?? Or maybe even plums. Hard to tell, but they do look very nice!

Damon

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by sprtsguy76

Looks as if they are mini-hearts?? Or maybe even plums. Hard to tell, but they do look very nice!

Damon

Damon, they are hearts, they have a point at the end and you can definitely tell with the ones in the garden because the plant is loaded with them and they are really consistent. They are about 3 inches top to bottom, so they are smallish.

[MarinaRussian]

That's a stunning heart!!! I'm so jealous, in a good way!

[ddsack]

So if you can't figure out what this is or where it came from, do we have a new Mudman's Heart in the works if it turns out to be stable in a year or two?

[Jayc]

They look gorgeous

[meadowyck]

Mike that looks like a really neat tomato... are there ANY seeds in it? LOL

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by ddsack

So if you can't figure out what this is or where it came from, do we have a new Mudman's Heart in the works if it turns out to be stable in a year or two?

Well it definetly seems to be something new, so I am going to grow out as many of the F2 as I can a see what comes up. Not sure if I will go with Mudman's Heart though.

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by meadowyck

Mike that looks like a really neat tomato... are there ANY seeds in it? LOL

I seem to have cut the one in the picture right down the middle so you can't see any, there are very few though.

[meadowyck]

well good to know that you will get some seeds, gosh to have a great tomato and no seeds not good....

[Mudman]

The first one I ate reminded me a green tomato, with a sort of zing to it. I let the next one ripen up a bit more till it was almost soft. I was scared it was too ripe, but it was still meaty and firm in the middle and reminded me of the taste of a Sungold with little gel and very few seeds. Taste is outstanding in my opinion. Very exciting.

[Mudman]

Some more pictures.

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Those are very pretty tomatoes!

[halleone]

Originally Posted by Mudman

Are there any? I have one growing now and am trying to figure out if it is a cross or something else. Seeds were from trade and marked as Black and Red Boar.

I have a heart-shaped, striped tomato that I got in a trade last year also, labelled Black and Red Boar. As there weren't any pictures of that variety on the WBF website, I just assumed it was supposed to be a heart. Until I found this thread, and Googled the name, and surprise, it isn't supposed to be a heart....

This little guy was one of the earliest this year and I really love the flavor. I will definitely save seeds and grow it out again - and be hoping to get the same great taste. I think we have found something good here.