Wes and other hearts (please comment, barkeater!)

[carolyn137]

I'm also a great lover of heart varieties. Some may not be as productive as some non-hearts, that's for sure, but I've found the taste of most of the hearts to be outstanding.

Off the top of my head here's some I like and I know I'm going to forget some:

Danko
Anna Maria's Heart ( from the former USSR originally)
Indiana Red
Nicky Crain
Wes
German Red Strawberry
Orange Strawberry ( not in any way related to the above)
Russian #117
Anna Russian
Kosovo
Serdste Buivola/Bawale Cerce; they are the same
Herman's Yellow
Homer's German Oxheart
Brad's Black Heart
Ukrainian Heart
Reif Red Heart
Teton de Venus
Cuor di Bui

....... and sometime in the future there will be a green when ripe heart that Reinhard Kraft in Germany is working on.

[creister]

What is the fruit size for Teton de Venus? Also, would Yasha Yugoslavian be worthy of growing?

[dice]

Hungarian Heart is outstanding, seemed to be disease
resistant,

It does get verticillium, though, if one has that in one's garden.
I had one last year, a strong plant, that basically split into two
main stems about a foot up. When they were both about 6' long
and had several fruit set, one side got verticillium, and those
fruit were spitters. The other side hung on for another month
before showing symptoms of the disease and produced several
nice fruit.

[PaulF]

Piegirl sent me Hungarian Heart seeds a couple of years ago and it was fantastic. No disease here, very large, sweet and productive. A winner.

Besides the list Carolyn posted, these are hearts for consideration:

Julies Red Heart
Couers de Valours
Sylvan Guame
Eagles Beak
Butter and Bulls Heart
Zores Big Red
Kellehers Oxheart

As for Oxheart Red, I inverted the name and it stuck in my mind. Sorry...it was the same one.

[chalstonsc]

I've grown Anna Russian enough that I'd like to try as many hearts as possible, but I'm also growing in containers, and I know from the performance of Anna Russina I've grown, that I'm really interested in any varieties you may know that have a compact, semi-determinate type growing habit.....any of the ones listed above fall into that category? I understand Danko does, but would like to know any other there may be. Thanks.

[chalstonsc]

PaulF-
Thanks....was hoping it might qualify as one of those elusive, compact, semi determinate types, but I'm thinking now I maybe should join the Dwarf Project and specialize in oxheart dwarfs.....

[geeboss]

chalstonsc

It sure would be neat to have some oxhearts in dwarf sized plants. I can see it now you developing a dwarf Wes or a dwarf Indiana Red. Would also like a GWR oxheart too!

George

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by creister

What is the fruit size for Teton de Venus? Also, would Yasha Yugoslavian be worthy of growing?

Teton is a smaller fruited red heart with a wicked acute point at the blossom end. The fruits are usually borne in pairs, hence the name.

And Yes Yasha Yugoslavian is well worth growing. As I said above I knew I'd forget many. Most folks know Crnkovic Yugoslavian, but Yasha also gave me seeds for what we called Yasha Yugoslavian, a nice pink heart.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by geeboss

chalstonsc

It sure would be neat to have some oxhearts in dwarf sized plants. I can see it now you developing a dwarf Wes or a dwarf Indiana Red. Would also like a GWR oxheart too!

George

I think I've posted it here but if not, in the future there will be a GWR heart. I'ts being developed now, from Cherokee Green as I recall and since CG is still my fave in terms of larger GWRipes I'm looking forward to it.

[geeboss]

Well Carolyn

you've got me crossing my fingers for an early release of this GWR heart. Now to cross this with Summertime Green and produce a Dwarf GWR heart would be really special indeed!!!!! Yummmm


George