Have a heart

[cdntomato]

and share your recommendations for heart-shaped varieties. I am, quel surprise, doing a fund-raiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation this spring.

Given: Reif Red (Italian) Heart, L's Giant Oxheart, Grightmire's Pride, Ledoux Special, German Red Strawberry.

Looking for 5-7 more please.

Ta muchly!!!

Jennifer, truly a Bleeding Heart

[spudleafwillie]

Jennifer, I have 2 PL candidates and seeds for you. PM me your snailmail and e-mail info and I'll fill in the details.

Regards,
Bill

[carolyn137]

Other heart shaped varieties that I like, in addition to some of the ones you mentioned above, are:

Wes
Russian #117 ( not the Orange Russian #117, tho)
Anna Russian
Kosovo
Nicky Crain
Ukrainian Heart
Orange Strawberry
Herman's Yellow

....and I'll probably think of some others I like, but the above come to mind pretty quickly.

[cdntomato]

Bill, thanks. I'll PM you.

Carolyn, thanks for your comments. I'd forgotten about Wes entirely, but did have Kosovo and Anna Russian down on the long, not short, list. Orange Strawberry I've grown out 3 times and each time it's been incorrect. Russian 117 I have grown as well, but wasn't as keen on it as I expected. Like Jefferson Giant, it doesn't 'grab' me as a heart in the way the strawberry ones do. What say you to Spadaro as a candidate? Nicky Crain is down for my Sandhill order next month. Hard to come by, that one!

Ta again for the feedback!

Jennifer

[carolyn137]

What say you to Spadaro as a candidate?

Lordy, I haven't grown that one in years and I'm the person who first introduced it to the SSE Yearbook.

My original blurb said:

...large sprawling plant with regular, wispy foliage, med set of one # heart shaped fruits, exc taste, Italian heirloom from Joe Huth's(NY) barber. OS NY MA C 93 (which means I first listed it way back in 1993.)

That's what I wrote but since I haven't grown it lately I really don't feel I can comment on it b/c I honestly don't remember it all that well.

[cdntomato]

Thanks, Carolyn. My Spadaro is originally from you. Didn't have the history before, but will save it now.

Thanks!!!
Jennifer

[Tania]

Lithuanian Crested is another good one.

I'd second Anna Russian; Russian #117 and Ukrainian Heart were good but not the best among the hearts I grew in 2006.

Dagestanskiy is another great pink heart I liked, I can share seeds, if you want this one. Same for Donskoi (red).

Little Lucky Heart is great too

[cdntomato]

Tania, thanks for your contribution. Will take seed donations/trade gladly. Thanks muchly!!

Jennifer

[Andrey_BY]

More Russian hearts:

Mazarini, Bulls Heart, Orange Bulls Heart, Budyonovka (Budenovka), Orlinyi Klyuv (Eagle's Beak), Cardinal, Houliver, Severnaya Korona (Northern Crown), Utrennya Rosa (Moa (Morning Dew), Sevryuga etc.

Mazarini is the tastiest of all of mentioned and Orlinyi Klyuv (Eagle's Beak) is the prettiest IMHO... :wink:

Mazarini


Orlinyi Klyuv (Eagle's Beak)


It seems to be almost a half of all true Siberian tomato varieties has got heart shape

Reinhard Kraft loves Wolford Wonder very much for both flavour and the look I will definately try it next season

[carolyn137]

Wolford Wonder has long been listed in the SSE Yearbooks and most of the folks who grew it first grew it from seeds from Fax Stinnett, who was one of the original SSE members.

He cited his source for this variety as CV Fil 87. A CV means it was a variety first offered commercially. the 87 means he bought the seeds in 1987.

If anyone has their Garden Inventory SSE book perhaps they could look up what Fil refers to. I don't know where mine is at right now.

And most who have grown it like it and refer to both taste and yield as excellent and comment that it has the typical wispy droopy foliage that most heart shaped varieties have.