Which variety has the shapliest heart?

[Nan_PA_6b]

Originally Posted by ilex

Corazon Solipueyo is my recomendation

Ilex, I couldn't find even one website when searching for ' "Corazon Solipueyo" tomato' or ' "Corazon Solipueyo" tomate' on Google.

Nan

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Ilex, I couldn't find even one website when searching for ' "Corazon Solipueyo" tomato' or ' "Corazon Solipueyo" tomate' on Google.

Nan

Nan, you won't find it anywhere since Ilex is in Spain,is also an SSE listed member so SSE members can request seeds from him in the yearbook, he gives the terms of how much and all else in his SSE listing.

And has also said that he would send to others, non SSE members, by the same terms he states in the SSE yearbook.

He is one outstanding person,trust me on that. I got seeds from him last year and have already set it up for this year, especially since I have to get seeds out to my seed producers for summer grow out.

Carolyn, who also notes that the biological diversity of varieties now in Spain is enormous since there are persons such as Ilex, and two more who have been seeking out many varieties that were never known before.

[Father'sDaughter]

If your aiming for a micro, maybe look at some of the heart shaped varieties produced by the Dwarf Project. Dwarf Pink Passion is the only one I have personal experience with, and I consistently got fairly high yields of small/medium sized pretty, pink hearts with good flavor.

[Fusion_power]

One of those interesting trivia items about tomatoes is that genes can often be combined to yield more than one effect. For example, Tastiheart is a good flavored tomato that combines potato leaf with beefsteak and heart shape. The result is huge meaty tomatoes.

As for heart tomatoes with unusual shapes, Kosovo has my vote for wedge heart shape.

Here is a pic of Tastiheart.

[Nattybo!]

Originally Posted by ddsack

Some years back I tried to select for the most perfect hearts from the Latvian Heart that my parents grew, received from an old gent that was a friend of the family.








But there was too much variability each season, and the hearts did not get any more heartier through time. Seeds saved from the best hearts did not guarantee equally nice hearts the next year. I gave up on it. Maybe a more patient person with a very long term commitment would do better.

Wow! That second photo is just amazing. And I can't get it out of my head, like it needs to be made into a card or poster or something. There is something about the stiched up scar...

Anyways, just wanted to say, beautiful!

[ddsack]

Thanks, Nattybo! Glad you liked it. It was a very unusual fruit, rather flattened and I was really excited to try to select for a a plant that produced only these flattened perfect hearts. But it seems to be just a rare aberration when the heart shape comes up in a wedge shape rather than round. I've had a few more over the years, but none quite that perfect.

[Gardeneer]

Dee , your tomatoes have the best looking valentine heart shape that I have seen, live or in picture. Picture perfect.

[ddsack]

Thanks, Gardeneer! I have not grown these for a few years. I think this thread has inspired me to go on an excavation expedition to find my old batch of 2005 seeds that produced that tomato in 2006. They should be around somewhere If I dig around enough.

[Deborah]

I didn't know that hearts get so big. The last picture is awesome!

[Spartanburg123]

Pardon me if I seem a bit impartial

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Deborah

I didn't know that hearts get so big. The last picture is awesome!

Deborah, some hearts that I've grown can easily get to the 2-3 lb range and sometimes larger.

Yes,there are also the much smaller heart ones as well.

Carolyn

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by charline

Orange Russian 117 makes beautiful colored and perfect hearts

And good tasting too.

Worth

[Deborah]

Wow Carolyn! They look like they'd be meaty and good eating.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Deborah

Wow Carolyn! They look like they'd be meaty and good eating.

Well, you said look like,but I didn't post any pictures,, but I know what you meant.

Almost all hearts are meaty with few seeds which is why many have switched from using the paste varieties to using hearts since the hearts taste so much better for most folks than most of the paste varieties.

Carolyn

[Nan_PA_6b]

Looks great, Darin! It's nice to see a pic before i grow it!
Nan