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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
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Thank you for the Kosovo seeds
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Serbia
Posts: 199
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Looks like an old heirloom variety grown across ex-Yugoslavia called Ox's Heart (bellow). I see on other pictures that this variety is usually more pointed at the bottom. It likely is the same variety, considering its origin, just renamed. This is the only non-classic-red variety widely sold in Serbia.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Marcos, CA
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Arnorrian, the seed for Kosovo came from a UN worker who was stationed in the Kosovo area of the former Yugoslavia. You may be quite correct that this is the tomato known there as Ox's Heart.
Kosovo can be quite pointy. In my experience, the early fruit on ox-heart plants can be nearly round, but later in the year, the more pointy shape appears. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Floyd VA
Posts: 771
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You are quite welcome! Kosovo is a staple in my garden and I plant at least a dozen each year. It is consistently the earliest and most productive tomato I plant, and its sweet solid flesh along with virtually no cracking, scabs or catfacing makes it great for canning as well as tomato sandwiches. A real beauty! I'm sure you will enjoy it!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Serbia
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It's possible the climate similarity is the reason. Its area of origin has Cfa climate, rare in Europe.
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