A lot of Filipino landraces fit that description, namely Samar Native, Nagcarlang and Filipino #2. Samar Native is high acid so if you mean assertive as in high acid you might enjoy. Nagcarlang is somewhat less acid but admittedly is quite seedy. Filipino #2 is like an assertive Cherokee Purple in terms of taste. All would do quite well in NC given their tropical background. My "boutique" seed trade will be offering all three within the next few weeks but Double Helix already offers the first two for slightly less than I am able to. In actuality, I have found that all the fluted varieties I have tasted were assertive.
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