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lakelady · August 17, 2012

Beautiful tomato that Madame Jardels! I knew Mark was gonna like that one too lol...we both like "rrrufffllles"

Jeannine Anne, thanks for sharing that lovely history with us, I love reading the stories of where varieties came from!

2nd Foundation · August 18, 2012

Madame Jardels is a looker indeed! How is the taste?
Caroline

Jayc · August 18, 2012

Hope this comes out as I'm copying it to here, appologies if I'mrepeating links already given.

Jeannine as far as I am aware the seeds I have passed on were originally sourced from HSL although I was sent seeds from a swap. The Queen of Hearts plant I’ve got growing has only produced one ripe fruit so far (it’s been quite a poor season here in the UK) I think it looks similar to the ones above. Taste is ok, not sweet but quite eatable and the skin although not thin isn’t too tough either. It’ll be interesting to see how later fruit taste (that’s if late blight doesn’t get them), we have had little sun which I find is affecting some tomato’s flavour more than others.

I think perhaps two different varieties of tomato getting confused with one another?

This is taken from HSL (Heritage Seed Library) web site
“Our donor, Mrs Smallwood, acquired these seeds from an elderly lady who had been given them many years ago at an RHS seminar. The person delivering the talk was American, and it was assumed that the variety was of American origin. The fruits are thin-skinned, sweet and almost heart-shaped, let us know what you think of this one.”
http://www.adoptaveg.org/product_range.php?action=search_range&range_id=6

An article re UK vegetable grower Reg Milton. It’s not clear if he is growing seeds from HSL or not.
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/royal-hopes-for-a-queen-of-hearts-32300.aspx

This article is about Stanley Jackson who developed a Hybrid variety and named it Queen of Hearts. He seems surprised it got spread around the country and to Buckingham palace? http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/royal-approval-for-stans-queen-33202.aspx

A photo of Stan with his Queen of Hearts here, they don’t look very big or particularly heart shaped? http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/tasty-tomatoes-which-deserve-to-be-conserved-37740.aspx

August 17, 2012	#31
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,699	Beautiful tomato that Madame Jardels! I knew Mark was gonna like that one too lol...we both like "rrrufffllles" Jeannine Anne, thanks for sharing that lovely history with us, I love reading the stories of where varieties came from! __________________ Antoniette

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August 18, 2012	#33
Jayc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 132	Hope this comes out as I'm copying it to here, appologies if I'mrepeating links already given. Jeannine as far as I am aware the seeds I have passed on were originally sourced from HSL although I was sent seeds from a swap. The Queen of Hearts plant I’ve got growing has only produced one ripe fruit so far (it’s been quite a poor season here in the UK) I think it looks similar to the ones above. Taste is ok, not sweet but quite eatable and the skin although not thin isn’t too tough either. It’ll be interesting to see how later fruit taste (that’s if late blight doesn’t get them), we have had little sun which I find is affecting some tomato’s flavour more than others. I think perhaps two different varieties of tomato getting confused with one another? This is taken from HSL (Heritage Seed Library) web site “Our donor, Mrs Smallwood, acquired these seeds from an elderly lady who had been given them many years ago at an RHS seminar. The person delivering the talk was American, and it was assumed that the variety was of American origin. The fruits are thin-skinned, sweet and almost heart-shaped, let us know what you think of this one.” http://www.adoptaveg.org/product_range.php?action=search_range&range_id=6 An article re UK vegetable grower Reg Milton. It’s not clear if he is growing seeds from HSL or not. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/royal-hopes-for-a-queen-of-hearts-32300.aspx This article is about Stanley Jackson who developed a Hybrid variety and named it Queen of Hearts. He seems surprised it got spread around the country and to Buckingham palace? http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/royal-approval-for-stans-queen-33202.aspx A photo of Stan with his Queen of Hearts here, they don’t look very big or particularly heart shaped? http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/gardening/tasty-tomatoes-which-deserve-to-be-conserved-37740.aspx