Striped Hearts - Page 2

kath · July 14, 2012

Glad it was good tasting as well as pretty.

kath

lakelady · July 14, 2012

wow Mike, that is a beautiful tomato! Glad it was a good one. Shape reminds me so much of the Danko I have growing, quite pointy hearts.

sprtsguy76 · July 15, 2012

Looks as if they are mini-hearts?? Or maybe even plums. Hard to tell, but they do look very nice!

Damon

Mudman · July 15, 2012

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Originally Posted by sprtsguy76

Looks as if they are mini-hearts?? Or maybe even plums. Hard to tell, but they do look very nice!

Damon

Damon, they are hearts, they have a point at the end and you can definitely tell with the ones in the garden because the plant is loaded with them and they are really consistent. They are about 3 inches top to bottom, so they are smallish.

MarinaRussian · July 15, 2012

That's a stunning heart!!! I'm so jealous, in a good way!

ddsack · July 15, 2012

So if you can't figure out what this is or where it came from, do we have a new Mudman's Heart in the works if it turns out to be stable in a year or two?

Jayc · July 16, 2012

They look gorgeous

meadowyck · July 16, 2012

Mike that looks like a really neat tomato... are there ANY seeds in it? LOL

Mudman · July 16, 2012

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Originally Posted by ddsack

So if you can't figure out what this is or where it came from, do we have a new Mudman's Heart in the works if it turns out to be stable in a year or two?

Well it definetly seems to be something new, so I am going to grow out as many of the F2 as I can a see what comes up. Not sure if I will go with Mudman's Heart though.

Mudman · July 16, 2012

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Originally Posted by meadowyck

Mike that looks like a really neat tomato... are there ANY seeds in it? LOL

I seem to have cut the one in the picture right down the middle so you can't see any, there are very few though.

meadowyck · July 16, 2012

well good to know that you will get some seeds, gosh to have a great tomato and no seeds not good....

Mudman · July 17, 2012

The first one I ate reminded me a green tomato, with a sort of zing to it. I let the next one ripen up a bit more till it was almost soft. I was scared it was too ripe, but it was still meaty and firm in the middle and reminded me of the taste of a Sungold with little gel and very few seeds. Taste is outstanding in my opinion. Very exciting.

Mudman · July 19, 2012

Some more pictures.

Boutique Tomatoes · July 19, 2012

Those are very pretty tomatoes!

halleone · August 8, 2012

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Originally Posted by Mudman

Are there any? I have one growing now and am trying to figure out if it is a cross or something else. Seeds were from trade and marked as Black and Red Boar.

I have a heart-shaped, striped tomato that I got in a trade last year also, labelled Black and Red Boar. As there weren't any pictures of that variety on the WBF website, I just assumed it was supposed to be a heart. Until I found this thread, and Googled the name, and surprise, it isn't supposed to be a heart....

This little guy was one of the earliest this year and I really love the flavor. I will definitely save seeds and grow it out again - and be hoping to get the same great taste. I think we have found something good here.

July 14, 2012	#17
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	wow Mike, that is a beautiful tomato! Glad it was a good one. Shape reminds me so much of the Danko I have growing, quite pointy hearts. __________________ Antoniette

July 15, 2012	#21
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,225	So if you can't figure out what this is or where it came from, do we have a new Mudman's Heart in the works if it turns out to be stable in a year or two? __________________ Dee **************

July 16, 2012	#23
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Mike that looks like a really neat tomato... are there ANY seeds in it? LOL __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 16, 2012	#26
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	well good to know that you will get some seeds, gosh to have a great tomato and no seeds not good.... __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 17, 2012	#27
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	The first one I ate reminded me a green tomato, with a sort of zing to it. I let the next one ripen up a bit more till it was almost soft. I was scared it was too ripe, but it was still meaty and firm in the middle and reminded me of the taste of a Sungold with little gel and very few seeds. Taste is outstanding in my opinion. Very exciting. __________________ Mike

July 14, 2012	#16
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Glad it was good tasting as well as pretty. kath

July 15, 2012	#18
sprtsguy76 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Clara CA Posts: 1,125	Looks as if they are mini-hearts?? Or maybe even plums. Hard to tell, but they do look very nice! Damon

July 15, 2012	#20
MarinaRussian Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Russia Posts: 176	That's a stunning heart!!! I'm so jealous, in a good way!

July 16, 2012	#22
Jayc Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 319	They look gorgeous

July 19, 2012	#29
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	Those are very pretty tomatoes!