Bivolsko Sertse

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Bivolsko Sertse
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	cooking, paste, slicer

BULG DE F

Indeterminate, regular foliage, red, should be heart shape but first one off was round. Fruit should be heavy but first one off was light. Subsequent fruits were a nice heart.

Flavor: Mild, a little acid, first off. Mature fruit is sweet, ‘melt in the mouth’

Flesh: Thick, not too juicy(first off), few seeds, Mature fruit juicy

Use: Good for sauce, OK for slicing but better as a cooker. Mature fruit nice all-rounder. Some people might find it too sweet for cooking.

Source 

Transplant from Yambol Market (Bulgaria)

Year: 2008 Location: S.E. Bulgaria

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Bulgarian name: БиволскоСърце (Bivolsko Certse)

Translation to English: Bull’s Heart

Transliteration: BIVOLSKO SERTSE

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History

• Commonly available as a transplant in Yambol and Elhovo Markets, Bulgaria. Not seen as a packeted seed. This is not to say that they are not available.
• There are a lot of varieties called 'Bull's Heart' in various languages - some of them may be the same tomato, some may be different.
  • Bychye Serdtse (sometimes spelled as Bych'ye Serdtse, the name means 'Bull's Heart' in Russian)
  • Bychye Serdtse Rozovoe (the name means 'Bull's Heart Pink' in Russian)
  • Bychye Serdtse Oranzhevoe (the name means 'Bull's Heart Orange' in Russian)
  • Volovo Srce or Volovsko Srce (Serbian)
  • Cuore Di Toro
  • Cuor Di Bue
  • Coeur De Boeuf
  • Bull's Heart

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors (Catalog)	Seed Savers Yearbook (listings)
2010	.	.
2009	.	0
2008	.	0
2007	.	0

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