Red Butter Heart

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Red Butter Heart
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size large
Fruit type slicer, paste
Variety type open-pollinated
Country unknown
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Butter Heart - ripe fruit. 2012-09-22.

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular wispy foliage, huge red hearts, some reaching 1.5 lbs. Flesh is very meaty, with small seed locules and very few seeds. Delicious sweet flavor.

Seed source:

John Seewald, New Jersey 07

Year grown: 2012

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


IL LO N

90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a good yield of 1 lb. pink heart shaped fruit with very good flavor.
Source
Jeff Dawson of Napa, California (CA DA J2) 98

Year:

Location: Oblong, Illinois


TX AN S

85 days, indet., regular leaf, 1-2 lb pink heart shaped fruit, average production, very good to excellent flavor, even though "red" is part of the name, this is a pink variety and has been listed as such in the past.
Source 
WI MI B 07 (Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin) / IL LO N (Neil Lockheart of Oblong, Illinois) / CA DA J2 98 (Jeff Dawson of Sebastopol, California)

Year: 2008

Location: Bastrop, Texas


History

  •  ?
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 1998 Yearbook by Jeff Dawson of Sebastopol, California (CA DA J2).
  • According to TomatoFest seed catalog, this is an heirloom tomato.
  • Both red and pink versions are reported, but red should be correct, judging by the name.



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