Aunt Astrida's Latvian Oxheart

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Aunt Astrida's Latvian Oxheart
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color pink, red
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size large
Fruit type slicer
Variety type open-pollinated, heirloom
Country Latvia
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Indet., regular leaf wispy foliage. High yields of pink pointy heart-shaped fruits, 8-12 oz. Other growers reported red fruits, but ours were definitely pink, grown from the same seed source. Very few seeds. Excellent sweet flavor.

Seed source:

Susan Anderson of Elgin, Texas (TX AN S) 09 / Royer Held of Ann Arbor, Michigan (MI HE R) 06 / Carol Priestley

Year grown: 2017

Location: Zone 6b, PNW, Columbia Valley (Lower Mainland), BC, Canada (780 ft above sea level)


IL LO N

90 days, indet., regular leaf, 8-16 oz red oxheart fruit, very good flavor, fair yield.

Seed source:

Royer Held of Ann Arbor, Michigan (MI HE R) 06 / Carol Priestley

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois


TX AN S

80-85 days, indet., regular leaf, 8-16 oz red hearts, excellent flavor and smooth texture, low-average productivity. Almost seedless.

Seed source:

Royer Held of Ann Arbor, Michigan (MI HE R) 06 / Carol Priestley

Year grown: 2008

Location: Elgin, Texas


History

  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2007 Yearbook by Royer Held of Ann Arbor, Michigan (MI HE R), who obtained the seeds from Carol Priestley.
  • Seeds originally came from Carol Priestley's aunt Astrida who brought the seeds to Michigan from Latvia in the 1980s.



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