Aunt Astrida's Latvian Oxheart

General Info
Seed Availability

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

[[File:|thumb|250px|Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T).]]

B.C KO T

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.

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart. 2017-09-06.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart. 2017-09-06.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart. 2017-09-06.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart. 2017-09-06.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart - ripe fruit. 2017-09-08.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Aunt Astrida's Latvian Oxheart. 2008.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Aunt Astrida's Latvian Heart - ripe fruit. 2017-09-08.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Aunt Astrida's Latvian Oxheart sliced. 2008.