Bychye Serdtse Oranzhevoe

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Bychye Serdtse Oranzhevoe
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	orange
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, paste, cooking, canner
Variety type
Country

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, wispy foliage, high yield of medium size heart-shaped yellow-orange fruit. Very meaty flesh with small seed cavities and a few seeds, excellent sweet flavor, nice smooth texture, no core. The seed packet was labeled 'Orange Oxheart, Ukraine', and this is a true Russian 'Orange Bull's Heart' tomato.

Seed source:

Peter Gallant, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 07

Year grown: 2010

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

Russian name: Бычье сердце оранжевое.

The name means 'Bull's Heart Orange' in Russian.

History

Russian commercial variety.
Some SSE members who list this variety in the SSE Yearbooks indicate that they got oblate fruits, and not hearts, which is incorrect. The true Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe fruit should be heart-shaped.

Same as:

Orange Bull's Heart, which is a direct translation of the Russian name.

Similar varieties:

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - plant. 2010-07-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - flowers. 2010-07-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - baby fruit. 2010-08-01.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - green fruit. 2010-08-01.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - ripe fruit. 2010-08-24.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - ripe fruit. 2010-08-24.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - sliced fruit. 2010-08-24.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bychie Serdtse Oranzhevoe - sliced fruit. 2010-08-24.