Dotson’s Lebanese Heart

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History

Discovered in 2015 by Dr. Darin L. Dotson of Moore, South Carolina in the growout of Omar's Lebanese. In 2015, Darin planted several seeds from a seed pack from Totally Tomatoes, and one plant out of five produced fruits that were shaped like blunt hearts, and not beefsteaks, like Omar's Lebanese should be, but they tasted just like Omar's Lebanese tomatoes. Darin collected seeds and shared with Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C), who sent the seeds to a grower in Wisconsin, "Dutch", who kindly grew 12 plants in 2016. All these plants produced large blunt hearts, averaging 1 lb., so it is most consistent with a stable mutation of Omar's Lebanese. Darin also provided seeds to Marsha Eisenberg, of Plantation, Florida, who offered it in her 2017 seed offer (only after the stable heart shape was confirmed by Dutch).
Darin Dotson decided to name this tomato “Dotson’s Lebanese Heart” on August 31, 2016, in honor of his late Mother. The previous working name used was "Omar's Lebanese Heart" until the heart shape was confirmed as stable by Dutch.