Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart

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Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular, wispy
Fruit color red
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer, paste, canner
Variety type open-pollinated, family heirloom
Country Australia, USA
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-03.

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Indet., sprawling and lanky plants with wispy regular foliage. Fruits are red, large, and irregularly shaped, from fat plums to double hearts. 6-14 oz. Excellent balanced flavor, with a perfect acidic touch, meaty flesh with small seed chambers and few seeds. Midseason. (20 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Gary Millwood of Louisville, Kentucky 07

Year grown: 2013

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


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90 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a good yield of 8-14 oz red oxheart fruit with very good flavor.

Seed source:

Roger Postley, Lexington, Kentucky

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois



History

  • Seed acquired from a Service Man who spent time in Australia before coming home after serving in World War II. This tomato have been grown through the years by the Thieneman family in Louisville, Kentucky, and therefore can be considered as a Kentucky heirloom.
  • First introduced in Seed Savers 2007 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who got seeds from Roger Postley, Lexington, Kentucky.



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Also known asAustralian Giant Heart + and Thieneman's Australian Heart +
CountryAustralia, USA +
DescriptionIndet., sprawling and lanky plants with wi Indet., sprawling and lanky plants with wispy regular foliage. Fruits are red, large, and irregularly shaped, from fat plums to double hearts. 6-14 oz. Excellent balanced flavor, with a perfect acidic touch, meaty flesh with small seed chambers and few seeds. Midseason. (20 seeds / packet) seeds. Midseason. (20 seeds / packet)
Fruit colorred +
Fruit shapeheart +
Fruit sizemedium +
Fruit typeslicer +, paste + and canner +
Growth habitindet. +
History* Seed acquired from a Service Man who spe * Seed acquired from a Service Man who spent time in Australia before coming home after serving in World War II. This tomato have been grown through the years by the Thieneman family in Louisville, Kentucky, and therefore can be considered as a Kentucky heirloom.
  • First introduced in Seed Savers 2007 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who got seeds from Roger Postley, Lexington, Kentucky. s from Roger Postley, Lexington, Kentucky.
Leafregular + and wispy +
Maturitymidseason +
Member codeB.C KO T + and IL LO N +
See alsoAustralian Giant Oxheart +
Seed sourceGary Millwood of Louisville, Kentucky 07
Variety typeopen-pollinated + and family heirloom +
VendorTatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +, TomatoFest + and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds +
Year grown2013 +
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