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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IL LO N

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

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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 as

• Australian Giant Heart,
  
• Thieneman's Australian Heart

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See also

• Australian Giant Oxheart

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - baby fruit. 2013-07-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - green fruit. 2013-07-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - green fruit. 2013-08-04.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - green fruit. 2013-08-04.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-17.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - ripe fruit. August 25, 2009. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Joe Thieneman's Australian Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-17.

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Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
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2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	.	.
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2011	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	4	0
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	3	0
2009	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new TomatoFest (as Thieneman's Australian Heart) - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - new	3	.
2008		2	.
2007		1	.

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