Reif Red Heart

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Reif Red Heart
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner, paste
Variety type	family heirloom
Country	Italy

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-25.

B.C KO T

Indet., tall and wispy-looking plants with regular leaf foliage. Red heart shaped fruit, 5-14 oz, meaty with few seeds. Excellent flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Jan Nienaber, BC, Canada 06

2. Karen Litzcke, Port Moody, BC 05

3. Darrel Jones, Hamilton, Alabama 13 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)

Year grown: 2007 (1, 2), 2012*(3), 2013(3)

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

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GERM SC K

Variably shaped tomato, some are heart shaped, very good taste, indet., regular leaf.

Seed source:

Manfred Hahm-Hartmann

Year grown: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• A family heirloom from Italy. Seeds collected by J. Reif, Pennsylvania, from an elderly Italian man.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Glenn Drowns of Calamus, Iowa (IA DR G).
• One of the 100 heirloom tomatoes noted in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"

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Also known as

• Reif Italian Heart

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Related

• Reif Red Cross

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. 2013-10-06.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 8, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 20, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - ripe fruit. August 20, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-09-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - sliced fruit. 2013-10-06.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - leaf. May 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - plant. 2013-07-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - flower. 2013-07-02.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - flower. June 7, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - flower. June 9, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - baby fruit. 2013-07-30.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - green fruit. June 13, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - baby fruit. 2007-07-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - baby fruit. 2007-07-02.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - green fruit. June 18, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - green fruit. June 28, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Reif Red Heart - green fruit. July 10, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Reif Red Heart - green fruit. 2013-07-30.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013 TomatoFest	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2012	3	0
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies - not available for 2011 TomatoFest	3	1
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2010 TomatoFest	5	0
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest	5	.
2008	Johnny's Selected Seeds TomatoFest	4	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center	3	.