Bull's Heart, Amish Paste, Wes, German Red Strawberry, a personal fave tho they have green shoulders.

Dave

reifs red heart-

Thank you both for responding. Marcantonio, this looks like one I would like. Can I ask where you sourced seeds for this variety? Thank You

Rick

try marianne's heirlooms,

Thank You very much, Marcantonio

Greetings:

I too grow REif's redheart. Sandhill Preservation in Iowa offered the seed. Now after my onetime purchase I just save my own seeds every year.

Thanks spartanapples, I am going to definitely get seeds for this one. Appreciate the info.

Rick

Rcharles:

When you get your seed, you can save your own after that. Just be sure to always have a 2 year back up on seed in case of crop failure.

I mention this as I received a wonderful oxheart tomato plant many years ago. The seed was brought to the US by an Italian immigrant. Each year the greenhouse I worked at during the time would custom grow these seeds for the client as he had an Italian restaurant and grew his own fresh tomatoes. The restaurant and this gentleman are now long gone. The greenhouse I worked at is no more either.

It was the BEST oxheart I ever grew. Very sweet, red and no green shoulders nor cracking of the fruit. I saved my own seed for years but one year the seed was tossed out accidentally after the harvest season was over. I had no back up seed from the previous year so I lost that variety forever. Learn from my mistake. IF you save your own seed, keep a 2 year supply as a backup in case of crop failure.

spart, i'm not sure but that sounds like the matt imperio tomato. got to see where it might be availble

@spartanapples; this is an old thread, but hopefully you'll stop back.

I plant Namio Heirlooms each year; they're a GREAT triple-threat as an oxheart/paste/slice viner that'll top 8 feet/2.44 meters if properly tended.

You can get them from Felly's Greenhouse on Nesbitt Road in Madison, WI; ask for Abdullah or Gregg next spring!

YankeeBubba

YankeeBubba:

Thanks! The oxheart variety I lost was originally from Joe Namio from the Madison, WI

area. He would bring the seeds each year to Arrowwood Nursery who used to custom grow the tomato plants for him. You mention Namio Heirlooms at Felly's so I have to think the oxheart strain you got there is the one I had 35 years ago from Joe Namio. Joe also used to come in and buy peach trees from me when I worked at Arrowwood Nursery just after I graduated from UW-Madison. Fantastic to hear the strain still exists.

My brother worked at Felly's while in college around 1983.

Glad you checked back in; the Namio Heirlooms will be there next May.

I'm soaking seeds as we speak to try my hand at raising Space Hybrid Spinach under the indoor lights.

If you're interested, a TREMENDOUS Tomato Gardening blog exists over @https://www.tomatojunction.com/

YankeeBubba

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