Oxheart Tomatoes

Oxheart type tomatoes are very meaty, have less juice and fewer seeds, not unlike a paste tomato. The plants usually have wispy foliage, not unlike paste tomatoes.  There are exceptions to the rule. They can grow very large. Cuor di Bue is big, pink, and delicious. Colors range from deep, red, dark, pink to bicolors. My particular favorite is the Orange Russian. Steve loves German Red Strawberry and Kosovo.Those are huge! They are very good for canning and cooking. We have several new varieties this year. Hungarian Heart and Livingston's Yellow  and Red Oxheart. One of our new favorites  is the Golden King of Siberia.

These work well for canning and preserving. As better, if NOT better, because they are usually larger than paste tomatoes and it takes fewer tomatoes to process in a jar.

Remember that  ripening times are  from the time of transplanting into the garden.

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