📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cynthia’s Black Heart
- 🌍 Origin: Developed at the famous Love Apple Farms in Santa Cruz, California, around 2005. It is noted that the variety might still be in the observation phase and not fully stabilized, meaning slight variations may occur.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall).
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Strikingly beautiful heart-shaped fruits (oxhearts) weighing between 120 and 200 grams (4–7 oz). The skin is dark purple/black and features distinct green striping near the top (shoulders).
- 👅 Flavor: The flesh is dense and very meaty, possessing a pronounced sweet flavor typical of high-quality dark tomatoes.
- ⏳ Grower Notes: Praised for its excellent marketable appearance (great bag appeal), reliable yield, and wonderful taste.
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Cynthia’s Black Heart
A variety developed at Love Apple Farms in Santa Cruz, California, in 2005. The variety is not yet fully stabilized and is still under observation.
Fruits weigh between 120 and 200 grams (4–7 oz) and are heart-shaped. Dark purple skin with green stripes at the top. The flesh is meaty with a sweet flavor. (General info sourced from a foreign website).
I personally really liked this variety for its excellent marketable appearance, great taste, and solid yield. Seeds were from @Tatyana2305.
