Quick Summary of Cuore di Dronero
- 🌍 Origin: A magnificent traditional Italian heirloom (translates to “Heart of Dronero”). It has become highly prized among Russian growers under the translated name “Serdtse Dronero”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, very tall, and vigorous. It easily reaches the greenhouse ceiling and will keep growing along the roof. Despite the heavy fruit load, the plant holds its trusses remarkably well.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, plump (“chubby”) blunt oxhearts of a beautiful, slightly muted red color. They grow huge, frequently reaching up to 800 g (1.75 lbs) even on the highest trusses. The flesh is incredibly dense and meaty with practically no seeds.
- 👅 Flavor: Outstanding, classic rich tomato flavor. Very sweet, aromatic, and juicy without being watery.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-to-late season. Growers note it takes its time to ripen, but the massive yields and incredible flavor make the wait totally worth it.
Cuore di Dronero (Heart of Dronero). Indeterminate, high-yielding. The fruits are very beautiful, plump red hearts, and some are very large, up to 800g (1.75 lbs). Tasty, with a nice sweetness, aromatic — an excellent variety! I grew it in the greenhouse, pruned to 2 stems.
Cuore di Dronero.
Growing it for the second year, and I like it even more! Both bushes simply loaded me down with beautifully shaped, bright red hearts. The taste is excellent!
And it grows right up to the ceiling, bending over the roof. Even at the very top, the fruits are absolutely huge.
The variety is wonderful in every aspect. I just found another photo showing a cross-section.
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Svetikk:
The variety is wonderful in every aspect. I just found another photo showing a cross-section.
Oh, what a beauty! Sveta, did you prune it to a single stem, or to 2?
Mama Anfisa:
Oh, what a beauty! Sveta, did you prune it to a single stem, or to 2?
To 2!
Svetikk:
Indeterminate, high-yielding. The fruits are very beautiful, plump red hearts, and some are very large… Tasty, with a nice sweetness, aromatic — an excellent variety! I grew it in the greenhouse, pruned to 2 stems.
I really liked this variety, even though it took its time and was in no hurry to ripen. It has dense, juicy tomato meat inside chubby hearts of a beautiful, slightly muted red color. There are practically no seeds at all, and the plant perfectly supported its own heavy clusters.
