🍅 Quick take: Orange Heart from Angelini is a tall, indeterminate, mid-season oxheart variety that produces vibrant, sun-colored orange fruits averaging around 7 oz. Known for its sweet, juicy flavor and solid yields, it performs beautifully in greenhouses, especially for growers dealing with short northern summers. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4 Experience)
ORANGE HEART FROM ANGELINI.Incredibly gorgeous orange oxheart, definitely stands out in the greenhouse. The color of the sun, the color of summer! Shame it’s so short in our neck of the woods 😕
Still, this variety put out a pretty decent yield. Fruits average around 7 oz (200 g). Obviously heart-shaped given the name. Taste is good, sweet and juicy.
Tall vines, hit over 6.5 ft (2 m) in my greenhouse. Average footprint, not too crazy.
Pruned it to two stems, mid-season variety.
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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, mid-season. Tall vines easily reach over 6.5 ft (2 m) when grown in a greenhouse. Has a manageable footprint and does very well when pruned to two stems.
- 📈 Yield: Produces a solid, dependable crop even in shorter northern growing seasons.
- 🍅 Fruit Size & Shape: True oxhearts with a vibrant, glowing orange color. Weights generally average around 7 oz (200 g).
- 👅 Taste & Texture: Highly rated for its sweet, juicy flavor profile typical of top-tier yellow/orange heirlooms.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and tested by members in USDA Zones 3 and 4 (Vologda and Yekaterinburg), proving it’s a reliable choice for cooler climates with short summers.
🍅 Grown Orange Heart from Angelini? Share your zone and how it did for you in the comments below, and add your photos!
👨🌾 Editor’s Note: Tracing the Origins
The exact lineage of “Orange Heart from Angelini” can be a bit elusive in standard seed catalogs. The name strongly suggests an Italian or European heirloom heritage. It frequently circulates in international seed swaps among collectors alongside similar strains like Coeur d’Angelina (a French heirloom). Regardless of its exact passport, it behaves like a classic European oxheart: tall, slightly weeping (wispy) vines, and meaty, intensely sweet, nearly seedless fruits.
The exact lineage of “Orange Heart from Angelini” can be a bit elusive in standard seed catalogs. The name strongly suggests an Italian or European heirloom heritage. It frequently circulates in international seed swaps among collectors alongside similar strains like Coeur d’Angelina (a French heirloom). Regardless of its exact passport, it behaves like a classic European oxheart: tall, slightly weeping (wispy) vines, and meaty, intensely sweet, nearly seedless fruits.
