{"id":6707,"date":"2026-10-29T19:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:06:39","slug":"livingstons-yellow-oxheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/livingstons-yellow-oxheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingston’s Yellow Oxheart Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Livingston’s Yellow Oxheart is an indeterminate<\/strong>, mid-season<\/strong> heirloom with a rich history dating back to 1929. It produces gorgeous golden-yellow, heart-shaped fruits with classic wispy foliage<\/strong>. Growers praise its meaty, buttery texture and complex, sweet flavor. While yields tend to be average, the outstanding taste and nearly seedless flesh make it a top-tier slicer. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-11 Experience)<\/h2>\n
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Tiffany (Julia) \u2b50 Pro Grower (20,171 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udccd Las Palmas, Spain (USDA Zone 11)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Livingston’s Yellow Oxheart, sometimes you’ll see it called Livingston’s Yellow Magic.<\/p>\n

A little history.<\/p>\n

Alexander Wilmer Livingston was a pioneer in modern tomato breeding. During his career, Alexander Livingston introduced fifteen tomato varieties. In total, A. Livingston and his Livingston Seed Company introduced thirty-five varieties. By the mid-twentieth century, most of Livingston’s varieties had practically gone extinct. Starting in 1999, Victory Seeds began the long process of recreating the Livingston seed collection. This particular variety was introduced in 1929.<\/p>\n

Livingston’s Yellow Oxheart is an indeterminate, mid-season variety. Reached about 5 ft (1.5 m) in the greenhouse. Pruned it to two leaders. Compact plant with classic wispy, drooping foliage. Regular leaf.<\/p>\n

The fruits are cool heart shapes, medium-sized, weighing 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g), with a gorgeous golden-yellow color. The skin is thin, tender, and smooth. The flesh is meaty, buttery, sweet, aromatic, super delicious, and practically seedless. The flavor stayed rich and really nice all season long. Excellent slicer for fresh eating, salads, or sandwiches. For me, it put out a great concentrated yield and blew me away with the flavor. Production was average.<\/p>\n

Edited November 16, 2019 by Tiffany<\/em><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udccd Magnitogorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Huge fruits, 14-17.5 oz (400-500 g). Quality is outstanding, uniform, smooth, and firm. The flavor is fantastic, refined, complex, with a really nice texture. Absolutely mesmerizing beauty.<\/p>\n

The vine grew just over 3 ft (1 m). Yield was low for me the first year. Total grower error. I’ll gladly keep working with this variety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here’s how mine turned out. Average yield.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and History<\/h2>\n