{"id":7266,"date":"2026-11-07T19:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2026-11-07T19:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T19:39:38","slug":"red-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/red-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wolf Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Red Wolf<\/strong> is an exceedingly rare indeterminate<\/strong>, mid-season<\/strong> pink oxheart originally introduced to the heirloom community by Abundant Acres<\/strong> around 2005. The slender vines feature characteristic wispy, weeping foliage and produce glowing dark-pink heart-shaped slicers running between 6 to 8 oz (170-230 g)<\/strong> and reaching up to 1 lb (454 g)<\/strong>. Renowned for pure, melt-in-your-mouth sweetness with zero acidity, it is famously nearly seedless<\/strong>, making it a dream for the dinner plate but a real challenge for seed savers. Seed trade drama \u2193<\/a> | Outdoor trials \u2193<\/a> | Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6b Experience)<\/h2>\n
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Mid-season indeterminate slicer. The vine has relatively airy, slender foliage with standard regular leaves. The fruits are deep dark pink with shimmering skin, slightly darker in tone than Wolford Wonder. Fruit shapes range from classic pointed hearts and wedge-hearts to chubby, blunt oxhearts.
\nThese beauties are pure meat: delicious, sweet, with virtually no acid, and almost completely seedless. Across the entire vine, I only managed to harvest 7 seeds total! Solid yield grown in my greenhouse.
\nThis variety is exceptionally rare, almost certainly because it produces virtually no seed. There is very little documentation on it out there, but here is what I tracked down from its original introduction:<\/p>\n

“Red Wolf 85 days – Indeterminate. An Abundant Acres introduction. Fruit were given to us by an amateur grower in 2005. After growing this tomato for two years, we decided to offer it. To our knowledge it’s not available anywhere else. Nearly seedless fruits can reach a pound, but more commonly run about 6 – 8 ounces. Juicy and delicious. An oxheart type.”<\/p>\n

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I also spotted photos on a commercial seed storefront, but those weren’t actually Red Wolf at all, they had swiped Tatiana’s photo of Wolford Wonder and slapped the Red Wolf name on it.
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Lena, that Wolf of yours is gorgeous! Just a crying shame he leaves no offspring behind.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lena, that Wolf of yours is gorgeous! Just a crying shame he leaves no offspring behind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, heartbreaking that it’s practically childless, folks would be lining up down the block for seeds. You can see right through that slice how insanely delicious it is!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Seed Counterfeits and Stolen Online Photos<\/h3>\n
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I was digging around online researching a few varieties, and look what stumbled into my lap. A vendor listed Red Wolf (calling it a beefsteak \ud83d\ude2e) in their “new arrivals” catalog, accompanied by a photo that was literally just Giant Belgium Pink!
\nNot that I am even surprised, that seems to be how plenty of these “novelties” get manufactured nowadays.
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Delicious heart with a textbook oxheart shape. Unfortunately, it didn’t yield very well for me outdoors in the open ground, our brutal summer heatwave probably took its toll.
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Grew it outdoors in the open ground. The vine reached about 5.25 ft (1.6 m). Slender vine with weeping, drooping leaves. Fruits are gorgeous reddish-pink hearts averaging around 10.5 oz (300 g). Meaty, sweet, and delicious. Really loved this one.
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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n