Heart Beef Tomato

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A beef heart tomato

Here is the famous 'Cuor di Bue', the beef heart tomato, the truth! Considered by some to be the best variety of tomatoes, it produces good size fruit (200 to 300 g) that can reach 500 to 700 g. These tomatoes have a full flesh very tasty, high in sugar. They are ideal for stuffed vegetables, cold soups and juices.

The real beef heart tomato

The trueHeart of beef looks like an animal heart - it must be pointed out at a time when many tomatoes are labeled under this name, both on the stalls and in the catalogs. It has nothing to do with large, heavily ribbed tomatoes derived from Italian varieties.

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Beef heart tomato

This variety of mid-season (harvest from June to September) gives fruits of 50 to 100 g, firm and sweet flesh, without acidity. To eat in salad or garnish.

Plant the beef heart tomato

This indeterminate growth variety, season to early, is regular and robust. It grows to almost 2 m. It is productive and quite resistant to diseases.
The beef heart tomato requires good inputs of organic matter (well-ripe compost, mixed for example with manure of more than one year). It gives a beautiful fruity red to pink, heart-shaped, a little dissymmetrical, finished in a light tip, and can reach 500 to 600 g, but weighing more commonly 300 g. Attention, it sometimes produces deformed fruits, but nothing serious, and the taste is not altered.

Sin of flesh

The flesh is abundant, poor in seeds, very sweet, very fragrant, sweet, but sometimes slightly floury.

Any flood

It is a tomato that bends to all uses in the kitchen, but its flesh is so fine that it may be a pity to cook it.
Fans prefer to taste it raw, with only one leaf of basil - no more for pity, at the risk of masking its taste - and with a drizzle of olive oil. The real beef heart tomato - smooth, slightly pointed and not ribbed - has been cultivated for over a hundred years... in Italy.

Not sick at all
Its fine and very cut foliage, which tends to fall, reminds the novice gardener that she is sick. Do not panic, it's normal!

Heart Beef Tomato

FAQ - 💬

❓ What is beefsteak tomato used for?

👉 Beefsteak tomatoes They're perfect to slice up for sandwiches and hamburgers. They're also mild in taste and juicy, making them a good choice for canning or sauce-making.

❓ Are beef heart tomatoes determinate or indeterminate?

👉 indeterminate tomatoHow to grow Bull's heart. Bull's Heart is an indeterminate tomato variety. We always grow it in the greenhouse and trim the plant to one stem.

❓ What is a heart shaped tomato called?

👉 Oxheart tomatoes are mid season to late season tomatoes that are similar to beefsteak varieties and just as versatile. Their characteristic large size and pointed bottom resembles that of a beef heart, hence the name. The shape is due to a mutation that causes the blossom end (bottom) to elongate.

❓ Why is it called a beef tomato?

👉 A large kind of tomato, as the name implies. Most varieties are rounded, slightly flattened and the texture is also “beefy” and relatively firm. Also known as big beef tomatoes and beefsteak tomatoes.

❓ Which is the best tasting tomato?

👉 The Brandywine is perhaps most commonly named as the best-tasting tomato variety. It has the perfect balance of sugar and acidity, with that superb old-fashioned tomato taste. Growing conditions can affect the flavor quality more than some other varieties on this list.

❓ Which is the healthiest tomato?

👉 1) Heirloom Tomatoes: “Heirloom tomatoes are typically the healthiest, because they're not genetically modified and tend to retain the highest level of antioxidants of all the tomato varieties,” Hunnes says.

❓ Do you prune beefsteak tomatoes?

👉 Beefsteaks thrive most if planted deeper in the ground rather than being planted in containers. As the plant grows, you should prune it regularly. As side branches form on the main stem, pinch out "suckers" or new growth when they are young and only 1/2 inch long that form in the crotch of the stronger branches.

❓ How do you cut heart shaped tomatoes?

👉 0:412:07How to Make a Tomato Heart

❓ What is the most flavorful tomato?

👉 Brandywine Tomato The Brandywine is perhaps most commonly named as the best-tasting tomato variety. It has the perfect balance of sugar and acidity, with that superb old-fashioned tomato taste. Growing conditions can affect the flavor quality more than some other varieties on this list.

❓ What is the sweetest tomato to grow?

👉 RosadaTomato 'Rosada' The sweetest variety we tested, 'Rosada' is a baby plum variety with a Brix rating of 10.5.

❓ What is the rarest tomato?

👉 Rare tomato variety. Green Zebra Tomato Plant : Developed in 1985 by tomato breeder Tom Wagner, this heirloom is an unusual and exquisite tomato chosen by Alice Waters for her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. The 2-inch round fruit ripens to a yellow-gold with dark-green zebra-like stripes.

❓ What kind of tomato looks like a beef heart?

👉 Both in Italy, first, and France, later, a variety of beefsteak tomato is produced which looks like a beef heart in shape, as it is pointing down.

❓ What is a beef tomato?

👉 A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, some weighing 450 grams (1 lb) or more.

❓ What is a Coeur de boeuf tomato?

👉 A 'Coeur De Boeuf'-cultivar tomato. A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, some weighing 450 grams (1 lb) or more.

❓ What is the difference between cherry tomatoes and beef tomatoes?

👉 Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A cherry tomato and a beefsteak tomato. A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, some weighing 450 grams (1 lb) or more.

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Video: About the Oxheart Tomato Plant.

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