A stunning, endangered heirloom oxheart that’s as gorgeous as it is delicious—picture-perfect deep red hearts that look like edible valentines, with a luscious, sweet, complex flavor profile that makes it a standout slicer, sandwich star, and sauce sensation. If you crave meaty, juicy tomatoes with intense richness and minimal acidity, this one delivers every time, often stealing the show from more famous varieties.
 
Fruits are mostly blunt, heart-shaped (sometimes slightly oblate or pointed) with tender, glossy skins and dense, flavorful flesh; they average 1 lb sometimes throwing a couple of exceptionally large fruits. Mid- to late-season, with good yields on vigorous indeterminate vines featuring wispy, regular-leaf foliage—these sprawlers need strong staking but show solid disease resistance and keep producing right up to frost.

HISTORY: An old, unnamed family heirloom of unknown origin. In the early 1990s, an anonymous donor left a precious packet of seeds on the doorstep of Mayo Underwood (Underwood Gardens, Illinois) with a note pleading, “Please take care of these—they’ve been in our family a very long time.” Mayo never grew them herself but passed the seeds to her friend Jeff Fleming in Michigan. Jeff grew them out, stabilized the line, named it “Mayo’s Delight” in her honor, and first offered it in the 2002 Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook.
 
Sold as one plant in a 3.5" pot.